Beaufort County Government's General Meeting Agenda: Monday, January 9, 2012 | 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 Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their general meeting on Monday, January 9, 2012. This is the seventh general meeting post-budget, when the Beaufort County Commissioners, by a vote of 5 to 2, raised your property taxes by 6%.

    The most important issue on the agenda for this general meeting is an agenda item that I bring before the commissioners: The need move forward with a four year valuation, which may cost the county around one million dollars to perform.

   The agenda item of a revised revaluation after a 4 year period since the last one is about doing all we can, as county commissioners, to effect a more fair distribution of responsibility to pay an ad valorem tax. This is something that county commissioners can, and should do, as juxtaposed against acting as mere advocates for one group or another.

 Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners General Meeting Agenda
         Monday, January 9, 2011.
   Beaufort County Administrative Building, Commissioners’ Meeting Room
       121 West Third Street, Washington, North Carolina
Commissioner Hood Richardson and part of the gang: Above. photo by Stan Deatherage
5:00 p.m. Call to Order by Chairman Langley
             Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance
             Consideration of Consent Agenda

5:10 p.m. Public Comments

5:30 p.m. John Droz, Jr.
             Wind Turbine Project

5:50 p.m. Kelli Russell, Human Services Planner with Beaufort County Health Department
             2011 Community Health Assessment

6:10 p.m. Superintendent Don Phipps, Beaufort County Schools
                     Laurie Modlin, Finance Officer
             Revisit Capital Outlay Request for Proposed Projects

6:30 p.m. Kelli Hopkins, Elections
             Discussion of Sales Tax Referendum
             Sheriff Department JAG Grant and Current List of Rifles

6:45 p.m. Commissioner Al Klemm
                     Larry Britt and Jim Daniels
             Discussion of Golf Cart Cart Ordinance

7:10 p.m. Commissioner Hood Richardson
             Discussion on Grant Application Process
             Health Department Budget Revenue Source, Description and Amount Expenditure of Funds and
                   Expected Results in Writing
             Chocowinity Industrial Park Sewer Final Contract
             Schools Capital Budget Update
             IT Committee Report Regarding Statusof Replacing Tax Department and Register of Deeds Computer
                  Systems

7:15 p.m. Break

7:20 p.m. Bobby Parker, Tax Accessor
             Monthly Report on Tax Collections
             Adoption of Tax Listing Guide

8:00 p.m. Commissioner Stan Deatherage
             Commissioners to Discuss and Possibly Proceed with Four Year Revaluation for a Fair Representation of
                   County Property Values

8:15 p.m. Jim Chrisman, Finance Officer
             Recommendation / Award Bid for Hurricane Hazard Mitigation Assistance and Disaster Recovery
                   Grant Professional Services Contract

8:30 p.m. Randell Woodruff, County Manager
             Application for Citizen Service - Volunteer Form
             Discussion of Wind Turbine Ordinance

8:45 p.m. County Manager's Reports