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2 <br />Modifications to the suggested "Rules of Procedure" for the Board. <br />of County Commissioners dated June, 1990 are listed below. <br />R $ 3 (page 7) - exclude "Clerk to the Board shall attend the <br />executive session ". (If it is necessary for <br />the Clerk to stay for Executive session, the <br />Chair will so indicate in the motion to go into <br />Executive Session). <br />RULE #4 (page 7) - delete "The Clerk to the board of commissioners <br />shall call the meeting to order and shall <br />preside until a chair is elected" and replace <br />with "The former Chairman shall preside until <br />a new Chairman is elected ". <br />delete the remainder of this paragraph and <br />replace with "The first order of business shall <br />be approval of the minutes by the old Board. <br />The second order of business shall be any <br />special recognition or presentation for the <br />outgoing Commissioners. The newly elected <br />members of the board shall take and subscribe <br />the oath of office as the third order of <br />business. As the fourth order of business, the <br />board shall elect a chair and vice -chair from <br />its members. The bonds of the register of <br />deeds, the sheriff, and the coroner shall be <br />approved under the items for decision on the <br />regular agenda <br />RULE #6(A) (page 8) Delete the first three lines and replace with <br />"The Board shall hold a regular meeting on the <br />first Monday and the third Tuesday of each <br />month, except that if a regular meeting day is <br />an Orange County government holiday, the <br />meeting shall be held on the next County <br />business day. The first monday meeting shall <br />be held at the Orange County Courthouse and <br />shall begin at 7:30 p.m. The third Tuesday <br />meeting shall be held at the District Courtroom <br />in Chapel Hill and shall begin at 7:30 p.m." <br />RULE #9(A) (page 12) <br />Delete and replace with "The County Manager <br />shall prepare the agenda for the meeting, <br />subject to review and approval by the Chairman. <br />A request to have an item of business placed <br />on the agenda must be received by 5:00 p.m. <br />Tuesday of the week prior to the meeting. Any <br />board member may, by a timely request, have an <br />item placed on the agenda." <br />