NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES n WASHINGTON, D.C. VOL. 45, NO. 7 n April 8, 2013 Texas prosecutors’ deaths leave officials, public shaken

By Charlie Ban employees have been showing up STAFF WRITER for work. I cannot brag about them enough.” Following the second shooting The U.S. Marshals Service has death of a Kaufman County, Texas evaluated the safety of the court- prosecutor in two months, elected house, which contains the court officials in the county east of Dallas are shaken and left appreciating the See SHOOTINGS page 2 normalcy of their jobs. District Attorney Mike McLel- land and his wife Cynthia were West Virginia found shot to death outside of their home March 30. This followed sheriff killed the still-unsolved Jan. 31 shoot- ing death of Assistant Prosecutor in his car Mark Hasse, in broad daylight as he walked to the county courthouse. County law-enforcement Gov. Rick Perry (R) will make officials are also being targeted an appointment to fill the district in West Virginia, where Mingo attorney’s seat, which is held in County Sheriff Eugene Crum the interim by McLelland’s top was shot in the head April 3 prosecutor Brandi Fernandez. She while eating lunch in his car. will hold the job for 21 days. Crum took office in January after serving as chief magistrate “We’re still in a process of trying Photo courtesy of Kittias County, Wash. for Mingo County, resigning to believe that it happened,” said Kittias County, Wash. Commissioner Mark McClain presents an award for the 2012 coloring contest for to run for sheriff, a general County Judge Bruce Wood. “We grades K-5 held each year during National County Government Month. See page 6 to read more about hope that the memorial service election he won unopposed how counties are celebrating this year. (April 4) will help people start the after winning the Democratic healing process. We know closure primary by 8 percentage points. will be a long way off.” “He was a lifelong law Meanwhile, Wood said “Our man,” said Commission Presi- Counties look at options INSIDE  dent John Hubbard. “His life’s passion was to be sheriff of CountyNews Mingo County. He was the for keeping air traffic Features See CRUM page 2 controllers working

“NACo extends its sym- By Charlie Ban ment of Transportation programs pathies to Mingo and STAFF WRITER has left much of its $637 million Kaufman counties for their share of the across-the-board tragic losses. Keeping the Two days before contract air cuts to fall on the FAA — ap- community safe is a bed- traffic control tower workers were proximately 60 percent, according rock county government set to be furloughed because of to FAA Administrator Michael sequestration budget cuts, the Huerta. The FAA makes up 20 The sequester means costs for Build service. Brutal attacks America Bonds projects g Page 5 on those who serve and Federal Aviation Administration percent of the overall DOT budget. In Senate test vote, Internet sales preserve the safety of their delayed the closure of 149 towers, The lower flight volume landed including at more than 84 county- the affected airports on the clo- tax measure gets significant communities remind us support g Page 2 all of the debt we owe to owned airports. sure list, which has already been those who freely choose to The reprieve, now until June reduced. U.S. Supreme Court says no permits needed for run-off from logging keep us safe.” 15, was prompted by several legal “I like to think having a control challenges to the closure deci- tower makes life safer,” said Peter roads g Page 8 — NACo Executive Director sions, including one by Cuyahoga Camp, Snohomish County, Wash. Youth Promise Act reintroduced in Matt Chase County, Ohio. House g Page 9 Exemptions for various Depart- See AIR TRAFFIC page 8 2 April 8, 2013 CountyNews • Marketplace Fairness Act could soon become reality

By Michael Belarmino March 23 is non-binding, but 75 state. The court ruled, and affirmed ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR Senators voting in favor of the Counties encouraged to thank senators in a subsequent decision, that states amendment indicates that the who supported the amendment could not require remote sellers to In a significant, pending legislation, the Market- collect sales taxes without a physi- although symbolic, place Fairness Act of 2013 (S. 336), cal presence in the state. NACo thanks Sens. Durbin and Enzi for their leadership and CONTENT victory for main street would likely pass if brought to the The two cases, however, were support on this issue, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Roy businesses, and state Senate floor. There is an identical during an age when retail was a Blunt (R-Mo.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and local governments, the Senate bill with bipartisan support in the much different industry than today. and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for speaking out for the Market- has overwhelmingly supported an House (H. R. 684), but it has yet The Internet has evolved into one place Fairness Act during the budget resolution debate, and the amendment on the Marketplace to see any action. of the primary marketplaces for 20 additional co-sponsors who have championed the legislation Fairness Act filed to the FY14 Sen- NACo has long supported the today’s shoppers, facilitating bil- in the Senate. These lawmakers have pushed tirelessly for this ate Budget Resolution. Marketplace Fairness Act, along lions in sales every year, and the important legislation. The amendment, led by Sens. with other state and local govern- software used by retailers today to Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Enzi ment groups and a wide array of quickly calculate anything from (R-Wyo.), would give state and businesses that includes Amazon and retailers on an equal footing in National Bellas Hess v. Illinois De- shipping costs to estimated delivery local governments the authority and Best Buy. The bill