Town of Rutherfordton issued the following announcement on Oct. 15.
Mayor Jimmy Dancy is helping to shape the policy positions and key issues for cities and towns across North Carolina. Mayor Dancy has been selected as an appointed member of the 2020-2021 North Carolina League of Municipalities Legislative Policy Committee.
For years, the League has followed an inclusive, member-driven process to form policy positions on key issues for N.C. cities. This process is designed to take input from municipal officials in every corner of the state, and it reflects the diversity of opinion existing across North Carolina.
During even-numbered years, all League members are invited to submit their ideas through focus group discussions and in writing. The League’s Legislative Policy Committee will then consider these ideas and recommend the top consensus positions to the Board of Directors. The Board refines the positions further before sending them to the full League membership for a final vote. These goals and positions are vital in uniting the voices of municipal leaders across the state behind common goals for state and federal leaders to advance on behalf of our hometowns.
“I am proud to serve Rutherfordton and to help draft a unified set of goals as we advance the quality of life in the hometowns of North Carolina. This process is extremely beneficial as collectively our voices are stronger together as issues cross our borders but affect us all and advancing policy to address these collective problems is what keeps our communities the engines that drive our state forward.” Said Mayor Dancy
Rutherfordton has submitted goals around priorities that align with its current set of action plans and experience with the response to COVID-19. Goals around the housing to adjust state funding policy on housing finance as well as flexibility in the foreclosure process for abandoned and dilapidated homes to be restored an active home. Other priorities include infrastructure funding, stabilizing NCDOT, Stormwater funding, stabilizing recycling programs, and keeping NC Main Street programs viable among other goals.
Original source: https://www.rutherfordton.net/mayor-dancy-to-serve-on-the-state-wide-legislative-policy-committee/
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