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The Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization (RPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) elected its officers for 2025 on Friday, February 14, 2025. Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams was unanimously re-elected Chair and Whiteville Mayor Terry Mann was unanimously re-elected Vice Chair. Williams and Mann have served as chair and vice chair since 2014. The Cape Fear RPO covers rural portions of Brunswick and Pender Counties and all of Columbus County and serves as the intergovernmental…
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Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams, who is a member of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Intergovernmental Disaster Reform Task Force, recently attended a North Carolina Local Government special recovery meeting for communities affected by #Helene. The meeting, which was held in Buncombe County on Feb. 11, 2025, was co-sponsored by the N.C. League of Municipalities, the N.C. Association of County Commissioners, and multiple western North Carolina Councils of Governments. Williams was joined by NACo…
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Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams has been named to a newly formed National Association of Counties (NACo) Intergovernmental Disaster Reform Task Force. NaCo President and Sonoma County, CA Supervisor James Gore appointed 28 county leaders to the group, which is tasked with modernizing federal disaster policies, strengthening intergovernmental partnerships geared towards disaster resiliency and enhancing local disaster mitigation, response and recovery capacities. “Every community in our country understands the fierce urgency of protecting our communities…
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LELAND, N.C. – Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams attended his first meeting as a member of the National Association of Counties (NaCo) board of directors in Sonoma County, CA last month. Williams was unanimously elected to one of North Carolina’s two designated seats on the national board at the NaCo annual conference last summer. “Serving on the national board provides a tremendous opportunity to ensure that Brunswick County and North Carolina have a voice on…
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The Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization (RPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) unanimously adopted its rural transportation legislative goals at its October 10, 2024 meeting. The legislative agenda was developed at the request of Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams, who serves as RTAC chair, and unanimously approved on a motion from Brunswick County Commissioner Mike Forte. A letter from Chairman Williams outlining the priorities will be sent to Brunswick County’s legislative delegation, N.C. Department of…
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