NOTICE OF EMERGENCY MEETING  PLEASE' TAKE: NOTICE that thel Macon County Boardo lofCommissioners will conduct an emergency meeting ofthel Macon County) aCmsiAbpP, on' Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in the Commissioners' Board Room located on the third floor of the Macon County  Courthouse located at 5 West Main Street, Franklin, NC 28734.  Thepurpose ofthis meeting will: include communicatingt to ouro citizens the current extremely important action steps that Macon Countyis undertaking to handlet the COVID-19 situation in front ofus as well as considering the possibility ofd declaring a state of emergency and taking the same if  SO decided sO as to be better able to manage the same.  Atercmmedhtimdfpalic health officials, this meeting will notl bec open tot the general public in order to better safeguard the public health. However, credentialed media outlets will be permitted entryt to thet this mergencymectings and thei meeting willl bel livestreamed for listening and viewing and can be accessed by the public by visiting www.maconnc.org and clicking on the "Commissioners Videos"i icon located att thel bottom oft thel left-hand column oni the Macon County  homepage.  Onlybusiness connected with the COVID-19emergeneywllbecomidereadtsuchmeeting.  This the 16th day ofl March, 2020, @ 3:30p.m.  227  James Tate, Chairman, Macon County Board  of Commissioners