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November 17, 2003 Page 289 from the normal charge for business telephone lines and covers all Cabarrus County business units, including the Cabarrus Health Alliance. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Suggs and unanimously carried, the Board approved the local telephone service contract with CT Communications as included in the Agenda and authorized the County Manager to execute the contract on behalf of Cabarrus County. (F-14) Resolution Amending the Rules of Procedure for the Board of Commissioners At the October 20~h meeting, the Board held the Informal Public Comments portion of the meeting immediately following "Recognitions and Presentations" rather than at the end of the meeting. Also, the Board implemented a time limit of three (3) minutes per speaker. The proposed Resolution incorporates those changes into the Board's current Rules of Procedure. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Vice Chairman Suggs and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Resolution. RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF PROCEDLrRE FOR THE CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Resolution No,. 2003-33 BE IT RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure for the Board of County Commissioners adopted on Septenlber 20, 1999, are hereby amended as follows: Rule 10. Informal Public Comments. The clerk to the board shall include on the agenda of each regular meeting of the month at least fifteen (15) minutes for comments or questions from the public in attendance. The chair will first recognize individuals or groups who have submitted a "speaker's card" at the meeting, and then may recognize others, subject to available time. The chair may will specify the time allotted to each speaker is three (3) minutes. Speakers may not yield their time to other people and the time for an individual speaker may be extended only by motion and majority vote of the Board. When the time set aside for informal public comments has expired, the chair will recognize further speakers only upon motion, duly made and adopted by the Board. Rule 11. Order of Business At regular meetings, the board shall proceed to business in the following order: 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 38. ~.9. Presentation of Colors Invocation Approval of Minutes Approval of the Agenda Recognitions and Presentations Informal Public Comments Old Business Consent Agenda New Business ~.10. Appointments to Boards & Committees 11. Reports 12. General Comments by the Board 13. Closed Session (if needed) Without objection, the chair may call items in any order most convenient for the dispatch of business. Adopted this the 17th day of November 2003. /s/ Robert M. Freeman Robert M. Freeman, Chairman Board of Commissioners ATTEST: /s/ Frankie F. Bonds Frankie F° Bonds, Clerk to the Board NEW BUSINESS (G-l) Brownfield Grant Application Proposal and Public Hearing - 6:30 p.m. Mr. Jonathan Marshall, County Commerce Director, reported the County had been awarded $180,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant funds to begin looking at former mill sites to determine what needs to be done to return those sites to active uses. He stated there is also the possibility of a $200,000.00 Brownfield grant that could be used for the clean up of former mill sites. However, staff cannot develop a project until such time complete access to those