would not with their online counterparts. partment of Revenue. In Bellas Hess, dates is far beyond what was in use to enforce already existing sales create a new tax, but rather a If the legislation is enacted into the court was essentially asked to during the two court cases. and use tax laws on remote or more efficient way of collecting law, it would cap efforts that span decide whether a state could require Even though much work still online sales. the sales tax already owed to state several decades to overturn two a mail-order company that had no needs to be done, the vote on the The budget resolution, adopted and local governments, and would U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The physical presence in the state to col- amendment is significant and revi- in the early morning hours of finally put local business owners first dates back to the 1967 decision lect taxes on sales it made within the talizes efforts to pass the legislation this year. Counties can build on this momentum by asking their members of Congress who have yet U.S. Marshals inspect Kaufman County courthouse to express support for the legisla- tion, to do so by cosponsoring the SHOOTINGS from page 1 mendations as to safety concerns letting the world know — the a NACo past president, said even Senate or the House bill. in county facilities. Those concerns British Broadcasting Corporation on the other side of the bustling facilities and county administrative are now amplified, Wood said. is among the outlets carrying the metropolis, county employees *To see how your Senator voted, access offices. Kaufman County has received story — that what happened is were feeling the impact. this article online at www.naco.org/ The sheriff’s office’s public infor- the good wishes of its neighbors not normal for the rural county “Everyone’s awareness is a countynews. mation officer had not responded and many of the 254 counties in of more than 100,000. little more on edge, it’s brought to inquiries from County News by Texas. “We want people to feel like us back to reality that these things press time, but Wood said the lat- “Everybody’s trying to help; our county is still a great county, happen,” he said. “Prosecutors est he knew was that no physical we’re trying to do the best we can as we have great citizens and unfor- deal with dangerous folks day in evidence has linked the McLelland county officials and employees to tunately we also have some people and day out. President | Chris Rodgers and Hasse cases. work through it,” he said. “People who are out to harm others.” “I hope they know we’re all Publisher | Matthew Chase Public Affairs Director | Tom Goodman “But in my opinion it’s more mourn in different ways, and the To the west, in Tarrant County, thinking about them and we’re Executive Editor | Beverly Anne Schlotterbeck than a coincidence,” he said. big challenge will be finding the the courthouse closed on April 2 available to do whatever it is Senior Staff Writer | Charles Taylor Though he is a high-profile way to normalize what happened. in memoriam to the McLellands, they need us to do,” he added. Staff Writer | Charlie Ban Graphic Artist | Jack Hernandez public official in Kaufman County, We’ll never go back to the way just as it had earlier for Hasse. “Whatever they need, we’re will- Editorial Assistant | Christopher Johnson Wood does not feel unsafe and things were before, but we also County Judge Glen Whitley, ing to help.” acknowledges that the adminis- want to never forget Mike, Cynthia Advertising Staff Job Market/Classifieds representative trative work he does is a far cry and Mark. The old saying, ‘time Christopher Johnson from prosecuting crimes. Still, he is the great healer,’ I think there’s CRUM from page 1 National Accounts representative feels safe. some truth to that.” Beverly Schlotterbeck only sheriff in county history to have attended the police academy. (202) 393-6226 • FAX (202) 393-2630 “With all of this protection, Media coverage has been in- He did this because he felt a calling to do that work.” Published biweekly except August by: it’s hard not to feel safe,” he said. tense, County Clerk Laura Hughes Crum’s career included stops in two different police departments National Association of Counties “I’d never felt unsafe before. But said, with television news vans Research Foundation, Inc. in Mingo County. He became a special investigator for the county now, everyone’s awareness is much filling courthouse parking lots. 25 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. prosecutor’s office and with Williamson Police Chief David Rockwell greater.” Wood said despite the volume STE. 500, Washington, D.C. 20001 built a task force to combat the abuse of prescription painkillers, a (202) 393-6226 | FAX (202) 393-2630 Plans were already in works for of news reporters, they have pervasive problem in southern West Virginia.In the three months E-mail | [email protected] a larger facility, with a citizens’ been respectful and diligent. The Crum was in office, 52 cases were brought to court, and more than Online address | www.countynews.org advisory committee making recom- challenge with them, he said, is 40 are ready to go to a grand jury. The appearance of paid advertisements in County News “Eugene had the unique ability to speak with anyone make them in no way implies support or endorsement by the Na- tional Association of Counties for any of the products, feel worthy and important,” Hubbard said. “It was a true gift.” services or messages advertised. Periodicals postage In Case You Missed It On April 3, authorities said Tennis Melvin Maynard approached paid at Washington D.C. and other offices. Crum in a parking lot and shot him twice before fleeing. Crum died Mail subscriptions are $100 per year for non-members. $60 per year for non-members purchasing multiple cop- News to use from past County News instantly. A sheriff’s deputy chased and shot Maynard, who was ies. Educational institution rate, $50 