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BdDY ~~~~1 13 I. APPLICABILITY Rule 1. Applicability of Rules. These rules shall apply to all meetings of the Board of Commissioners of Lee County at which the board is empowered to exercise any of the executive, quasi-judicial, administrative, or legislative powers conferred on it by law. II. OPEN MEETINGS Rule 2. Meetings to be Open. (a) The public policy of North Carolina and of Lee County is that the hearings, deliberations, and actions of this board and its committees shall be conducted openly. (b) Except as otherwise provided in these rules and in accordance with applicable law, each official meeting of the Lee County Board of Commissioners shall be open to the public, and any person may attend. (c) For the purposes of the provisions of these rules concerning open meetings, an official meeting of the board is defined as any gathering together at any time or place or of the simultaneous communication by conference telephone or other electronic means of a majority of board members for the purpose of conducting hearings, participating in deliberations, or voting upon or otherwise transacting public business within the jurisdiction, real or apparent, of the board. Rule 3. Executive sessions. (a) Not withstanding the provisions of Rule 2, the board may hold an executive session and exclude the public, but only upon the following circumstances: 1. To consider the selection of a site for a county building or other facility. 2. To consider the acquisition of any interest in real property by purchase, condemnation, lease, or other means. Final decision to acquire or lease must be made in open session. 3. To consider and accept a gift or bequest of personal property offered to the county or any agency thereof. 4. To discuss matters relating to the location or expansion of industries or other businesses in the county. 5. To consider the commencement, prosecution, defense, settlement, or litigation of a potential or -1-