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63) 0 R tiv PAGE 173 meeting. At any such joint meeting, this board reserves the right to vote separately on all matters coming before the joint meeting. 2. A special meeting called for considering and acting on an order or resolution requesting members of the General Assembly representing all or any portion of this county to support or oppose any bill pending in the General Assembly or proposed for introduction therein may be held in Raleigh or any other such place as stated in the call of the meeting. Rule 8. Broadcasting and Recording of Meetings. a) Broadcasting and Recording of Meetings. Except as provided in this rule, any radio or television station may broadcast all or any part of an official board meeting required to be open to the public. Any person may photograph, file, tape record, or otherwise reproduce any part of a meeting required to be open. b) Any radio or television station wishing to broadcast any portion of an official board meeting shall so notify the County Manager no later than twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting. If the number of requests or quantity and size of the necessary equipment is such that the meeting cannot be accommodated in the designated meeting room and no alternative site in the County Government Center is available, the county manager may require the news media to either pool equipment and personnel or to secure and pay the costs of an alternative meeting site mutually agreeable to the board and the media representative. V. AGENDA Rule 9. Agenda. a) The County Manager shall prepare the agenda for each regular, special, and emergency meeting, and regularly scheduled work sessions. A request to have an item placed on the agenda for a regular meeting or work session must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Fridays, six (6) working days prior to the meeting or work session. Any board member may, by a timely request, have an item placed on the agenda by Tuesday prior to the Monday meeting. b) The agenda packet shall include the agenda documents, any proposed ordinances or amendments to ordinances, and supporting documentation and background information relative to the items on the agenda. A copy of the agenda packet will be delivered to each board member at least ninety-six (96) hours before the meeting. Documents in the agenda packet, if not previously available for public inspection, shall become so when the packets have been delivered to each board member or left at his or her usual dwelling. 6