As detailed in previous posts, all NC counties and municipalities received federal grant funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recover Fund (ARP/CSLFRF). There are detailed expenditure guidelines, and compliance and reporting requirements … Read more

It’s budget season, which triggers perennial issues related to the budgeting process and substance of the annual budget ordinance. Some of these are addressed in past posts. This year I’ve had several inquiries about how specific a budget appropriation can … Read more

As discussed in previous posts, all NC counties and municipalities received funding from the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARP/CSLFRF). These are federal grant funds that come with eligibility restrictions, compliance requirements, and reporting … Read more

  SUPPORT the SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT The School of Government’s success hinges on its ability to respond in real-time to the challenges facing North Carolina through advising, research and education. With your support, the School has been able to help … Read more

With a New Year comes new changes. This year the Emergency Management Act as gone through some of its own changes after about a decade since the last revisions. Here I will lay out the changes that became effective on … Read more

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARP/CSLFRF) program provides significant funding to all North Carolina counties and municipalities. As detailed in previous posts, this federal grant program groups allowable expenditures of these … Read more

The following are sample policies and other resources for the School of Government’s ARP Basics sessions. We are offering these sessions once a month via Zoom as part of our ARP Office Hours to help those newer to the American … Read more

Which of the following proposed transactions require that the local government or public authority first seek approval from the State’s Local Government Commission (LGC)? 1. The Town of Blowing Rocks borrows $1 million from a local credit union to make … Read more

NOTE: This blog has been updated to reflect current events and General Statute citations. The majority of the blog text is attributable to Norma Houston. Updates have been provided by Kate Van Tol. As Ian approaches the Carolina’s and we … Read more

As detailed in previous posts, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARP/CSLFRF) allows local governments to spend their allocations on eligible projects within four major expenditure groupings: Addressing the COVID-19 public health … Read more