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INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS POLICY STATEMENT ~2 <br />Basic Governmental Philosophy <br />The North Cazolina Association of County Commissioners affirms the following as its basic governmental <br />philosophy: <br />o Leave to private initiative the functions that citizens can perform privately while encouraging <br />public-private partnerships and governmental entrepreneurship when these are in the interest of <br />citizens and taxpayers. <br />o Use the level of government closest to the people for all the public functions possible., and provide <br />local governments with the resources necessary to carry out these functions. <br />o Utilize intergovernmental agreements where appropriate to attain economical performance as <br />determined by local elected officials. <br />o Reserve national action for those areas where state and local governments aze not adequate and <br />where continuing national involvement is necessary., e.g. national defense, provided resources are <br />made available by the national government. <br />The Intergovernmental System <br />The state plays a vital role in the economic well-being of the counties. In recognition of this partnership, <br />the State should provide alternatives to enable the counties to meet their basic infrastructure needs. <br />By statute the counties of North Cazolina are agents of the state; however, county governments are more <br />than local branches of state government. As representatives of the local government that touches all the <br />people, county commissioners accept responsibility for strengthening and improving county government <br />and will continually strive to lead effectively. <br />The Association believes strongly in flexibility of form, function, and finance. Counties should be free to <br />organize for the efficient and effective delivery of services as deemed appropriate by each county. They <br />should be free to determine the scope and extent of govenunental service they will render (subject to the <br />need for unifonmity in delivery of services of national or statewide import); to this end, the Association will <br />continue to oppose minimum service levels and maintenance of effort requirements. Counties should have <br />the authority to employ a variety of means of financing county government. <br />To provide equity among the counties, and to relieve counties of fiscal burdens which cannot adequately be <br />funded by county revenue sources, services mandated by the federal government should be fully funded by <br />the federal government, and those services mandated by the State should be fully funded by the state. <br />The Association recognizes the kinship of cities and counties in the family of local government and urges <br />member counties to act affirmatively to strengthen their partrierships with cities. There must be <br />recognition of issues which cross city and county lines. These issues must be dealt with cooperatively. <br />Local general purpose govennments aze the building blocks for solving regional problems; therefore, any <br />regional approach must be based on the need to strengthen and support local governments. <br />The Association generally supports the policy positions established by the National Association of <br />Counties, but retains the right to establish its own policy positions on specific issues as deemed appropriate <br />by its membership. <br />The Importance of Unity <br />The constitutional purpose of the Association is "to provide the legislature and the public with information <br />necessazy for the passage of sound legislation beneficial to the administration of county affairs and to <br />oppose legislation injurious thereto." The Association affums that its resources will not be utilized on <br />behalf of individual counties seeking legislative remedy for problems that are not statewide in nature. Its <br />lobbying efforts will be directed towazd the support of sound legislation beneficial to the administration of <br />all counties' affairs, and to the opposition of legislation injurious to the counties as a body. <br />As of 9/94 <br />
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