per year. Member taken alive to a local hospital. county supplemental subscriptions are $20 each. Send payment with order and address changes to NACo, 25 Hubbard said Maynard was apparently stalking Crum. Crum Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. Look for new Creating Healthy Counties newsletter »» usually had lunch with the county commission following its meetings, POSTMASTER: send address changes to Through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and but with the commission tied up in another matter, Crum went off County News, 25 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Population Health to eat alone the day of the shooting. Ste. 500, Washington, D.C. 20001 (USPS 704-620) n (ISSN: 0744-9798) Institute, NACo will publish a bimonthly newsletter providing back- Crum’s duties will be performed by David Rockwell, the chief of ground information on the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, © National Association of Counties police in the town of Williamson, and Crum’s widow, Rosie, will be Research Foundation, Inc. and highlighting ways that counties can address community health. appointed to his office. Visit www.naco.org/improvingcountyhealth. “It’s something everyone in the department and the county sup- For more information, contact Katie Bess, health associate, at 202.942.4215 ports,” he said. “This is senseless, in every sense of the word, how or [email protected]. this happened.” • CountyNews April 8, 2013 3 4 April 8, 2013 CountyNews • Counties honored for their Pension funding transparency on the Web guide for state,

By Christopher Johnson for the second straight year, had its Otherwise the county’s sections on EDITORIAL ASSISTANT budget visible along with contact county commission meetings and information for administrative and public records helped Allegheny local governments Ninety-six county elected officials, meeting schedules receive its award. websites were among and a public records search among Florida led all states with 11 CONTENT 247 sites recently the required items. counties followed by Georgia and now available named 2013 Sunny “Santa Fe County is honored to Virginia with nine receiving A-minus Award winners. The annual Sun- receive a Sunny Award,” Commis- or higher ratings. No California, shine Review award program, now sioner Daniel Mayfield said. “Our Utah or Nevada counties earned By Deseree Gardner ratings agencies publicize their in its fourth year, recognizes the best county understands the importance an A-plus. ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR pension calculations, state and state and county government web- of transparency and is continuously Since its inception in 2008, local officials would be faced with sites in America for transparency. working to promote and increase Sunshine Review has analyzed the NACo has joined other the challenge­ of interpreting three County award winners were cho- transparency. This would not be websites of all 50 states and graded national public sector organi- sets of pension numbers: an ac- sen from among 1,000 qualifying possible without the work of our more than 613 county, city and state zations in issuing a new guide counting number to comply with government websites and graded on public information office and our governments A-plus or A-minus. for elected officials concerning the GASB’s financial reporting a 10-point transparency checklist. dedicated staff.” pension funding. The guide, requirements, an actuarial calcula­ Judges compared content available Pinal County, Ariz. was also rated *For more information on these winners Pension Funding: A Guide for tion to determine funding require- on government websites against an A-plus for its transparency in and how to enter your county’s website Elected Officials, proposes a ments for budgeting purposes, their guidelines for what should be government. County bids, proposals see this story online at www.naco.org/ number of objectives that local and a financial analysis figure provided. They sought information and RFQs are listed on the website, countynews. and state governments should produced by bond rating agencies about budgets, meetings, lobbying, as well as a searchable database consider in developing a pen- to evaluate and compare issuers of financial audits, contracts, academic of contracts the county has with sion funding policy. municipal debt. performance, public records and its vendors. The county also hosts 38 Counties, The guide fills the gap left Recognizing the need for taxes. Evaluations were performed financial reports, including monthly Boroughs and by the Governmental Account- action, the Big Seven national in February 2013. expenditure reports, campaign ing Standards Board (GASB) associations representing state “The Sunny Awards recognize finance reports and searchable tax Parishes Received when it issued new accounting and local governments and the governments that make transparency information. Scores of A+ standards that change the way Government Finance Officers a priority,” said Michael Barnhart, “The board has been clear about public pensions and sponsoring Association (GFOA) established a (all elements included) president, Sunshine Review. “The making the website a hub for free governments report pension Pension Funding Task Force. The winners of the Sunny Awards are public access to information.