WHAT HAPPENED: 的 League called on 它的 member cities and towns to review and vote on 2021-2022 goals. 的 advancement of racial equity was in conversation among state leaders. And the vaccine made it into North Carolina.
WHAT IT MEANS: If t在这里's a thread running through it all, it's the future -- what the standout experience of life and work in the year 2020 means for us as we head in到一个 new year.
ON TAP: And in January, 集团s eyeing the state's predicament with transportation funding -- a headline issue in recent times as sources like the gas tax decline -- are expected to produce 建议 to turn things around.
THE SKINNY: After such a tumultuous 2020, motivation is on. For our member cities and towns, the action to take now is to review and vote on the slate of proposed advocacy goals the League sent out by email this week. We thank you for all you do.
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leaders on both a
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集团 and a task force convened by Gov. Roy Cooper finalized
建议 this week meant 到一个dvance racial equity. 对…感兴趣
cities, many of the 建议 concerned policing practices and culture.
Legislators would need to pass bills—and Governor Cooper would need to sign
them into law—before many of the 建议 would be effective. 每组
produced extensive 报告s with dozens of suggestions for change, and the
governor’s task force also included historical and cultural background to
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它的
建议.
立法
报告 did not include draft legislation.
城市
officials had a seat at the table in both 集团s that formed these
建议. League Board of Directors member Nicole Steward of the Raleigh
城市 Council served on the legislative working 集团, as did Charlotte Council
Member Tariq Bokhari. Meanwhile, Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin led many of
the discussion 集团s for Governor Cooper’s task force, which also counted
Durham Police Chief C.J. Davis, Apex Police Chief John Letteney, and Raleigh
Police Sergeant Billy Gartin as members.
Municipal leaders, thank you for your attention and diligence as the League's legislative policy goals planning process is almost complete. All that remains is for member cities and towns to review the proposed goals sent to them via email this week and cast their votes. We need your help and participation in this last, and most important, step in the process.
Thank you for the work you have already completed; we have received over 450 ideas from 165 individuals representing 114 municipalities. After the dedicated work by the 立法 Policy Committee to compile and refine the submitted goals, the NCLM Board of Directors has reviewed, approved and submitted 17 proposed advocacy goals for consideration.
Your job now is to review and vote on the proposed goals so that cities and towns have a focused state and federal advocacy agenda for the 2021-2022 legislative biennium, which begins in January at the N.C. 大会.
Each municipality will cast a single vote by selecting 10 of the 17 proposed goals.
To vote, your municipality must:
- Designate a single 投票委托 who will cast the municipality's vote by January 14, 2021. If your municipality has not yet designated 它的 投票委托, please do so using 这种形式. Official voting instructions and the ballot will be sent directly to the 投票委托.
- Review, discuss and determine which of the proposed advocacy goals your municipality supports. Each municipality may select 10 of the 17 proposed goals.
- Submit the online ballot by January 15, 2021. 的 投票委托 will receive voting instructions and the online ballot directly.
Thank you for your continued participation in this legislative goal planning process, which is so critical to our advocacy efforts. Establishing these Municipal 365体育足彩 Goals with wide participation by all cities and towns allows our organization to speak with confidence and sincerity as we pursue each with state and federal policymakers. It truly allows us to live up to our motto, “Working as one, advancing all."
的 League will host one more meeting with the N.C. Pandemic Recovery Office (NCPRO) on Monday in advance of the current Dec. 30 deadline for 冠状病毒 Relief Fund (CRF) expenditures. Staff from NCPRO will provide local governments with recent information related to the CRF. 的 call will feature a Q&A session 到一个llow our members to pose any specific questions they may have.
If you've missed previous calls and would like to catch up, recordings of all calls can be found on the right-hand side of the webpage
在这里. Login information has been emailed directly to members. For questions, please contact
NCLM's Chris Nida.
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on potential long-term revenue solutions for the N.C. 部门
运输 (NCDOT) are expected next month as 集团s meet to discuss the
事. 的
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委员会, whose roster includes Banner Elk Mayor Brenda Lyerly and
Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Julie Eislet, plans to release 它的 final
建议 on future transportation funding at 它的 Jan. 8, 2021 meeting, a
final gathering for the 集团 that formed in early 2019. 同时，NC
Chamber is leading
目标2030,
a coalition of businesses and statewide 集团s, including the League.
运输
funding troubles are a long-monitored 事 in North Carolina, in part with
tapering gas tax revenues -- NCDOT’s primary supply -- per weaker sales and
more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road. Recent headlines about 该机构
have focused on financial difficulties related to natural disasters and big
legal settlements, among other factors. But discussion at a
联合
立法 运输 Oversight Committee last week did raise
news of a temporary rebound for NCDOT. Committee members learned of a nearly $1
billion cash balance at 该机构, credited to reduced spending and project
delays along with additional funds from the early sale of
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and better-than-expected revenues in the pandemic. But when summer returns,
spending will increase and project 成本 will continue to grow beyond planned
levels mostly due to higher-than-expected construction and land acquisition
成本. By fall 2021, officials expect a cash decline below the target range for
该机构.
政府.
Roy Cooper and Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the N.C. 部门 健康 and
Human Services (DHHS), witnessed some of the first of the state’s 新型冠状病毒肺炎
vaccinations Thursday. 的 Pfizer vaccine went to health care professionals
working with infected patients at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, according
到一个 新闻稿.
It was one of 11 hospitals that received vaccines earlier this week; more than
40 additional hospitals in the state received the vaccine a couple days later.
“With the Moderna vaccine expected to receive authorization soon, even more
health care providers throughout North Carolina will begin receiving
vaccinations,” the release said. 接下来会发生什么? 健康 care workers are the
first priority for the governor’s team, followed by residents and staff of
long-term care facilities. 的发病率 疫苗计划
has more on the distribution ahead.
