Councils to be allowed to scrap by-laws
Updated: 2010-08-31 06:55:10
Access to Records or Lists of Information: What Does the Public Records Law Require?
Updated: 2010-08-25 23:33:15How should a North Carolina local government respond to the following public records requests? First, a request for a list of all building permits issued to governing board members or their relatives. Second, a request (submitted after October 1, 2010 under the newly revised personnel privacy law) for a list of the date and type of each [...]Foundation Councils - Automatic Powers
Updated: 2010-08-24 06:21:33Update on Purchasing Computer Equipment and TVs
Updated: 2010-08-24 03:22:42As I mentioned in my last post, Session Law 2010-67 (S887/H1426) requires the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to develop a list of manufacturers who are in compliance with certain new requirements pertaining to recycling of used equipment and televisions and to post this list on the Department’s website. The list is now [...]The case for Foundation Councils
Updated: 2010-08-23 06:22:00Local Government Purchasing and Contracting Legislative Update
Updated: 2010-08-18 18:51:23[Updated 8/26/2010 to include link to list of approved computer equipment manufacturers and television manufacturers.] This wasn’t a big year for changes to local government purchasing and contracting in North Carolina, although there were significant changes affecting North Carolina state agency purchasing and contracting. Since this blog focuses on local governments, this post highlights those small [...]Are N.C. property tax assessments underwater?
Updated: 2010-08-12 17:05:15For two years now we’ve read story after story about the increasing number of homes that are mortgaged for far more than they are now worth. A recent report by the N.C. Department of Revenue suggests that for the first time a similar problem may be afflicting property tax assessments across the state. Last year, real [...]Individual Board Member Access to Email
Updated: 2010-08-11 20:15:23Imagine that you’re a local government IT administrator, clerk, manager, or other employee, and your job requires you to have access to employee and board members emails for your unit of local government. A member of your governing board contacts you and says, “I need to review all the emails sent to or received by [...]