Agenda 12-02-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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34 1 Commissioner Price said she has a concern about this also, but if staff says it is easy, 2 then she is fine with it. She said changing the names does not get to the point of the discussion 3 that regular meetings are when people can talk. She said work sessions are for the Board to 4 deliberate and discuss. 5 David Hunt, Deputy Clerk, said that by State Statute, all of the Board's meetings could 6 be considered as regular meetings. He said staff is proposing using the term 'business 7 meeting' to help clarify this. 8 John Roberts said staff has included definitions, and specifically defined when the public 9 can speak. 10 Commissioner Greene said it makes sense to her, and the Town of Chapel Hill does the 11 same. She said Item 6 is good; and it is just a change in terminology, and the second concern 12 is communication. She said this is a good start. 13 14 A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos, seconded by Commissioner Greene 15 to approve changing all references to the Board's formal meetings from "Regular Meeting" to 16 "Business Meeting" going forward; and the modifications to the Rules of Procedure as 17 submitted by the County Attorney in Attachment 3 clarifying opportunities for public comment at 18 Board meetings. 19 20 VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nays, 1 (Commissioner McKee) 21 22 9. County Manager's Report 23 None 24 25 10. County Attorney's Report 26 None 27 28 11. Appointments 29 None 30 31 12. Information Items 32 The Board received the following information items: 33 34 • October 15, 2019 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List 35 • Tax Collector's Report— Numerical Analysis 36 • Tax Collector's Report— Measure of Enforced Collections 37 • Tax Assessor's Report— Releases/Refunds under$100 38 39 13. Closed Session 40 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Marcoplos to 41 go into closed session at 10:16 p.m. for the purposes below: 42 43 "To discuss the County's position and to instruct the County Manager and County Attorney on 44 the negotiating position regarding the terms of a contract to purchase real property," NCGS § 45 143-318.11(a)(5). 46 47 "To consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of 48 appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or 49 prospective public officer or employee; or to hear or investigate a complaint, charge, or 50 grievance by or against an individual public officer or employee." NCGS § 143-318.11(a)(6)