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Vote on a request to identify legislative goals to submit to the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) for consideration at the Legislative Goals Conference in November 2022.
Abstract
The NCACC requests counties submit their top legislative goals for 2023-2024 by September 12, 2022.
The Board of Commissioners discussed possible goals at its August 24, 2022 meeting.
The Board proposed the following priority goals:
Chatham County Priority Goal #1: (NCACC 2021-2022 Priority Goal #1) Seek legislation, funding, and other efforts to expand digital infrastructure/broadband capability to the unserved and under-served areas and residents of the state
Chatham County Priority Goal #2: (NCACC 2021-2022 Priority Goal #2) Seek additional revenue sources, including a statewide bond referendum and expanded lottery proceeds, and changes to the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund, to equitably address statewide public school and community college capital challenges. Revisions to the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund that will allow more equitable access to counties to take advantage of the funds include:
* Allowing Needs-Based Public School Capital Funds to be used for renovations and improvements in addition to new construction
* Reducing or eliminating local match requirements for Tier 1 and Tier 2 counties
* Eliminate the five-year prohibition of receiving funds from the Public School Building Capital Fund if a county receives a grant from the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund by repealing G.S. 115C-546.2(f)
Chatham County Priority Goal #3: Oppose legislation imposing state control over local governments:
a. Support legislation allowing counties flexibility in holding remote board meetings, allowing contemporaneous, virtual public hearings, in order to expeditiously conduct county business during emergencies (NCACC 2021-2022 General Government Goal #9)
b. Oppose efforts to divert to the state, fees or taxes currently allocated to ...
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