[Board liabilities. task force has monitored the work cities, counties and school districts members] continue to challenge us Anchorage, Alaska GASB’s new standards no of the actuarial community and that proactively share the public to create more ways to do county Pinal County, Ariz. longer provide guidance on the rating agencies, and worked information that empowers citizens business through the website,” said Adams County, Colo. how to calculate the actuarially to develop guidelines for recom- and keeps government accountable Heather Murphy, Pinal County Douglas County, Colo. determined annual required mended funding standards and to the people.” communications director. El Paso County, Colo. contribution (ARC), which practices, as well as to identify Santa Fe County, N.M. was one Allegheny County, Pa.’s was San Juan County, Colo. many governments have used methods for voluntary compliance­ of 38 counties to receive an A-plus one of 58 county websites to re- Okeechobee County, Fla. not only for accounting, but with the new GASB accounting rating, having every section required ceive an A-minus rating, meeting Pinellas County, Fla. also to budget their pension standards before the deadline for by the Sunshine Review. The county, every criteria except one, lobbying. St. Lucie County, Fla. plan contribution each year. implementation. Cherokee County, Ga. The new GASB account- The recently released pension Clayton County, Ga. ing standards now end the funding guide provides key facts Affiliate News Cobb County, Ga. relationship between pension about public pension plans and Coweta County, Ga. accounting and ARC funding a brief overview of which issues Henry County, Ga. that was present under prior state and local officials should Terry Allan, RS, health commissioner for the Cuyahoga County, Kauai County, Hawaii GASB statements. address. The guide also explores Ohio Board of Health (CCBH) Ohio, was named the National Associa- Canyon County, Idaho The new GASB standards why developing a pension funding tion of County and City Health Officials’ (NAACHO) new president Lake County, Ill. focus entirely on accounting policy is essential in light of the April 1. Former President John Wiesman, DrPH, vacated the position McHenry County, Ill. measurements of pension­ new GASB accounting standards, prior to the end of his term to accept an appointment from Washington Will County, Ill. liabilities and no longer on and offers guidelines to follow Gov. Jay Inslee (D) to become the state’s secretary of health. Johnson County, Kan. how employers fund the cost when developing that policy. Georgia F. Heise, DrPH, director of the Three Rivers Health Depart- Lafourche Parish, La. of benefits or calculate their During NACo’s 2013 Leg- ment in Owenton, Ky. also became NACCHO’s new president-elect Terrebonne Parish, La. ARC. This is a significant islative Conference, panelists on April 1. Allegany County, Md. change for government em- presented information on the new Allan brings 24 years of public health experience to his role as Aroostook County, Maine ployers because the ARC GASB accounting standards dur- NACCHO president. He serves 850,000 residents and thousands Anoka County, Minn. historically served as a guide ing the workshop “Public Pension of businesses in Greater Cleveland as CCBH’s health commissioner Sussex County, N.J. for policy mak­ers, employees, Reform: Navigating the Regulatory since 2004. Santa Fe County, N.M. bond rating agencies and the Landscape,” moderated by Glen During his tenure, childhood lead-poisoning rates have been reduced Fulton County, Ohio public to determine whether Whitley, NACo past president and by more than 50 percent and CCBH has widened its regional scope Oklahoma County, Okla. pension obligations were being a Tarrant County, Texas judge. of services, aligning select programs with the needs of neighboring Tulsa County, Okla. appropriately funded. In addition to the Big Seven, health partners in order to reach people in as many as 14 Ohio counties. Aiken County, S.C. In addition to GASB’s the task force also includes the Na- Heise serves a population of 50,000 in the rural Kentucky counties Arlington County, Va. new accounting standards, tional Association of State Audi- of Carroll, Gallatin, Owen and Pendelton. She is passionate about Chesterfield County, Va. policymakers should be aware tors, Comptrollers and Treasurers; advancing public health in the areas of accreditation and policy develop- Gloucester County, Va. that rating agencies such as the National Association of State ment. Three Rivers was in the first cohort of public health departments Mathews County, Va. Moody’s may use yet another Retirement Administrators; and to receive accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board Montgomery County, Va. set of criteria to assess the the National Council on Teacher in March 2013. She has served as NACCHO’s vice-president since Prince George County, Va. impact of pension obligations Retirement. The Center for State June 2012. Washington County, Va. on the creditworthiness of a and Local Government Excellence municipal bond issuer. If the is the convening organization. • CountyNews April 8, 2013 5 Sequester cuts hurt county issuers of Build America Bonds

By Charles Taylor SENIOR STAFF WRITER Timber counties question Forest Service’s recall of payments

Clarke County, Va. financed Alvin Black, a county judge from Montgomery County, Ark., is a recall of funds. “We respectfully request that you provide our offices construction of a new high school in bit perplexed. with an explanation of the legal rationale to request these refunds from 2010 using Build America Bonds, a The U.S. Forest Service wants states that received payments in January states and counties,” said the letter, also addressed to the acting director form of “direct-pay” bonds created under the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program to return 5.1 percent of the Office of Management and Budget. in the 2009 federal stimulus. The new of the money — $17.9 million — because of the sequester. Some 729 The request is an even bigger issue in Oregon, where Doug Robertson bonds were “marginally less costly counties with federal forest lands in 41 states received the payments, is a Douglas County commissioner and president of the Association of than competing financing methods” authorized last year at $323 million. O&C Counties, a coalition of timber counties. The state would have to — such as tax-exempt bonds — said In letters to 41 governors, USDA wrote that states “will receive a send $3.6 million back to Washington. Michael Hobert, chairman of the bill for collection to return the sequestered amount to the Treasury.” He said governors have been given the option to repay the money county’s Board of Supervisors. The problem is: Though the bulk of the funds were disbursed in from allocated but unexpended funds that typically remain at the state Now, the sequester’s across-the- 2013, it’s 2012 money, timber county officials say. level and don’t flow to counties. “If that’s not the choice, they would board cuts will mean an 8.7 percent “It is beyond me how they can apply the sequester rules to this FY12 come directly to the counties” and take it out of funds counties use cut in tax credits or subsidy payments money because it was allocated a year ago. Somebody needs to explain for roads, schools, search and rescue on federal lands and firefighting. from the U.S. Treasury Department that,” said Black, who also serves on NACo’s Public Lands Steering “You’re talking about counties, some of whom are on the brink to issuers of those bonds. Committee. Arkansas has been asked to refund more than $400,000. of insolvency as we’re speaking,” Robertson said. “We’re urging the Counties across the United Black isn’t yet sure of the exact monetary impact on his county, where governor to choose to to repay this amount of money through the States found Build America Bonds 70 percent of the land is owned by the federal government, including use of allocated but unspent Title II dollars.” Those funds are used by (BAB) and other direct-pay bonds the Ouachita National Forest. statewide resource advisory committees to prioritize projects on federal attractive financing options because “We’ll still function if we have to turn this back in,” he said, “but lands such as conservation and watershed improvements, he said. they effectively lowered interest pay- in my mind, at least, they’re over-reaching here, and I don’t know how “It’s just another blow to counties that are trying their best to ments. The bonds allowed state and they’re justifying it.” simply survive to keep their services at acceptable levels,” Robertson local governments to issue taxable Neither do 31 bipartisan members of Congress who recently wrote added, “and boom, here we come again with another hit, and it’s bonds in 2009 and 2010 for capital to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack complaining about the retroactive just very difficult.” projects and receive federal subsidies from the IRS for a portion of their borrowing costs. of Management and Budget. Now For Clarke County, the cut will “However, unless these pay- obligation will continue to increase.” Hundreds of counties used them $3.35 billion worth of BAB pay- mean a loss of $11,000 for the next ments are shielded from further Bill Daly is director of govern- to build new facilities, renovate ments are subject to sequester cuts fiscal year, an amount that might sequester reductions in October, mental affairs for the National hospitals, build new schools and and about $900 million in payments strike some as “comparatively the annual amount of funding lost roads, according to the U.S. Office for other direct-pay bonds. small,” Hobert said. to Clarke County for this long-term See BONDS page 13 6 April 8, 2013 CountyNews • National County Government Month in full swing

By Jim Philipps and recognize nationally counties with other counties to help them MEDIA DIRECTOR that sponsor outstanding programs have a successful celebration. You during the month of April. The may also send your activities and This month National Association of County materials directly to Jim Philipps, across the country Information Officers (NACIO) — a NACo media relations manager, CONTENT hundreds of counties NACo affiliate — will again judge the at [email protected]. are celebrating Na- entries. Three counties will receive Since 1991, NACo has encour- tional County Government Month the top award in rural, suburban and aged counties to actively promote (NCGM) with outreach events, metropolitan counties, and second county government services and contests and proclamations, many place awards will be presented. programs. It is not too late to wrapped around this year’s theme All entries will be posted online participate in NCGM. A booklet — Smart Justice: Creating Safer to serve as a database of ideas for full of ideas to celebrate NCGM is Communities. The theme fits nicely other counties to use. There is no available on the NCGM page in the with NACo President Chris Rodgers’ cost to apply. Applications must Solutions Center under the “Tell the 2012–13 “Smart Justice” presidential be received by Friday, May 24 to Public What Counties Do” section initiative, which is showcasing in- On April 27, the Gila County Middle School in Decatur, accord- be eligible. of the NACo website. The booklet novative county government justice will sponsor its Free E-Waste Day. ing to CrossRoadsNews.com. Whether or not your county contains suggested community system policies and practices among Residents are encouraged to bring In Monmouth County, N.J., the applies for an award, NACo wants activities, a draft proclamation, a the nation’s counties. any type of electronic equipment, library is again sponsoring its highly to know about the NCGM activities sample news release, media out- For example, Gila County, Ariz. non-vehicle batteries, cell phones, successful Food For Fines program and programs you have planned. reach strategies and more. is celebrating NCGM by highlighting VCRs, CDs, and small and large during NCGM, which forgives A special online form is available Also on the NCGM Web page, its county justice programs and ser- appliances. library fines in return for food on the NCGM page of the NACo you will find free downloads for vices. Public events include county In DeKalb County, Ga., CEO donations to benefit the FoodBank website so you can inform NACo logos, banners and posters with the department open houses and an Burrell Ellis kicked off NCGM of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. about your county’s NCGM plans. 