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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 15, 200.5 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ,j { C,. <br />SUBJECT: Amend Public Charge to Include Silencing Electronic Devices <br />DEPARTMENT: BOCC <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Hunt, ext 2126 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider an amendment to the Public Charge for BOCC meetings to include a <br />statement covering the silent use of electronic devices. <br />BACKGROUND: The increased use of cell phones, pagers, and handheld computing <br />equipment has the potential to cause disruptions during BOCC meetings. The following <br />sentence in bold is suggested as an addition to the Public Charge to help reduce distractions. <br />Public Charge <br />The Board of Commissioners pledges to tlae citizens of Qrange County its <br />respect. The Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, <br />coin°teous naarzner, both with the Board and with, fellow citizens. At any time <br />should any member of the Board or any citizen, fail to observe this public <br />charge, the Chair will aslc the offending person to leave the meeting until that <br />individaral regains personal corati°ol. Should decorum.fail to be restored, the <br />Chair will ~°ecess the meeting until such tune that a genui~ae commitment to this <br />public charge is observed. All electro~zic devices such as cell pho~aes, pagers, <br />a~zd computers should be turned off or set to sile~zdvibrate. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The adoption of the amendment has no financial impact on Orange <br />County. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the amended <br />Public Charge. <br />