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HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Minutes of Special Meeting
(to change meeting place of the Board of Commissioners)
March 5, 2004
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The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Friday, March
5, 2004, in the County Manager's Office, County Administration Building, 102 East
Front Street, Lillington, North Carolina. The purpose of the meeting was to consider a
resolution to change the meeting place of the Harnett County Board of
Commissioners.
Members present: Beatrice B. Hill, Vice Chairman
Dan B. Andrews
Tim McNeill
Chairman Teddy J. Byrd was absent due to military obligations in Iraq.
Walt Titchener was absent.
Staff present:
Neil Emory, County Manager
Wm. A. (Tony) Wilder, Assistant County Manager
Kay S. Blanchard, Clerk to the Board
Vice Chairman Hill called the meeting to order at 9 :00 a.m. and Commissioner
McNeill led the invocation.
Mr. Emory presented a proposed resolution to temporarily change the meeting place of
the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Emory explained the temporary change is necessary
in order to house the County Personnel Department in the Assembly Room of the
County Administration Building. The need could exist for as much as two years
before additional office space becomes available for the Personnel Department. The
Board of Commissioners will meet in Courtroom 6 of the new Harnett County
Courthouse. Commissioner McNeill moved to adopt the resolution changing the
location of Board of Commissioners meetings. He noted that the new location would
apply to regular meetings and special meetings. Workshops would continue to be held
at the County Manager's Office in the Administration Building, 102 East Front Street.
Commissioner Andrews seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
(Attachment 1)
The Board members, Mr. Emory, and Mr. Wilder discussed the following items in a
workshop format:
1. Reviewed the Town of Lillington's zoning map with the extraterritorial
jurisdiction (ETJ).
2. Current situation with Lee-Harnett Mental Health
3. Proposed Agriculture Building project
4. Requests for hangars at the Airport
There being no further business, Commissioner McNeill moved to adjourn.
Commissioner Andrews seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners' special meeting, March 5, 2004,
adjourned at 9:45 a.m.
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Kay S.' lanchard, Clerk to the Board
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Attachment 1.
RESOLUTION TO TEMPORARILY
CHANGE THE MEETING PLACE OF
THE HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
THAT WHEREAS, the Harnett County Board of Commissioners has previously established
its regular meeting schedule and meeting place in its Rules of Procedure which was initially adopted
on September 19, 1994; that due to this previous action, the regular meeting place of the Board was
established as the Assembly Room of the Harnett County Administration Building located at 102 East
Front Street, Lillington, N.C.; and
WHEREAS, due to the temporary need for more County department office space it has
become necessary to house the County Personnel Department in the Assembly Room of the County
Administration Building; that the Personnel Department's use of the Assembly Room of the County
Board of Commissioners could exist for as much as two years before additional County office space
becomes available for the Personnel Department's use; that the County has procured the use of
Courtroom 6 of the new Harnett County Courthouse as its regular meeting place in addition to the use
of said courtroom as a possible meeting place of the Harnett County Planning Board and Board of
Adjustment during this interim period; and
WHEREAS, the Rules of Procedure of the County Board of Commissioners and the open
meetings statute (N.C. Gen. Stat. ~143-318.12) mandate that prior to changing the location of its
regular meetings that the Board of Commissioners adopt a Resolution changing the meeting place
location and forward adequate notice of said change to the appropriate parties and news media and the
Board through this Resolution desires to do so.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL YED by the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County
that:
1. The regular meeting place of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners shall be
changed to Courtroom 6 located on the third floor of the Harnett County Courthouse
located at 305 West Cornelius Harnett Boulevard, Harnett County Governmental
Complex, Lillington, N.C. 27546.
2. Rule 6 entitled Regular and Snecial Meetin2S of the Rules of Procedure for the Board
of County Commissioners of Hamett County; North Carolina is hereby amended to
reflect the following:
"Regular meetings are held in Courtroom 6 of the Harnett County
Courthouse."
3. This change of the regular meeting place of the Board of Commissioners shall become
effective at the next regular meeting of the Board scheduled for Monday, March 15,
2004 at 7 o'clock p.m. and shall stay in effect until further action by the Board.
4. The Harnett County Manager and Clerk to the Board are directed to properly post and
give notice of this change of regular meeting place pursuant to the Board's Rules of
Procedure and the appropriate state law.
Adopted by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners at a Special meeting of the
Board called for March 5, 2004.
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atrice B. Hill, Vice anman
Harnett County Board of Commissioners
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Ka~Chard, Clerk