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008 After completing business in Closed Session, the regular meeting resumed with all Board members present. Commissioner Reives moved to switch the order public hearings were listed on the Agenda and hold the hearing for changes to the Lee County Smoking Ordinance first. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Frazier, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sloan, and Smith Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. At 6 p.m. the Lee County Board of Commissioners conducted the first of two public hearings advertised for this date. Chair Dalrymple opened the public hearing that involved the first reading of a Resolution to Amend Chapter 2, Article III of the Lee County Code of Ordinances concerning the use or smoking of tobacco products in county government buildings, vehicles, and on county property. Health Director Terrell Jones stated that in 2008 Commissioners passed an Ordinance that included a section prohibiting the use or smoking of tobacco products in county government buildings and/or vehicles. Since 2008, the State has changed the language in North Carolina General Statute §130A-498, including changing the penalties that are allowed to be imposed by local governments. The Health Department is asking the language in the county's existing Ordinance be changed to include e -cigarettes in the definition of tobacco -derived products, as well as modifying the definitions and penalties so as to comply with Statute §130A-498. No one present spoke for or against the above referenced amendment. Chair Dalrymple closed the public hearing. The second hearing involved the first reading of a temporary Moratorium on Oil and Gas Development and Mining within Lee County. At the September 21, 2015 meeting, the Board deferred action on changes to the UDO concerning oil and gas development and traditional mining. The Board instructed staff to draft a proposed temporary Moratorium on Oil and Gas Development in Lee County and bring the draft back to the Board for consideration. Chair Dalrymple opened the public hearing that had been advertised for this date and time to consider a temporary Moratorium. The following spoke for the proposed Moratorium: 1. Charles Ritter, 285 Beckingham Loop, Cary 2. Ed Harris, 231 Florence Harris Lane, Sanford 3. Martha Girolami, 473 Mt. Pisgah Rd., Apex 4. Keely Wood, 363 Angel Road, Sanford 5. Jeannie Ambrose, 675 Lichen Trail, Pittsboro 6. Lib Hutchby, 401 S. West Street, Cary 7. Jeanie Rhea, 751 Dycus Road, Sanford 8. Therese Vick, 4617 Pearl Road, Raleigh 9. John Wagner, 210 Jessumine Lane, Pittsboro 7