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3 <br />Lee, Orange, and Wake, known as the Triangle J Region, which adopted a resolution <br />pursuant to N.C.G.S. 160A-470 on or before June 30, 1972. <br /> <br />2) Any municipality or county in the Triangle J Region that is not an initial member of <br />the Council may join this Council by ratifying or adopting this Charter and upon a <br />majority vote of approval by the Board of Delegates. Notice of such application for <br />admission shall be given to existing members of the Council at least ten (10) days <br />prior to the date of the meeting at which the vote is to be taken. <br /> <br />3) All rights and privileges of membership in the Council shall be exercised on behalf of <br />the member governments by their delegates to the Council. <br /> <br />4) Any special purpose governmental agency in the Triangle J region involved in matters <br />affecting the health, safety, natural resources, welfare or education of the citizens of <br />North Carolina, such as school boards, sanitary districts, and soil and water <br />conservation districts, is eligible to apply for an affiliate membership in the Council. <br />The application may be approved and an affiliate membership granted to such special <br />purpose governmental unit upon the affirmative vote of the Board of Delegates. The <br />affiliate member shall pay no assessment, but the Council may charge each affiliate <br />member a reasonable sum to cover its proportionate share of the direct costs of <br />providing services to the affiliate members, provided such payments are authorized <br />by law. The affiliate member shall have no vote in the Council, but its designated <br />representative may serve on any technical or advisory committee and may otherwise <br />participate in the deliberations of the Council. <br /> <br /> <br />ARTICLE V <br /> <br />Withdrawal. Any member may withdraw from the Council at the end of any fiscal year, <br />provided written notice of intent to withdraw is given to each of the other members at least <br />sixty (60) days prior to the end of the fiscal year. <br /> <br /> <br />ARTICLE VI <br /> <br />Governing Board. <br /> <br />1) The governing board of the Council of Governments shall be known as the Board of <br />Delegates, which shall be constituted as described below. <br /> <br />2) The Board of Delegates shall consist of one delegate from each member governmental <br />unit. Each governmental unit may designate any number of alternate delegates. All <br />16