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Registration opens for County Assembly Day The NCACC will host its annual County Assembly Day on Wednesday, May 30. County officials from across North Carolina will convene on the state capitol for an update on priority legislative issues and to meet with their local delegation. Speaker of the House Thom Tillis and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger have been invited to address attendees during the morning session, which will also include a review of the political landscape. The pre-registration fee is $95. You must pre-register by Friday, May 25, to receive the pre-registration rate. After May 25, you will have to register on-site, and the on-site registration fee is $110. The opening session and lunch will be held at the Quorum Center.
Register now for 2012 NCACC Exhibit Show Companies looking to market their products and services to N.C.'s county decision-makers should register for the 2012 Exhibit Show at the upcoming NCACC Annual Conference. This year's event will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center in Wake County, and hundreds of county officials from across the state will be in attendance. The exhibit show is held Thursday and Friday, Aug. 16-17.
Lottery funds to counties increased in Perdue budget Governor Beverly Perdue’s 2012-13 budget proposal released Thursday includes an appropriation of $116 million in funds from the North Carolina Education Lottery to counties for school construction, a 16 percent increase over what was appropriated to counties for the current fiscal year.
County Analysis of Governor Perdue’s 2012-13 Budget Proposal Governor’s budget sets aside more lottery dollars, $116 million, for county school construction than in 2011-12, directs excess lottery revenues to school capital, increases local psych bed capacity, does not shift state expenses to counties and proposes no cuts to county budgets.
NCCCMA Summer Seminar includes session on ethics Ethics is not for the faint of heart, and that’s why you’ll need to have all your wits about you when NCCCMA presents “Ethical Survivor: extreme heat, extreme politics, extreme ethics!” at the 2012 NCCCMA Summer Seminar. Join session leader, Martha Perego, ICMA’s Director of Ethics, for an interactive session that comes complete with tips and proven strategies for survival. Can your team navigate a series of rugged, real-world ethical issues facing local government professionals? Will you be stranded in the Blue Ridge because your ethical compass points in the wrong direction? Caught off guard by an ethics hurricane? Are you up to the ethics challenge? Find out with this fun, three-hour, interactive session, which will be held Friday, June 29, from 1:15 – 4:15 p.m. Th seminar will be held June 28-30 at the Asheville Renaissance Hotel and will feature numerous workshops and guest speakers on topics such as media relations, public safety, city/county consolidation and how local governments are using emerging technologies to provide better services to citizens and make better uses of limited resources.
County Commissioner Specialty License Plates
Preview of upcoming issues in the 2012 Legislative Short Session
The 2012 Short Session will begin on Wednesday, May 16, and all expectations are that this will indeed be a truly short session. House and Senate leaders have already said publicly they hope to have the session wrapped up by the end of June or early July. Both the House and Senate have already established their deadlines for bills (see box on page 9). The 2011 adjournment resolution limits the scope of bills that can be considered during the Short Session. Bills affecting the state budget, local bills, constitutional amendments, and bills that would implement recommendations of a study commission or select committees are among those that can be considered during the Short Session. In addition, bills that passed the originating chamber in 2011 are also eligible.
The boys (and girls) are back in town The next generation of leaders will once again be present at the Association’s Annual Conference. The 105th gathering of county officials from across the state, which will take place from Aug. 16-19 at the Raleigh Convention Center, will include a Youth Summit. YouthVoice 2012 – the NCACC’s third annual Youth Summit – will be held Friday-Saturday, Aug. 17-18, at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel and the Raleigh Convention Center.
Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program in full swing
The Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program (SMCP) is off to a very positive start as it enters its fourth month in existence. The project is running smoothly, and both state and local agencies are seeing how beneficial this program can be for all involved. The SMCP, which started Jan. 1, 2012, was a central part of the Justice Reinvestment Act, which was passed last summer. Specifically, the legislation changed where inmates convicted of misdemeanors who received sentences between 91 and 180 days were housed. Previously, these prisoners were sent to state facilities. The JRA now allows these prisoners to serve their sentence in a county jail, but the prisoner remains the responsibility of the state. The state pays a $40 per day fee for each inmate to the local detention facilities that volunteer to house them.The SMCP is administered statewide by the North Carolina Sheriff’s Association (NCSA), which works with county jails and the court system in operating the program. The NCSA worked extensively with the NCACC, the Governor’s Office, the General Assembly, the School of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and associations representing district attorneys, chiefs of police and probation and parole officers in setting up the program.
Start spreading the news: Become a County Ambassador  The NCACC Board of Directors has approved the creation of a County Ambassadors Program. Designed and developed by staff members of Strategic Goal Team 1, the program recognizes commissioners who actively engage citizens and the media in understanding more about the role and importance of county government and supports President Kenneth Edge’s desire to increase awareness about county government.
2012 Directory of North Carolina County Officials
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Legislation passed in 2011 allows county commissioners to order a special County Commissioner license plate. The plate would have the state seal on it, along with a unique number identifying each county. Before the license plate can be produced, the DMV must receive 100 paid applications ($10 specialty plate fee). The NCACC has been designated as the lead agency to collect the first 100 applications.
The NCACC's 2012 Directory of North Carolina County Officials includes basic information on each of the state's 100 counties as well as contact information for elected officials and department heads. The cost of the directory is $20 for officials with local, state and federal government agencies and nonprofits; $30 for Associate Members; and $60 for non-members, plus applicable sales tax for residents.
