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With a final vote early this morning, the N.C. General Assembly approved a state budget for the 2015-17 biennium that achieves several NCACC goals and has little negative effect on county government. Governor Pat McCrory has signed the legislation. The budget contains a tax plan to help struggling areas of the state by expanding the sales tax base to some services and directing most of the proceeds to 79 counties, while other new revenue remains…
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BOLIVIA, N.C. — Building permits issued in Brunswick County in fiscal year 2015 increased by nearly 25 percent compared to the year before. There were 2,714 building permits issued in Brunswick County during the 2014-15 fiscal year, including 2,295 residential construction permits and 419 commercial construction permits. In the 2013-14 fiscal year, there were 2,193 building permits issued, including 1,967 residential permits and 226 commercial permits. While the total number of building permits issued in…
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BOLIVIA, N.C. — Brunswick County Commissioners Marty Cooke, Pat Sykes and Frank Williams have been recognized by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners for their achievements in the Local Elected Leaders Academy. The Local Elected Leaders Academy (LELA), a partnership with the UNC School of Government, the N.C. Association of County Commissioners and the N.C. League of Municipalities, offers local elected officials the knowledge and skills needed to lead and govern their communities. Commissioners…
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In recent weeks there have been news reports about a proposal to relocate a CSX rail line out of the City of Wilmington. The relocated rail line could skirt the edge of Brunswick County along the Cape Fear River, near the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo recently appointed a task force to look into the issue. I have since been approached about representing Brunswick County on this task force, and look forward…
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The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution at their August 17, 2015 meeting requesting that NCDOT conduct a corridor study of the I-74/US-74 corridor in Brunswick and Columbus Counties. This follows a similar resolution adopted by the Cape Fear Rural Planning Organization’s Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) in July. Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams, who serves as RTAC Chair for 2015, released the following statement after July’s RTAC vote: “Upgrading Highway 74 between…
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