NC Senate unveils latest plan to distribute county sales taxes

From the N.C. Association of County Commissioners — June 12, 2015 — After several days of waiting, the N.C. Senate rolled out its latest plan to redistribute county-adopted sales tax revenues on Wednesday. The Senate plan was only presented in the Commerce Committee and is rumored to be included in the Senate budget that will be…

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Statement on Resolution Supporting HB 516

Commissioner Frank Williams released the following statement after voting for a resolution supporting House Bill 516, which would authorize counties with populations over 100,000 to put a referendum to dissolve sanitary districts before the voters, at the Monday, May 4, 2015 Board of Commissioners meeting: “At tonight’s board of commissioners meeting we unanimously approved a…

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Commissioner Williams serves on NCACC Legislative Goals Committee

RALEIGH, N.C. — Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams attended the Nov. 19-20 meeting of the N.C. Association of County Commissioners’ (NCACC) Legislative Goals Committee to help determine county legislative priorities for the upcoming 2015-16 legislative biennium. Commissioner Williams is one of 32 county commissioners from across North Carolina who was appointed to the Legislative Goals…

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Brunswick County Commissioners advocate for restoration of lottery funds for school construction

RALEIGH, N.C. — Brunswick County Commissioners Marty Cooke, Pat Sykes and Frank Williams advocated to restore and protect the county share of proceeds from the North Carolina Education Lottery at the N.C. Association of County Commissioners’ County Assembly Day in Raleigh Wednesday. “Restoring the full share of lottery proceeds and the statutes that designate counties…

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