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CountyLines: October 2009
Accor names nine to NCACC Board of Directors NCACC President Mary Accor of Cleveland County announced in September her at-large appointments and her steering committee chairs for 2009-10.
Sustainability takes root in Cabarrus
Vision of sustainable culture becoming a reality for county government; commissioners hope public follows the example
 Interact with youth to build their trust We have all heard and read the statistics. One survey after another shows that our youth feel disengaged from and disinterested in government. What can be done about this? I believe that we, as local elected officials, have a unique opportunity to help change this mindset. As elected officials, we cannot rely solely on our public schools to educate our children about the services provided by counties. The amount of time spent on civics education is minimal. And remember, the teachers are also covering state and federal governments during this time as well as the other branches of local government.
 A true friend of the counties Under Smith's leadership, LGFCU continues to stregthen its relationship with Association, counties
New ethics law to impact commissioners, boards The Association and the School of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill are working on several fronts to provide ethics training for elected county officials and a model code of ethics for county boards to help meet new legal requirements.
Z10 the benchmark for safety standards It is not uncommon for a county government to struggle with its safety program. Often, these programs are borrowed or brought in from the outside, are usually related to industrial or construction safety, and are not geared for the multifunctional environment that is the county government. Many times, these safety programs begin to take on the feel of the "flavor of the month" club.
Keep a careful eye on county certificates of insurance Simply stated, a certificate of insurance is a document issued by an insurance company or its agent that provides a very brief description of an entity's insurance coverage. It normally is requested from an entity or company that is providing some type of product or performing some type of service for your county.
 Craven's Hodges awarded Bonner Scholarship Deborah C. Hodges, safety/risk management coordinator for Craven County, has been selected to receive the 2009 Frank Bonner Scholarship from the Association's Risk Management Pools. Hodges will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the PRIMA Institute, the premier training program for public entity risk managers, to be held Oct. 26-29 in New Orleans.
Lottery pays off for counties trying to collect delinquent debts Several winners of the North Carolina Education Lottery in September received a bit of a surprise when they got their checks from the state – some of the money was missing. No, the state is not assessing a tax on lottery winnings in an effort to generate more revenues because of the economy. Instead, more than $20,000 of lottery winnings for that month was diverted to cities and counties to settle past debts as part of the N.C. Local Government Debt Setoff program.
Local officials work toward GASB 45 compliance Nearly one in five local governments that provide healthcare benefits to retirees are not aware of new accounting guidelines going into effect this year that impact how local governments must report these liabilities.
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