Beaufort County Government's General Meeting Agenda: Monday, April 4, 2011 | Eastern North Carolina Now

The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners Will Meet to Discuss the County's Business

    The Government of Beaufort County meets every month for at least one General Meeting to discuss and act on the county's business. Beaufort County employs the County Manager Form of Government, which stipulates that the board of county commissioners allow the county manager to set the agenda, and bring issues before them.

    The most important this month will be the presentation of the 2012 Proposed Budget, prepared by County Manager Paul Spruill. There will be a tremendous pressure to raise property taxes upon the taxpayers of Beaufort County just one year after the "revenue neutral" ad valorem revaluation.

    This budget season will be one of great interest because many individuals that pay the taxes that run this county do not have the same level of income as they did before the Great Recession. Now we the decision before the commissioners is how much can the public stand.

 Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners General Meeting Agenda
         Monday, May 9, 2011
   Beaufort County Administrative Building, Commissioners’ Meeting Room
       121 West Third Street, Washington, North Carolina

5:00 PM: Call to Order by Chairman Langley
       Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance
       Consideration of Consent Agenda

5:20 PM: Public Comments

5:25 PM: Roy Wilson, Executive Director, East Carolina Behavioral Health (ECBH)     Joy Futrell, Finance Officer, ECBH     Leza Wainwright, Chief Operating Officer ECBH
        ECBH Semi-Annual Report

5:45 PM: JChris Hilbert, Holland Consulting Planners, Inc.
           (ECVC)
       FY 2010 CDBG Administrative Guideline Policies

5:55 PM: Commissioner Stan Deatherage
       Resolution in Support for Charter School Bill (the resolution is included at the bottom of the article)

6:05 PM: Commissioner Hood Richardson
       Beaufort County Hospital Update
       Budget Process Discussion

6:15 PM: Break

7:00 PM: Public Hearing – Community Development Block Grant – Community Revitalization Program
          Close Out
       Chris Hilbert, Holland Consulting Planners, Inc.

7:15 PM: County Manager Paul Spruill
       City Requests Permanent Control of Issuing Pyrotechnical Permits in City of Washington and ETJ

7:15 PM: Jim Chrisman, BC Finance Officer
       CDBG 2010 Scattered Site Grant #10-C-2115 Notification of Award CDBG ER Grant #10-C-2136
          Notification of Award/Administrative/Planning Contract for a 2010 CDBG Scattered Site

7:45 PM: Closed Session – Attorney Client Privilege NCGS 143-318.11(a)(3)

8:00 PM: Closed Session - Personnel NCGS 143-318.11(a)(6)

8:15 PM: County Manager’s Reports


Resolution in Support of the North Carolina Senate Bill 8 which Authorizes Lifting the Cap on Charter Schools
    Whereas, the largest expense of the taxpaying citizens in North Carolina is Public Education, and,

    Whereas, the Department of Public Education in North Carolina has created a product that is diminished in its relative effectiveness to educate our children comparable to national and global competitive challenges, and,

    Whereas, the taxpaying parents in North Carolina's school age children deserve a real choice in their children's primary and secondary education opportunities, and,

    Whereas, the free will option of choice is the foundation of any free-market solution, and this real world solution should be considered as the viable alternative to the alternating whim of the central planners within the Department of Public Instruction, therefore,

    Let it be resolved, that the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners do hereby resolve that they are in full support of the North Carolina Senate's SB 8 lifting the cap on Charter Schools, so that greater choice will be allocated to the parents of school age children, and we further request that the North Carolina House of Representatives work to also achieve similar success to provide greater choice as well.

    Written by Beaufort County Commissioner Stan Deatherage and submitted to the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners, North Carolina, for passage on April 4, 2011. Once passed, this resolution will be sent to both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly, and our local representatives, who represent us in each. 6:00 Commissioner Hood Richardson - Temporary Inspections Permit for Church - Beaufort County Hospital Update 6:15 Break 7:00 Public Hearing – Community Development Block Grant Housing & Development Application Warren Wooten, the Wooten Company 7:15 Paul Spruill, County Manager Presentation of 2012 Proposed Budget (separate book) 8:00 County Manager’s Reports