2013 Smart Justice theme and blank Earth Day poster and essay contest on April 1 by introducing new According to the Atlantic High- There you will be able to upload space for your county to localize and for students in grades K-12. Contest Police Chief Cedric Alexander lands Herald, library patrons who your photos, flyers, calendars, “make it your own.” winners will be announced at the during his oath-of-office ceremony have outstanding materials can proclamations and other county Gila County Board of Supervisor’s at the DeKalb History Center in bring their food items to the circula- government month materials so To learn more about the NCGM award meeting on May 7, and all entries downtown Decatur. Following the tion desk at each library branch. In NACo can share this information program visit www.naco.org/NCGM. are being displayed at the courthouse ceremony, Ellis and Alexander then return, the libraries will reduce their during the month of April. visited students at Cedar Grove late book return fee fines by $1 for every food item donated. Separate bins will be placed in the libraries NACo, Nationwide for people who do not have fines but wish to donate food items. Profiles Using other food donation points extend partnership throughout the county, the month- long food drive last year brought in NACo, the only national organi- largest supplemental retirement in Service a total of more than 11 tons of food, zation that represents county govern- income program available to county which supported more than 200 ments in the United States, renewed employees, helping more than » Mark H. Luttrell, Jr. charities that the FoodBank serves. its long-standing partnership with 340,000 workers prepare for and NACo Board Member Monmouth County officials noted Nationwide Retirement Solutions live in retirement. Mayor that last year the library forgave (NRS) March 28. Since its inception “Nationwide shares in NACo’s Shelby County, Tenn. more than $20,000 in fines during in 1980, the relationship between the vision to see that their members the food drive. two organizations has helped public have the necessary resources that Also marking NCGM, the Kit- employees save for retirement. will help them best prepare for the Years affiliated with NACo: two sap County (Wash.) Board of Com- The renewed partnership will retirement they deserve,” said John Years in public service: 33 missioners and the Curry County continue that mission through 2020 Carter, president of retirement plans Occupation: County mayor (N.M.) Board of Commissioners and ensures county employees for Nationwide Financial. “Our adopted NCGM proclamations. receive the benefits of NRS’ inno- priority, as it has been since the first Education: M.P.A. – master’s of public administration A special feature of NCGM is vative 457 deferred compensation day of the partnership, is to ensure The hardest thing I’ve ever done: Deciding to run for public office the National County Government retirement plan offerings. their member counties are provided Three people (living or dead) I’d invite to dinner: Dietrich Bonhof- Month Award. The purpose of the “Nationwide continues to show with industry-leading educational fer, George Washington and my father award program is to encourage its innovation and commitment resources, competitive products and A dream I have is to: see my grandchildren become adults. counties to participate in NCGM to the public sector plan market on-site support they need to prepare by addressing both sponsor and for retirement.” You’d be surprised to learn that I: enjoy classical, country and participant needs with solutions “This partnership has worked so gospel music. Quick Takes like their new highly competitive well for so long because both parties The most adventurous thing I’ve ever done is: parasail. 457 plan offerings and Investment are passionate about serving the My favorite way to relax is: mountain hiking. Most Valuable Fiduciary Services by Morning- retirement needs of America’s work- I’m most proud of: my three children. College Basketball star,” said Matt Chase, NACo ers,” said Eric Stevenson, senior vice Every morning I read: the local paper cover-to-cover. Programs (Figures in millions) executive director. “John Carter, president of public sector retirement the new leader of retirement plans plans for Nationwide Financial. My favorite meal is: oysters on the half shell. 1 – Louisville at Nationwide Financial, shares a “We’re excited and energized as My pet peeve is: tardiness. (Jefferson County, Ky.) $36.1 2 – North Carolina sense of purpose and passion for we continue the next chapter in this My motto is: the Serenity Prayer (Orange County, N.C.) $29.6 the work our organizations have valued relationship.” The last book I read was: The Generals. 3 – Kansas done in the past, our focus on the Nationwide Retirement Solu- (Douglas County, Kan.) $28.2 needs of participants today, and our tions has provided 457(b) public Gettysburg My favorite movie is: . 4 – Duke commitment to helping our shared sector retirement plans since 1974 My favorite music is: gospel, country, classical. (Durham County, N.C.) $25 5 – Kentucky constituents long into the future.” and currently has more than 7,600 My favorite president is: Andrew Jackson. (Fayette County, Ky.) $24.4 Through the partnership, NA- public sector plans under admin- Co’s Deferred Compensation istration with nearly 1.2 million Source: Forbes.com Program has grown to become the participants. • CountyNews April 8, 2013 7

NACo recently produced Why Counties Matter to show how county governments play a key role in America’s system of government. National County Government Month provides a great time to let your residents now about the responsibilities of counties. Download the video from the NACo website and show it to community groups, in schools and to business leaders.

