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Oak Ridge council approves ordinance change to allow legal notices on Guilford County website
Summary
Council adopted a text amendment authorizing electronic legal advertising and authorized staff to execute a contract with Guilford County, citing expected cost savings. A resident raised concerns about statutory notice certification; the town attorney clarified the contested language comes from state statute rather than the local amendment.
The Town of Oak Ridge Council voted Nov. 6 to amend the development ordinance to authorize electronic legal advertising and to allow the town to execute a contract with Guilford County to publish required notices on the county website.
Town Attorney Michael Thomas told council the amendment “simply amends the ordinances so the town is saying it will use electronic advertising, as one of the authorized forms of legal advertising,”…
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