Recent News
[August 7, 2023] — National Association of Counties (NaCo) President Mary Jo McGuire has appointed Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams as Chair of the NaCo Resilient Counties Advisory Board (RCAB). According to the RCAB page on the NaCo website, “Hurricanes, wildfires, economic collapse, and other disasters can be natural or man-made, acute or long-term, foreseeable…
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AUSTIN, TX – A resolution introduced by Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams was adopted at the National Association of Counties (NaCo) annual conference in Travis County, TX on Monday, July 24, 2023. The resolution, which was adopted for the second consecutive year, puts Counties on record as advocating for a more streamlined FEMA individual assistance…
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Appointed to National Position; Successfully Passes Resolution Calling on FEMA to Streamline Individual Assistance Commissioner Frank Williams attended the National Association of Counties’ annual conference in Travis County, TX from July 21-24. Williams served as Brunswick County’s voting delegate at the annual business session. Ramsey County, Minnesota Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire was sworn in as…
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NCACC Presidential Initiative - 100 Counties Prepared
On August 14, 2021, Brunswick County Commissioner and newly installed N.C. Association of County Commissioners President Frank Williams announced his presidential initiative, 100 Counties Prepared. The initiative was borne out of his experience serving as Chair of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners during Hurricanes Florence, Dorian, and Isaias, through which he observed a lack of emergency preparedness training suitable for elected officials. He appointed a statewide task force that worked with NCACC staff to develop a full day of emergency preparedness training for elected officials.
Sixty-one county officials from across North Carolina completed the inaugural 100 Counties Prepared Emergency Preparedness Training for County Commissioners, which was held in conjunction with the 115th Annual NCACC Conference in Cabarrus County on August 11, 2022. A second training was held on May 31, 2023, and additional trainings are planned.