Use the video to talk about the national role of counties, then get into the specifics of what your county does. Take this opportunity and spread the word and show Why Counties Matter! www.NACo.org

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By Julie Ufner Chase, NACo executive director. Pollutant Discharge Elimination ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORS “Forty-four percent of the roads and System (NPDES) permit. There Not Really Settled Yet highways in the U.S. are owned and are exceptions to the permitting In good news for forest counties, maintained by counties, and county requirements including a provision While the Supreme Court affirmed EPA’s interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court overturned roads run through federal and state called the Silvicultural Rule, which the Silvicultural Rule, the court did not answer whether storm a May 2011 9th U.S. Circuit Court lands where logging activities oc- specifically defines timber “harvest- water runoff from logging roads is, in fact, a point source and, of Appeals ruling that would have cur.” Two of the roads in question in ing operations, surface drainage, or thus regulated under NPDES rules. NEDC, the original plaintiff required logging companies and Decker were, in fact, county-owned road construction and maintenance in the case, has indicated it will continue to push for NPDES state and local governments to roads, used for purposes other than from which there is natural runoff ” permits for logging and forest roads. A new case has been filed obtain industrial Clean Water Act logging such as recreation, and as “non-point source silvicultural in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court on EPA’s 2012 clarification on (CWA) permits from the EPA for emergency and wildfire response. activities” and thus excluded from the Silvicultural Rule, which it released on Nov. 30, 2012. In storm water runoff from logging Requiring industrial pollutant NPDES permitting requirements. the rule, the EPA clarifies that logging roads do not require roads. discharge permits for county-owned In the 9th Circuit case, the lower stormwater permits. The ruling in Decker v. Northwest logging, forest or recreational roads, court decided logging-road culverts, It is likely litigation will continue for years on this issue. Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) would create additional burdens on ditches and channels that discharge means companies and state and local governments and would pre- to a water of the U.S. are point local governments are not required empt local government authority, sources associated with industrial to secure federal CWA permits as- Chase said. Additional mandates activity and should be regulated and forest roads is not associated of raw materials,” and summarily sociated with industrial activities. or requirements would cost coun- under the NPDES permit program. with an industrial activity. The court overturned the 9th Circuit decision. Instead, the roads will be regulated ties and their residents even more However, the Supreme Court said it was understandable for the On the congressional front, a through state best-management money. concluded in its March 20 Decker EPA to conclude the regulation bill is expected to be introduced practices. Under the CWA, any dis- opinion that EPA was reasonable in extends only to traditional industrial in the House and Senate to clarify “NACo applauds the court charge of any pollutant from a its longstanding interpretation that buildings rather than conveyances that forest and logging roads are not for this decision,” said Matthew point source requires a National storm water runoff from logging associated with “the harvesting point sources. More than 80 county-owned airport control towers at risk

AIR TRAFFIC from page 1 executive director. His county’s Paine Field Airport was on the original closure list. “We see this as an issue of safety and economics, and we feel strongly that safety is approved when you have mix of small planes with large ones.” The Cuyahoga County Airport, uses as many as six controllers. In its appeal, the county argued that sequestration does not excuse the FAA from observing safety regula- tions, which would be limited by the tower’s closure. It also alleges the FAA has not done its due diligence and perform a standard comprehensive review of operations for safety before deciding to close the tower. Large planes built by Boeing sit at Paine Field, an airport owned by Snohomish County, Wash. Its air traffic control tower was scheduled to be The suit cited an incident in mid- closed under the sequester, but was saved when the list was pared down. March in which a Lear jet rolled off the runway but air traffic control- multiple voice reports by pilots, 90 percent of operating costs for functioning air traffic control tower at raising money to pay the con- lers were able to close the runway which would become the standard air traffic controllers through the is more attractive,” he said. trollers at Wheeling Ohio County to prevent collisions with other operating procedure without an end of June. The airport has a runway Airport from a variety of sources. planes. In addition, the weather air traffic control tower, preclude “An uncontrolled airport isn’t extension in progress, and that, “We’re fully expecting to keep patterns near Lake Erie bring snow use of the airport by larger, faster unsafe, but its safety is improved (by plus the state, local and