Important Meeting, Sou. Pines, Dec. 11, 7 p.m.

Law interpretation affects vote

FayObserver.com - Fayetteville,NC,USA
... vote on a controversial PUD rezoning request that could allow for the construction of more than 800 homes in a development called Pine Needles Village. ...


To Friends of Southern Pines,

NC law says that newly elected officials must be sworn in "not later than the date and time of the first regular meeting of the council in December." The Town Council's first "regular meeting" in December was the Agenda Meeting, held last Wednesday, December 5, 2007.

The Agenda meeting is a regularly scheduled monthly meeting held the first Wednesday of every month and is always listed on the Town's website as part of the regularly scheduled public meeting calendar. (See public meeting calendar below.) Unlike "special meetings" it is not special set.

By the way, FYI -- Mike Brough, the attorney quoted in the article who advised the Town of Whispering Pines that it must swear in its newly elected officials at W.P.'s agenda meeting and NOT, as they have been accustomed to, at their monthly Council meeting, wrote the zoning ordinances (UDO) for the Town of Southern Pines.


SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR ABIGIAL DOWD.
COME TO THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007 AT 7:00pm
Douglass Community Center



North Carolina General Assembly
§ 160A‑68. Organizational meeting of council.
(a) The council may fix the date and time of its organizational meeting. The organizational meeting may be held at any time after the results of the municipal election have been officially determined and published pursuant to Subchapter IX of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes but not later than the date and time of the first regular meeting of the council in December after the results of the municipal election have been certified pursuant to that Subchapter. If the council fails to fix the date and time of its organizational meeting, then the meeting shall be held on the date and at the time of the first regular meeting in December after the results of the municipal election have been certified pursuant to Subchapter IX of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.


TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES
Calendar of Events:

DECEMBER 2007

Council Agenda Meeting and Public Hearing (COUNCIL REGULARL MEETING #1)
12/05/2007 at 6:00 PM
Van Dusen Hall, Sandhills Community College