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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 19, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ O- t° <br />SUBJECT: 1999 Legislative Goals <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />As outlined in Background section <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To undertake preliminary discussions regarding proposed legislation the Board may wish to <br />submit to the Orange County legislative delegation for consideration during the North Carolina General <br />Assembly's 1999 Long Session. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to convene for its 1999 Long <br />Session on January 27, 1999. Deadlines for local legislation to be requested by counties and cities have <br />not yet been established. During the 1997 Long Session, that deadline was March 27. <br />The County Commissioners submitted legislative requests to Orange County's legislative delegation in <br />1997 and 1998. The County Attorney will briefly review the elements of those legislative packets and <br />report on the status of each request. <br />Staff have compiled a range of reference material for the Board to consider as they contemplate the <br />development of a legislative agenda to be submitted to the General Assembly for 1999. The attached <br />materials include: <br />• List of potential topics for local or statewide legislation in 1999 <br />• 1997 Orange County legislation packet <br />• 1998 Orange County legislation packet <br />• Draft 1999 legislative goals/policy statements developed by the Board of Directors of the North <br />Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) <br />• October 6, 1998 Board of Commissioners resolution submitted to the NCACC regarding potential <br />19991egislation of statewide applicability <br />