• Yesterday's Local Government by-election results

    Updated: 2010-06-25 10:42:09

  • Leicester Council bans prayers at Council meetings

    Updated: 2010-06-24 06:42:38

  • Council Tax freeze only budgeted for one year

    Updated: 2010-06-23 06:07:00

  • Local Historic Preservation Districts and Landmarks: Three Frequently Asked Questions

    Updated: 2010-06-22 20:11:57
    According to a recent count by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), ninety-four (94) cities and counties in North Carolina either support a local historic preservation program singly or participate with other local units in a joint program. One element of most of these programs is the appointment of a historic preservation commission that reviews [...]

  • Local Government Grants to Private Entities

    Updated: 2010-06-17 22:15:57
    At the local government’s budget hearing, representatives from several private entities make requests for grants from the unit. A religious organization wants funds to organize a community festival. A local non-profit agency, trying to survive in the tough economic climate, seeks funds to finance its general operations. The local Rotary Club asks that the local government [...]

  • Property Disposal Chart

    Updated: 2010-06-16 01:07:35
    Have you ever had questions about which property disposal method local governments can use to sell a piece of government-owned land?  Or have you wondered what steps are required to sell property by upset bid?  Or have you wondered how a local government may convey property to a nonprofit?   The answers to these questions and [...]

  • Zoning and North Carolina’s Fair Housing Act

    Updated: 2010-06-08 21:38:44
    Suppose that a town council holds a public hearing on a proposal to rezone one of the last vacant tracts of land in the northwest area of town from a single-family residential district to a multi-family residential district. Suppose also that this area of town is comprised predominately of single-family houses on larger lots. The [...]

  • New(er) County Revenue Sources – Local Land Transfer Tax and Local Sales and Use Tax

    Updated: 2010-06-03 22:21:23
    As I discussed in a previous post, the General Assembly made significant changes to counties’ sales and use tax authority in 2007 and 2008, pursuant to comprehensive Medicaid funding reform legislation. Specifically, the legislation repealed counties’ authority to levy a one-half cent local option sales and use tax (local sales tax), and made certain other [...]

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