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POLICY STATEMENTS ro,o,o count[cs or Iiscal burdcm~ wblch can,lin adct
<br /> county rcvcmlo soarccs, sc[vices ina,(I,'llcd by tho [cdc[al §ovcrnntont
<br /> should bc fully I',ndod by the. l'edcral §ovommcnh and ihos¢ sc[vices
<br />(NOTE:Tlle$cpollcystatemelJlswcrcrcnrloptc(l(lllllcA.~utollh~rlslc. r$ mandatcd by tile Sis[c shnulti bc fully funded by thcS[utc,
<br />$cx~io~ at the/9J)O Art.tm! CmfJ'crc/~c¢ itt ,'~fl~cvillc o/~ A,g#$t 9-]2,) '~'ltc Association rcco§nizc.~
<br /> ['amily of'local ~o¥¢rnlnent nmi urines tltc slrcnl~[ilcnin§ ~.l['[hc par[ncrsltip
<br /> I~c[wccn counties all(I cities. 'l~crc must be rccoDtitio, of issues whlch
<br />:[ntcrgovcx~.mcntal Relations Policy cro~s ciiy and couniy lines, 'rhine issues must ~ dealt wilh c~r=iivc-
<br />StEt~m~t ly. ~c Ass~ialio~ sups[Is rc~iomll councils as a romm rot addr~sin~
<br /> sucJt is/t/cs. ~a[ ~cnern] p~r~ tovcrntnents arc ibc buildln~ bl~ks
<br />Basle Governmental Philosoph~ rot solvin~ rc~io,arproblcms; there[nrc, any rc~ional ~pproach
<br /> based on [itc need [o sircn~(]lco and sup[~rt I~l ~ovcrnmcals.
<br />~tc No[Ih Cnrollna A~iation orCoumy Coma ss ones ram s ~ c Thc No[lit Carolina Ass~ialion o~ County Commi~ionc~ Cone[ally
<br />[ol]owin[ ns ils basic [ovcrmncn[nl philosophy: s.~rls thc ~licy ~sitim~s cslablishcd by
<br /> - ~nvcloprlv~lci.itintivcalllhcFe.CliO,slh~ c xc sc~ ~r[or ~ go.niles, but ret,ins thc rill]ti lo ~t,blish its ow, ~licy ~silions on
<br /> privately while cncouraci.~ a 9armcrshlp ~twccu l~al ~ovcm- s~cific issues ~s dccmcd i~ppropri~[c by ils mcml~rshlp.
<br /> mcn~ ~d thc buslnms commu,ity in ,11 ]mis[bio ways. 'I'l~e Inlporlance or
<br /> · Uso dlC level or ~ovcmmcn[ closes[ Io iht ~oplc ~or ~lI ibc publk
<br /> [,unctions ~sibl~ Thc consiitu[ional pu~sc o~ thc No[Ih Carolina Ass~iallon or Couniy
<br /> Commi~ioncm is "{o pray[dc thc Ic[islniurc
<br /> · Utillzc inlcr~ovcmmcnln[ n~rccmc,is where npproprin c o nlinin mat[on ncc~sn~ rot Ibc pllSSl~c or sotind lc[islafio[t benc~cial [o lite
<br /> ccon~ical~rformnncc~n~pular approvnl, ndntinislr~[ion or cmmiy ,~uirs nod to op~sc ]cglslalio~ injurious
<br /> thcrclo." Thc A~Ji,ion nrSrms Ihn[ ils r~ourccs will ,o[ ~ milixcd
<br /> · mcnLsarcm}tndcqunlcnnd wlicrcconlim~i~nRcsc~cnnli°unlncti°ll[°rihmcnrcns~vhcrcslnlcal~dl~nlg°vcm'o ~ volvcmc,[ onbehal~o~indlvid,nlcou,licsscckin~Ic~islalivcrcmcdy~or )roblcms
<br /> is ncc~sn~, that arc no~ slatcwidc Jn nn[,rc. Ils lobbying crroris will be dircc[cd
