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0~/..88/i996 28:44 784-7889820 COMMISSIONER MILLS PAGE 0i PRESS RELEASE Kenneth Mills, Cabarrue County Commissioner PO Box 3424 Concord, NC 28025 FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kenneth Mills, Cabarrus County Commissioner (704) 783-0534 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Open Government Concord, HC, September 8, 1996~I feel so s~rongly that the citizens aze endfl~ to ~ to~l o~n govemm~t ~at [ shall place ~e foll~*in~ resolution on ~e ~en~ of~e Septcm~r 16~ ~mmissioner's meeting. M~y clans do not ~alize thc impa~t o1' ~hc actions ~en in cto~d ~ssions, nor do th~ have ~ op~niW ~o ~ati~ how ~e decisions were reached. ~ lnder thc pte~nt closed ae~ion s~cmm, ~11 ~d a~um~ minutes ~e not kept ~ spi~ of the fact that ma:,~. ~ions are m~e, ~ile m~y i~ues ~e ora smsifive na~, it is not n~ess~ m k~p it a secret from ~e cJri/cn~ ,,~' Cab~ CounF once ~e iuues ~e resolved ~ there is closure. At the l~t m~ttng, [ a~empted ~o persuade m~ t~llow c~missionem to o~ &e d~r ~ government, however ~ Dr, Nibl~k ~id, "~cre arc some thing~ th~* c~tizens don't n~d to ~ow," I say ~e cki~s are entitl~ m ~ow eye. lng about their government a~ well as the convictions ~d d~bions o~osg ~ey cl~ed to ~msent ~em, The excuses to keep the d~r cioscd a~d the public shut out were just that.,, excu~s m~ ~ Commission~ ~h~ ~d Fennel. ~e legal issues ~erc addms~d ~d our a~om~ ~di~d ~e w~ no ~on not to keep ~e~ minutes ~ l propose, but I hav~' compmmi~d ~e resolution to ~lude a ~ovision which allows ~e co~ a~m~ m review the minutes prior k~ beJn:: rele~ for public &s~ction.