Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
2015-16 biennium <br /> LEGISLATIVE GOALS PROPOSAL FORM <br /> 100 Counties i All proposals due to NCACC by Sept. 19, 2014 <br /> ° '`n Mail to: NCACC, Attn. Johanna Reese, 215 N. Dawson St., Raleigh, NC <br /> { (�ne State 27603; <br /> E-mail form and documentation to: ncaccCcDncacc.org <br /> Fax to: (919) 733-1065 <br /> You may attach additional documentation that supports or Legislative Goals <br /> explains the goal in further detail. Each form must be Sept. for <br /> accompanied by at least one of the following: submission of .p. <br /> • An adopted resolution by the Board of Commissioners; <br /> • A letter from the Board Chairman on behalf of the Board; September/Octobe <br /> • A letter from the president of an affiliate organization; Steering Committees <br /> goals review <br /> November: Legislativ <br /> .. <br /> ED 7/14 N ame of county: Orange ' <br /> recommendations <br /> Name and title of person submitting goal: December: <br /> Greg Wilder, Assistant to Manager for Legislative Affairs <br /> Directors finalizes package <br /> • be presented • full <br /> membership. <br /> Phone: 919-245-2300 <br /> E-mail: gwilder@orangecountync.gov i Membership adopts goals <br /> Goals at Legislative <br /> Goal title: Oppose any shift of state transportation Conference in Moore <br /> responsibilities to counties <br /> Goal description (what is the problem being addressed?): <br /> Oppose legislation to shift the state's responsibility for funding <br /> transportation construction and maintenance projects to counties. <br /> Counties cannot afford to assume costs for maintaining secondary roads Select Steering Committee(s) <br /> and/or funding expansion projects. Unlike counties in other states, You may choose more than one <br /> whose traditional funding responsibilities are secondary roads, North <br /> Carolina counties are responsible for the administration of local human —Agriculture <br /> services programs, and fund educational operating and capital <br /> expenses. The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners —Environment <br /> (NCACC) has estimated that a transfer of secondary road maintenance <br /> responsibilities would cost counties more than$500 million annually. _X_General Government <br /> Some of the more rural counties would have to increase property taxes Health & Human <br /> by as much as 30 cents per$100 in valuation to generate the amount of — <br /> revenue needed to maintain the same level of service Services <br /> Justice & Public Safety <br /> County staff contact if other than submitter: _Public Education <br /> Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board, 919-245-2130 Tax& Finance <br />