§ 1-2-82. Meetings to be open.

(a)

The public policy of North Carolina and of Brunswick County is that the hearings, deliberations, and actions of this board and its committees be conducted openly.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided in these rules and in accordance with applicable law, each official meeting of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners shall be open to the public, and any person may attend.

(c)

For the purposes of the provisions of these rules concerning open meetings, an official meeting of the board is defined as any gathering together at any time or place or the simultaneous communication by conference telephone or other electronic means of a majority of board members for the purposes of conducting hearings, participating in deliberations, or voting upon or otherwise transacting public business within the jurisdiction, real or apparent, of the board. If a board member desires to participate by conference telephone or other electronic means, he or she should notify the clerk and the chair in advance of such meeting to allow sufficient time to make technical arrangements and accommodations. At any meeting at which a member participates remotely, the board must entertain a motion to allow such participation by conference telephone or other electronic means. A quorum of the board must still be physically present at the meeting place. Remote participation may only be utilized and approved for an entire meeting, and is not authorized only for selected agenda items within a meeting.

(Ord. of 9-5-17(2) )