Macon County recently issued the following announcement.
The Macon County Public Health, Board of Health will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 6:15 p.m. virtually via zoom. The call in information is listed below.
Due to Gov. Roy Cooper's Executive Order 151 and the current Supplemental Proclamation of State of Emergency for Macon County, North Carolina (Section 4B), "mass gatherings of persons in groups of more than 10 people are prohibited."
With this regulation in place, Macon County will be hosting the Board of Health meetings virtual. Board of Health members and staff are now able to be at the Health Department, but we ask that media and the general public still join the meeting by zoom. However, as the meeting agenda contains the board's normal monthly public comment period, the county has established a public comment section of the Zoom meeting which can be accessed using the below call-in information between 6:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the day of the meeting
Those who wish to make comments to the board during the public comment period may do so by following these steps:
(1) At the appropriate time, dial 349-2082, and this will connect you to the Macon County Public Health switchboard operator. Calls should not be placed until at least 6:15 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
(2) The operator will keep a list of calls in the order in which they were received, and will collect information from the caller including the caller's first and last name, address and telephone number.
(3) The operator will monitor the telephone line to the Mae Shope room, and will transfer the call when appropriate.
(4) Due to potential call volume, the operator may need to return a call to the person wishing to speak when their turn becomes available.
(5) For those who desire to do so, a telephone will be available in the hallway outside the A/B room for those who wish to physically come to the Macon County Public Health. Calls made from this phone will be handled in the same order in which all calls coming into the meeting are received, as there will be no preferential treatment for calls made from this location, nor will these calls go directly to the A/B room.
(6) As noted, the board has established a period of 15 minutes to accept public comment at this meeting, and this period will be lengthened only at the chairperson’s discretion.
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