<br /> toward Ibc sups)ri o~ sound lcglslnlion ~nc~clal lo dm admlnis[ration
<br />Thc Intergovernmental SXstcm or all eremites' arr,[rs, nnd
<br />~tc Slnlc plays a vltnl rolo in 0~c ~onomic wcll-bclz~[ o~ thc count[cs Ibc cotHttJ~ as a
<br />In mco~nJiiml oF Ibls pnrincahlp, Ihc ~l~lc sllOllli] provide U)[crII;I
<br />lO enable Itc colin[ ~ to mca[ Ihcir basic Jn~r~sir[IC{[l~c ilccds,
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<br />y St~ttltC thc counli~s or Norih Camli,a arc n lc,is or thc
<br /> owcvc[, counly [o~mn~cn~ nrc more lhnn l~nl brnnchcs or sin[c
<br />[ovcmmcn{. As rcprc~nl=tiv~ o~[Itc I~1 [[ovc~llncn [tnt o c cs a
<br />Ibc ~oolc coullly commissloncrs ncccp rcs~ns b I ly ~or slrcn~lhcn. Co~prchcnsivc slid cf~cicnl hulna~l sc~ic~ iucludiu~ s~iul sc~iccs
<br />in~ and m~provin~ counly ~ovcrlnncn[ and wl[l con [rurally s rlvco c d bca[ul and menial hcnllh, arc ~scnii~l to lm mnn wcll-~m¢ i. ot~rprcscnt
<br />crib[ rely. s~ic[y. '~t=c scrvlc~s taus{ [~ clcnrly dc~ncd and nde( n~lcly tundcd,
<br />~ ~s~i~lion ~llcv~ siron~ly in ~cxibiliiy o~ ro~, ~u,c{ion and S{n[c mandacd scrvi~ dcllvcrcd a[ ibc coun{y level should ~ finnnccd
<br /> ~rom state rcvcmm so.rc~ in order rot cvc~ cltlzc, o~ No[ih Carolina
<br />~n~cc. Counti~ should be rrcc Io or~nnlxc ~or Ibc or, cica{ and in rcccivc = subsinnii~liy similar des[cc of Scmlcc.
<br />crr~[ivc d~llvc~ or sc~ic~ ns ticcmcd appropriate by each co nty
<br />Tbcy should ~rcc lo dclc~inc thc sco~ and cx cn or govcmmcn n Slate nnd CollarX ~Jsca[ l[cl=ttio~ship
<br />scm[cc they will render (snbjcct in Ibc .ccd rot uniFom~iiy in dclivc~ Couniy commissioners have a major role in thc dcvclopmcn of hc
<br />o[sc~J~ oF national or slnlc~vidc im~r0; Io [his end, ti~ Assr[al[on
<br /> slain sJ umnn sc~mcs nclwork. Bo I ~sc~l and adntinislrl 'vcc~ andes
<br />will continue ~o op~sc nlininlunl service lcvcls nnd mall~cnnncc oF
<br />crrmt rcljuit~tcnLs, Counti~ should ave t c nt,hnriiy Io employ a in s,ch ~Iicies should ~ preceded by close ocgolia[ions
<br /> SIAIc and c~nli~ Io dclcmllnc
<br />var[elTo] mca~ o~ ~nancin~ cou,ty Eovcmnlcut order to proven( di~mpLio~t or so.icc.delivery al I[~ courtly level
<br />Wc ~llcvc in maximum l~al nulhorily consislcnt wiih thc ~,tL~i,mc, pro,ram chnnE~ affcciin~ counly bml~c~ should
<br />o~ Slalcwldc Objective. TO provide c(lui(y amonG Ihc COUOLi~, and Io dtc ~i.ninE O~ thc ~uflL~ ~scal ~cnC new prosmol initiatives should
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