by Sanford Holshouser LLP | Jul 21, 2022 | Blog
As of January 1, 2022, elected officials may not participate in making or administering contracts to nonprofit organizations with which they are associated. This prohibition is part of SB 473 which aims to prohibit conflicts of interest among local...
by Bob Jessup | Jul 20, 2022 | Blog
Lawyers often ask their local government clients to waive conflicts of interest. Here are some suggested rules for how a local government should handle conflict waiver requests from its outside lawyers: Rule #1 Keep in mind that it’s in the outside lawyer’s interest...
by Bob Jessup | Jul 9, 2022 | Blog
We’ve all been in meetings like this — I just didn’t know there was an accepted term for the phenomenon –Imagine a city council meeting with three agenda items: a $100 million power plant zoning approval, a request to build a $10,000 bike rack for city sidewalks and a...
by Bob Jessup | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog
We’ll be participating in a presentation about Chapel Hill’s affordable housing successes at the NCCCMA summer conference in Beaufort this week – our presentation will be on Friday morning. During our presentation we’ll be referring to several source materials and...
by Bob Jessup | Jun 18, 2022 | Blog
GFOA is working with some other stakeholders on a project called “Rethinking Local Government Revenue Systems.” Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 of the published work. The arguments in these articles will be familiar to many: our government revenue systems reflect...
by Bob Jessup | Jun 3, 2022 | Blog
What if you need more money for your project than the voters approved? Imagine this situation: Jefferson County had a bond referendum in November 2020, and the voters approved up to $5,000,000 in bonds to build a recreation center. After completing design, the County...
