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156 <br />AGENDA ATTACHMENT 5 <br />PAr 6- <br />,7'k e m 5 <br />TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS <br />100 PARK DRIVE P.O. DOX 12276 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N, C, 27709 (919) 549 -0551 - <br />April 28, 1981 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />T0: Chairmen and Mayors <br />FROM: Robert B. Heater, Chairman <br />SUBJECT: Charter Review <br />The Council has just completed a review of its Charter. The Charter has <br />not been updated since its adoption in 1972. <br />Many changes are of a "housekeeping" nature while a few others are more <br />substantive. The latter are discussed below. <br />Each member government (of which there are 36) must act upon changes to <br />the Charter. <br />We would appreciate your placing this matter on the agenda for your next <br />Commission or Council meeting. Action is requested before July 1, 1981. <br />A notarized copy of the minutes approving such Charter should be sent to <br />- the COG. <br />A copy of the present and proposed Charter is attached, with each section <br />side by side for easy comparison. <br />If there are questions or comments which you wish to discuss prior to <br />placing the matter on your agenda please call me at 467-6141, James Cash <br />the Chairman of the .Committee which reviewed this matter (553-7244), or <br />Bradley Barker, the Executive Director (549-0551). <br />The main changes are: (1) to establish meetings of the full Board of <br />Delegates every other month instead of monthly; (2) to continue the full <br />Board with the authority to adopt the annual budget and program of work <br />but to also give it sole authority with respect to hjring of the Executive, <br />Director; (3) continue the Executive Committee's authority as at present <br />but add the authority to accept Federal and other grants; (4) to call <br />the Council assembled the Board of Delegates in order to distinquish it <br />more readily from other advisory councils; (5) to remove the restrictions <br />requiring only delegates to chair advisory committees and remove restriction <br />limiting some in number of members to 15. 4 <br />Attachment <br />RBH:pah <br />CLAY° BENSON • BROADWAY • CARRDORO • CARY • CHAPEL HILL a �� <br />CLAYTON ° DURHAM • FOUR OAKS' • Fi1QUA CARP NA ° GARNER <br />MC <br />MICRO • •MORRISVIILLEIIG•i •PINE LEVELRII:GS PITTSBORO - • PRINCETON <br />RALEIGH • ROLESVILLE • SANFORD • SELMA • SILER CITY <br />SMITHFIELD • WAKE FOREST • WENDELL • ZEBULON c <br />CHATHAM COUNTY • DURHAM COUNTY • JOHNSTON COUNTY <br />LEE COUNTY • ORANGE COUNTY • WAKE COUNTY <br />