HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1400 (2)reporting by social services agencies of the number of children with special needs that are placed in or
assigned to group or foster homes on a non-emergency basis, and the related costs, to better enforce the
requirement that local school administrative units in which such children are domiciled transfer
appropriate funds to the local school administrative units in which the group or foster homes are located.
OTION by Commissioner Johnson to approve the Public Education goals as presented
with the exception of (1) to delete the bullet under #2 that continues to fully fund the Low Wealth
School Fund and (2) to delete the second bullet under #3 (to study the effects of community
college low wealth funding provisions included in the 2006 amendments to the Current Operations
and Capital Appropriations Act of 2005 to determine whether the provisions create a more
equitable funding formula).
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Intereovernmental Relations
I. County Maintenance of Effort Requirements -Seek legislation to revise county
maintenance of efforts requirements related to the State Aid to Public Libraries grant fund.
2. State Aid to Public Libraries - Seek legislation to make $830,248 in General Assembly
appropriations to the State Aid to Public Libraries grant fund recurring.
3. Register of Deeds Retirement Fund - Seek legislation to reduce county contributions to the Register
of Deeds (ROD) retirement fund, consistent with sound actuarial analysis, and with the need to
maintain the f nancial integrity of the Retirement Fund.
4. North Carolina Housing Trust Fund - Support legislation providing appropriations by the General
Assembly authorizing recurring funds for the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund to provide new
home ownership opportunities and affordable rental homes for those qualified under the North
Carolina Housing Trust Fund, while looking to enhance federal funding opportunities where
appropriate.
S. Rural Transportation Planning Organizations - Support legislation providing continued funding of
rural transportation planning organizations (RPOs), enabling increased participation in
transportation planning for the state's non -urban areas by local governments.
6. State Workers' Compensation System - Support legislation to reform the state Workers'
Compensation system to reduce disability findings and open-ended streams of payment to address the
trend in favor of long-term disability findings, to diminish control over these findings on the part of
claimants and their legal representatives, and to curtail adoption of rules that limit return -to -work
efforts.
7. Funding for Councils of Government - Support legislation to increase state funding for the 17
regional councils to carry out community and economic planning and development activities for local
governments.
8. Second Primary -Support legislation to eliminate the Second Primary.
OTIO by Commissioner Johnson to approve the intergovernmental relations goals with
the exception of #4 (Housing Trust Fund), #7 (Councils of Government), and #8 (Second
Primary) which should all be deleted.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Environment
1. Electronic Waste Recycling -Support legislation establishing county electronics recycling
Programs. funded through consumer paid advance disposal fees.
2. Clean up Abandoned Mobile Homes - Seek legislation providing financial assistance to
counties for the removal, recycling and disposal of abandoned manufactured housing, funded
through advance disposal fees.
3. Water and Sewer Infrastructure - Support legislation providing the necessary capital for the
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