Mayor and Council

In December of each year, the Town Council will adopt an Annual Calendar for the Regular Meetings of the Council, Planning Board, Board of Adjustment and Environmental Resource Committee. The Board of Adjustment will meet on an as needed basis with proper notice advertised as required by NC General Statutes. Click below to view the calendar.

Occasionally, the Council will have a need to call a Special Meeting. The Special Meeting Notice will include the meeting date, time, location, and purpose of the Meeting. The Notice will be posted here and on the Home Page Calendar.

For meetings held after 5:00 PM, doors will be opened to the public 30 minutes prior. Please use the front entrance of Town Hall. For your convenience, copies of agendas are made available and are placed outside Council chambers.

 

Public Participation

North Carolina General Statute 143-318.10 requires that each official meeting of the Town Council be open to the public, with the exception of 143-318.11 Closed Sessions. All persons are entitled and encouraged to attend. If you wish to propose items of interest for consideration by the Council, please contact Lisa Anglin, Town Administrator. (See additional information below.)

Public participation opportunities include:

1. The Council has established two comment periods for each of its scheduled meetings.  The first comment period is designated for those that desire to address Council about a scheduled agenda topic only.  The second comment period is designated for those that desire to address Council on any topic related to the Town.
2. Individuals desiring to speak are asked to state their name, address, and the topic they wish to address at the beginning of their comment for the benefit of the meeting minutes.  Each individual is allocated up to three minutes to speak.  An individual may speak once during a comment period, but may participate in both comment periods in a given meeting, as long as he/she does not repeat comments on a topic.
3. These comment periods are intended to allow individuals to share their opinions on a given topic with the full Council.  These are not ‘question and answer’ periods-Council and staff are not authorized to answer questions during this period.  However, the Mayor may allow staff or a Council member to address a question for the good of the community at the end of the comment period.
4. Comments are to be directed to the Mayor and full Council. Speakers at no time may engage in any personally offensive or abusive remarks.  The Mayor may restrict or limit the time allotted to a person whose remarks are repetitive or are not germane to matters under consideration by Council.  The Mayor may call any speaker to order who violates any provision of these local rules.
5. The Mayor is responsible for enforcing these local rules as part of his/her duties for running each meeting.