Beaufort County's Government's General Meeting Agenda: Thursday, October 1, 2009 | 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 so that they, as the elected voice of those who vote in Beaufort County, may give him guidance and direction as to the path that Beaufort County takes.

    It is the responsibility of the county manager to originate some items, and organize all of the items on the agenda keep the meeting running as efficiently as possible. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the county manager to advise the commissioners, often strenuously, and to enact the policies of the majority, immediately upon the conclusion of these general meetings, and any of our ancillary meetings.

    Beaufort County's public meetings are the most important component in the ongoing governing of Beaufort County. They are administered in the full purview of the public, as dictated by North Carolina's Open Meetings Law, and we are wise to video-graph these meetings as public record. You are invited to attend these meetings as your time and our space constraints permit. You are always welcome to watch the broadcast of these meeting on all cable television public access channels, or borrow the DVD from any local library.

    Without further discussion, we provide the Agenda here below:

 Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners General Meeting Agenda
         Thursday, October 1, 2009
   Beaufort County Administrative Building, Commissioners’ Meeting Room
       121 West Third Street, Washington, North Carolina

4:00 PM: Closed session to discuss ongoing litigation with the Beaufort County School
    Board on their lawsuit against the Commissioners and Taxpayers of Beaufort
    County.

5:00 PM: Call To Order
    Consideration of Consent Agenda

5:10 PM: Public Comments

5:30 PM: Chief Deputy Harry Meredith
    ABC Permit Process Ordinance Requested

5:40 PM: Tax Assessor Bobby Parker
    Tax Collections
    Request Tax Refund on Mobile Home
    Request Board Set Public Hearing Date for 2010 Schedule of Tax Values

6:00 PM: Chris Hilbert, Holland Consulting Planners
    Tax Collections
    Request Tax Refund on Mobile Home
    Request Board Set Public Hearing Date for 2010 Schedule of Tax Values

6:15 PM: Break

7:00 PM: Public Hearing: Final Draft of Beaufort County C.A.M.A. Land Use Plan

7:15 PM: Public Hearing: FY 2007 Scattered Site CDBG Close Out -
    Chris Hilbert, Holland Consulting Planners

7:25 PM: Commissioner Hood Richardson
    Discussion of School System Grants
    Update on Use of Spanish on State’s Website
    Discussion on North Carolina Community Colleges’ Decision of Admission of
    Illegal Immigrants
    Request January, 2009 Economic Development Report Regarding Jobs (Increase /
    Decrease) in Beaufort County
    Discussion of Cost to Provide Ed Tech Center

7:50 PM: Chairman Jay McRoy
    Discussion of Bath Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Adjustments

8:00 PM: County Manager Paul Spruill
    Consideration of Amended Beaufort County Budget as a Result of the State
    Budget Impacts Including State Shared ADM Funds

8:20 PM: County Manager’s Reports