Beaufort County Government's General Meeting Agenda: Monday, December 6, 2010 | 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.

    In this first meeting of this new board of county commissioners - even though this board of commissioners remains the same in personnel - the first order of business is the taking of the oath for the new commissioners and the election of a chairman and vice-chairman. While the issue of picking a chairman was once one that seemed to become the concern of some members of the community, it has lost its luster over the years for a variety of reasons. One day, I may do an opinion piece on why the bloom is certainly off that rose.

    There may be some issues that are important in this meeting that are, as of this time unknown to me, that are important. As I read my agenda package - when I get it - I will revise this short commentary if something substantive presents itself.

    Presently known to me as of now, the two most important issues for the upcoming meeting could be first, and foremost, Commissioner Hood Richardson's comments regarding an issue that has consumed a good deal of his time of the last 14 months - the Beaufort Regional Health System. I, on the other hand, will bring to the commissioners my concerns over the inability, of the those performing the county's mass appraisal, to perform a fair appraisal due to the lack of comparables since the real estate crash. I will present my idea at the meeting.

 Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners General Meeting Agenda
         Monday, December 6, 2010
   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

       Oath of Office for Recently Elected Commissioners
       Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman
       Seating of the Board

5:25 PM: Public Comments

5:30 PM: Woody Jarvis, District I Engineer, NCDOT, John Rouse, Division I Maintenance Engineer, NCDOT,     Hugh Overholt, Board Member, NCDOT, Neil Lassiter, PE Division Engineer, NCDOT
        2010/11 Secondary Road Improvement Program

5:45 PM: Greg Adams, Auditor, Thompson Price Scott & Adams
       Presentation of Final Draft Audit for Year Ended June 30, 2010 (separate binder)

6:00 PM: David Braswell
       Roadside Hunting

6:10 PM: Bobby Parker, Tax Assessor/Collector
       Late Filings for Senior Citizen Exemptions and Disabled Veterans Requesting Relief for 2010 Tax Bills

6:15 PM: Break

6:45 PM: Public Hearing – FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
       Holland Consulting Planners, Inc. (separate binder)

6:55 PM: Dr. Don Phipps, School Superintendent and Laurie Modlin, Finance Officer
       Beaufort County Schools Capital Funding

7:05 PM: Commissioner Hood Richardson
       Beaufort County Hospital Update

7:20 PM: Commissioner Stan Deatherage
       Tax Revaluation Time Frame Discussion

7:30 PM: County Manager Paul Spruill
       Discussion/Adoption of Ethics Policy (separate folder)

7:40 PM: County Manager Reports