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Board of Commissioners Adopted 4{14{9612/17/18 SOLICITATION POLICY Cabarrus County, North Carolina STATEMENT OF POLICY Soliciting to sell, actual sales or request for donations, is prohibited on Cabarrus County property unless otherwise approved by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. EXEMPTIONS The County does recognize the importance of voluntary support of charitable non-profit organizations within the community and will consider approving their fund-raising activities as exemptions to this general policy. These may include: • County sponsored — such as the annual United Way Fund Drive, Cabarrus Helping Hearts and Hand (Ch3), and °'..cac.Agq Blood drives where a limited amount of employee time is permitted for fund-raising/donations. • Individual employee supported —such as school band candy and Girl Scout cookie sales. In these cases, employees cannot solicit, distribute, be solicited or receive goods during normal working hours. Such approved activities may be conducted in non-public areas after normal working hours or during authorized meal and break periods. Employee flower/gift funds of County departments may also be exempted for this policy. The County Manager may approve such exemptions under the above guidelines. A list of currently exempted organizations, activities and funds will be maintained within the County Managers office. CLARIFICATIONS TO THE POLICY • Receipt of requested services, such as the delivery of prepared food, will not be solicitation efif received on non -work time and out of the public's eye. • Sale flyers, restaurant menus and other like sales materials may be distributed with the approval of the County Manager. • There will be no posting of commercial advertisements on County property. • Employees are prohibited from emailing other staff from their county email for solicitation purposes. Page 45