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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 which that is not an initial <br />member of the Council may join this Council by ratifying or adopting this Charter and <br />upon a majority vote of approval by the existing membersthe Board of Delegates. <br />Notice of such application for admission shall be given to existinga members of by the <br />Council at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting at which the vote is to <br />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.a <br />majority of the membership attending at any meeting The affiliate member shall pay <br />no assessment, but the Council may charge each affiliate members a reasonable sum <br />to cover its proportionate share of the direct costs of providing services to the affiliate <br />members, provided such payments are authorized by law. The affiliate member shall <br />have no vote in the Council, but its designated representative may serve on any <br />technical or advisory committee and may otherwise participate in the deliberations <br />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 />5