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Taxation & Finance Steering Committee
Updated Feb. 3, 2012
Chair
- Joe Carpenter, Gaston County Commissioner
NCACC Staff
- Kevin Leonard, Director of Government Relations
Members and Intergovernmental Partners
- Cindy Avrette, N.C. General Assembly support staff
- David Baker, N.C. Department of Revenue
- Jonathan Barfield, New Hanover County Vice Chair
- Barbara Beatty, Catawba County Commissioner
- Fred Belfield, Nash County Vice Chair
- Brian Berger, New Hanover County Commissioner
- Dan Brummitt, Vance County Commissioner
- Dumont Clarke, Mecklenburg County Commissioner
- David Clawson, Dare County Finance Director
- Deborah Craig-Ray, Durham County Assistant Manager
- Mike Cross, Chatham County Commissioner
- Dan Ettefagh, N.C. General Assembly support staff
- Rick French, Alexander County Manager
- Darrell Frye, Randolph County Vice Chair
- Pat Goddard, Johnston County Tax Administrator
- John Goudreau, Alleghany County Commissioner
- Wanda Greene, Buncombe County Manager
- Cam Griffin, New Hanover County Budget Director
- Vann Harrell, Union County Asst. Collector of Revenue
- Tom Johnson, Pitt County Commissioner
- Mark Jones, Davie County Commissioner
- Kenneth Joyner, School of Government
- Kevin King, Swain County Manager
- James Klein, Lincoln County Commissioner
- Don Lancaster, Franklin County Commissioner
- John Gregory Lewis, Carteret County Commissioner
- Andy Lucas, Stanly County Manager
- Fred McClure, Davidson County Commissioner
- Gene McIntyre, Stanly County Vice Chair
- Jarvis McLamb, Sampson County Vice Chair
- J. Carey McLelland, Henderson County Finance Director
- Timothy McNeill, Harnett County Chairman of the Board
- Cary McSwain, Moore County Manager
- Denise Meshaw, Carteret County Assistant Manager Finance & Administration
- Charles Messer, Henderson County Commissioner
- Lionell Midgett, Onslow County Commissioner
- Linda Millsaps, N.C. Department of Revenue Assistant Secretary
- David Reid, Transylvania County Tax Assessor/Collector
- Johnna Rogers, Wake County Deputy Manager/Chief Financial Officer
- Jerry Stephens, Robeson County Commissioner
- Bill Wilkes, N.C. Department of Revenue
- Frances Wilson, Chatham County Tax Administrator/Collector
- Jan Winters, Gaston County Manager
- Robert Wisecarver, Davie County Vice Chair
- Steven Wyatt, Henderson County Manager
Recent reports
PPT for Jan. 31,
2012, meeting (joint meeting with Intergovernmental Relations Steering
Committee)
Transportation
funding through local option sales tax presentation (PDF) (Jan. 31, 2012)
Cabarrus hosts six steering committee meetings (September 2011)
Six of the NCACC's seven steering committees held meetings on Aug. 18 during the Annual Conference in Cabarrus County.
Weiss: Support remains for tax structure reform (June 2010)
The Tax and Finance Steering Committee met May 20 and heard a bleak budget report from Rep. Jennifer Weiss (Wake County), one of the chairs of the House Finance Committee.
Perseverance pays off with sales tax referendums (March 2010)
Hertford, Randolph counties latest to make successful case to voters on revenue option
Tax collectors wield a big stick to keep rate strong (March 2010)
Pigs may fly before a county tax collector wins a public popularity contest – and that's why the people in charge of collecting the taxes levied by county boards of commissioners must have thick skin. A handful of the best county tax collectors in the state shed their skin, so to speak, and traveled to Raleigh on Feb. 18 to share some of the methods and techniques they utilize to maintain high tax collection rates with members of the NCACC Tax and Finance Steering Committee.
PPT for Feb. 18, 2010, meeting (PPT)
Minutes of Nov. 17, 2009, meeting (Word document)
Further review for tax reform (December 2009)
Tax reform discussions draw attention of NCACC committee
Legislators may expand exclusions (March 2007)
With property valuations going up significantly in several coastal and mountain counties, the General Assembly is set to take a look at providing some relief for certain property owners this session. The Association’s Tax and Finance Steering Committee met Feb. 28 to hear how these property tax exclusions could impact counties.
Bond referendums top November wish lists (June 2006)
Groups advocating for transportation, rural water and land conservation needs are each seeking $1 billion in state bond money over the next five years. And all three groups – along with the executive director of the N.C. School Boards Association – appealed to the Association for support during a joint meeting May 18 of the Agriculture, Environment, and Taxation and Finance steering committees.
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