- Nominations Open: 2026-2027 NCACC Steering Committees
Your Voice. Your Leadership. Your Opportunity.
Are you ready to help shape policies that impact all 100 North Carolina counties? Now is your chance to take an active role in NCACC’s policy-setting process. We invite you to nominate yourself or a fellow county commissioner to serve on one of NCACC’s 2026-2027 steering committees — a vital opportunity to collaborate, lead, and ensure your county’s voice is heard. Committee membership is limited to county commissioners, with final appointments made by the NCACC president. Nominations may be submitted by anyone, including self-nominations.
Key Dates
- Nominations due: Saturday, August 22
- Appointments made: Friday, September 4
- Meeting schedule: 2027 meetings will be scheduled for January, March, and June either virtually or in person. The June meeting will coincide with County Advocacy Days.
- Term ends: July 31, 2027
2025-2026 Justice and Pubic Safety Legislative Goals
- [Top Legislative Priority Goal] Seek legislation expanding state funding to provide essential medical, mental health, substance use disorder and social services to persons incarcerated in local detention facilities.
- Seek legislation to increase the amount paid to county jails by the state to the full cost reimbursement for housing sentenced inmates.
- Seek increased state funding to fully support drug treatment courts and other specialty courts.
NCACC Justice & Public Safety Steering Committee Guiding Principles
- The statewide judicial system and public safety services, including effective ancillary services and programs, should be adequately funded, and staffed in order to provide an efficient environment for judicial and public safety processes, to instill public confidence and to protect our communities.
- Adjudication should be swift, in order to minimize overcrowding in county jails.
- Bonds should be reasonable, and effective pre-trial screening and population management efforts should be encouraged.
- Offenders should be held accountable to society and required to pay a proportionate share of the debt resulting from their offenses, including debt to counties, either through fees based on ability to pay and/or through community service.
- Effective prevention programs, alternatives to incarcerations and other related services should be supported in an effort to help reduce recidivism rates and lower county jail costs.
Steering Committee Membership List
The following committee appointments were confirmed the week of December 9, 2025. Appointments for the 2025-2026 committees will end July 31, 2026. Committee membership is open to all county commissioners. Check the NCACC Calendar for meeting details.
- 2025-2026 Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee
Justice and Public Safety
Commissioners Wayne Branch (Duplin; Steering Committee Chair), Mike Benfield (Rutherford), Pauline Campbell (Robeson), Larry Chapman (Transylvania), Braxton Eggers (Watauga), Wes Greene (Ashe), Rodney Hester (Bladen), Don Mial (Wake), Brent Springer (Pender), Randell Thompson (Brunswick), Larry Yoder (Alexander)
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