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Consideration of North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) Municipal Advocacy Goals and Other Legislative Priorities
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to review and consider the endorsement of NCLM municipal advocacy goals.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Council / Town Clerk
CONTACT INFORMATION: Damon Seils, Mayor, dseils@carrboronc.gov <mailto:dseils@carrboronc.gov> ; Wesley Barker, Town Clerk, wbarker@carrboronc.gov <mailto:wbarker@carrboronc.gov>, 919-918-7309
INFORMATION: The North Carolina General Assembly will convene its 2023 regular session on January 11. In previous years, the Town Council has identified a list of legislative priorities to share with Orange County's legislative delegation.
The North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) Board of Directors approved 16 proposed municipal advocacy goals for the 2023-2024 legislative biennium. NCLM member municipalities may endorse up to 10 of the goals as part of the NCLM's legislative goals development process. A single voting delegate from each member municipality may cast the municipality's ballot no later than January 12, 2023.
Attachment A includes a summary list of the 16 legislative goals recommended by the NCLM Board of Directors, along with context for each goal statement. Attachment B is a draft resolution for indicating up to 10 goals endorsed by the Town Council and designating the Town Clerk as the Town's voting delegate.
For additional information, Attachment C shows the legislative priorities adopted by the Town Council on January 26, 2021, for the 2021 regular session of the General Assembly. Attachment D shows the jointly adopted policy priorities of the Durham-Chapel Hill- Carrboro MPO Board and the Capital Area MPO Board.
Finally, Carrboro resident Dr. Meg Molloy, representing Care4Carolina, submitted a request that the Town Council endorse Medicaid expansion as a priority for the legislative session and provided a draft resolution. Care4Carolina is a statewide advocacy organization building support for Medicaid expansion. In 2022, the NC Senate and the NC House each passed a bill that would expand Medicaid; however, the two chambers did not agree on final legislation. Attachment E is a draft resolution supporting Medicaid expansion.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: No new fiscal impacts are associated with the consideration of this item.
RECOMMENDATION:r The Town Council is asked to consider the resolution in Attachment B endorsing up to 10 of the 16 NCLM municipal advocacy goals and designating the Town Clerk as the voting delegate; and to consider the resolution in Attachment E supporting Medicaid expansion in North Carolina.