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Preface Bonnie E. Davis's highly useful, out-of--print work, Suggested Rules ojProcedure for Sma[I Governit3g. Boards, has been revised and expanded in this new edition, entitled Suggested Rules ojProcedure jpr Small Local Government Boards. As the revised title suggests, this handbook is intended for use by a wide variety of boards in local government, from boards of health and library boards to water and sewer authorities. Many of these boazds are listed in Appendix B along with references to specific procedural statutes applicable to each of them. Suggested Rules for Sma[I Boards is a companion to two other Institute of Government publications, Rules ojProcedure for the Board of County Commissioners, 2d ed., revised, 1995, by Joseph S. Ferrell, and Suggested Rules of Procedure for a Ciry Council, 3d ed., forthcoming, by this author The modifications in this edition aze intended to update and enlazge Davis's treatment of several subjects and to reflect the requirements of North Carolina's open meetings law. The ntles governing agendas, the powers of the chair, citizen participation in meetings, closed sessions, minutes, appointments, and some procedural motions, for example, have been rewritten or modified. New rules dealing with voting by written ballot, ratification of actions, and comnrittees and boards have been added, along with an appendix summarizing the requirements for the procedural motions permitted under the roles. The handbook does not include procedures to be followed by local boards when they must actin a quasi judicial manner. Examples of roles for such situations maybe found on pages 42 through 71 of The Zoning Board ojAdjustment in North Carolina, revised ed., 1984, by Michael B. Brough and Philip P. Green, Jr., also published by the Jnstitute of Government. I thank my colleagues Joseph S. Ferrell and David M. Lawrence, who reviewed a version of the revised text, as well as other colleagues who provided information about the procedural statutes applicable to particular boazds. I azn also very grateful to James H. Slaughter, attorney, Certified Professional Parliamentarian, and Professional Registered Pazliamentarian, from Greensboro, North Carolina, who reviewed the text and provided many useful suggestions. My editors Marjorie Hudson and Lucille Fidler also suggested many helpful changes. I hope that this new edition of Suggested Rules ojProcedure for Small Local Government Boards will prove to be a valuable tool for the local boazds that seek to conduct the business of North Cazolina local government in an open, fau, careful, and expeditious manner. A. Fleming Bell, II Chapel Hill Summer 1998 ' . ~.:_