federal the airport open,” said Commis- and necessitate snowplows to clear airplanes, Airport Director Dave controllers),” said Airport Director contributions to the $3 million sioner Tim McCormick. “We the runways, well into May. Those Waggoner wrote in his successful Scott Smith. “Corporate flights tower would be a waste of money have intersecting runways, so it’s plows are also coordinated by the appeal of the tower’s closure. share the same traffic patterns with if it was out of use. absolutely crucial to have order tower personnel. In Texas, the Lone Star Execu- recreational flights, and things can “There’s also the job loss issue,” out there.” The Snohomish County airport tive Airport, owned by Montgom- get confusing. There are rules of the he said of the four full-time and The airport sits on the Marcel- houses North America’s largest ery County, will keep air traffic road, so to speak, but it’s so much four part-time air traffic controllers lus Shale, and McCormick said maintenance and repair facility, controllers on the job for 90 more better with controllers.” employed there. proceeds from gas drilling could and is also neighbor to Boeing’s days, thanks to an agreement with Lone Star sees about 200 take- The relief from the state, Smith pay to keep the tower open. wide-body aircraft plant. With the city of Conroe. Each party offs and landings a day. said, will buy time for a federal The Owensboro-Daviess Coun- more than 600 planes based there, will contribute $25,000 monthly, Smith said closure would hit the solution. ty Airport in Kentucky will go on the airport is the largest facility in and some relief may be com- marketability of the adjacent busi- “Air travel is successful and without a control tower, which the state. ing from the state Department ness park because some corporate economically viable on this level; I the county expects might lead to A closed tower presents a special of Transportation. The Texas airplane contracts don’t allow pilots think there will be enough political Allegiant Airlines restricting its challenge to the airport with its mix Transportation Commission is to fly into uncontrolled air fields. support to save it.” takeoffs and landings to daylight of slower and faster planes. The considering a grant to reimburse “In general, an airport with a Ohio County, W.Va. is looking hours. • CountyNews April 8, 2013 9 Legislation to prevent youth violence reintroduced

By Dalen A. Harris and attempted homicide is a major 2009, a total of 650,843 young peo- assaults, according to CDC; and ty-based services, evidence-based ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR cause of injuries as well according ple aged 10–24 years were treated no state, city or county is immune prevention and intervention pro- to data from the Centers for Disease in hospital emergency rooms for to the devastating impact of youth grams for youth is most effective at This time may Control and Prevention (CDC). In nonfatal injuries sustained from violence. reducing crime and saving national, be the charm. Reps. More than 500 youths have state and local correctional, court, CONTENT Bobby Scott (D-Va.) been killed in Cook County, Ill. juvenile justice, health care, law and Walter Jones More than since 2008, with 80 percent of the enforcement, social service and (R-N.C.) have again introduced the homicides occurring in 22 predomi- other expenditures. Youth Promise Act, a bill that would youths have been killed in Cook nantly African-American or Latino Under the act, communities provide federal support for compre- 500 County, Ill. since 2008 ... neighborhoods. The vast majority of facing the greatest youth gang and hensive community-based services, these are the result of gang violence. crime challenges would be able to and evidence-based prevention and While a sustained tough-on- create a comprehensive, coordi- intervention programs. 80% of the crime strategy has yielded mixed nated response and intervention Formally titled the Youth Prison homicides occurred results, NACo members have long model for reducing gang violence Reduction through Opportunities, in 22 predominantly advocated that implementing a wide See VIOLENCE page 12 Mentoring, Intervention, Support, African-American or Latino range of comprehensive communi- and Education Act, the bill, strongly supported by NACo, would imple- neighborhoods. ment the best policy recommenda- tions from crime policy makers, Homicide researchers, practitioners, analysts is the second leading and law enforcement officials cause of death from across the political spectrum concerning evidence- and research- The majority based strategies to reduce gang are a result of for violence and crime. Homicide is the second leading gang 10–24 cause of death among youth aged violence year-olds 10–24 years in the United States, Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Word Search Senate committee passes Water Rogers County, Okla. Facts Learn more about this featured county in ‘What’s in a Seal?’ Resources Development Act R X G N B G A B P P N X N N V B Y U C I B E X P T K T S H A L E O I Q M W B R C Maintenance Trust Fund receipts that provides for federal participa- By Julie Ufner plus interest for that year. Ad- tion through the Corps in a long- B U N U Q Z A K Z H H I U G O A R G F X ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR ditionally, the legislation provides standing partnership with state C B L O U H W V L G T M X G S Y T L W D a “point-of-order” enforcement and local governments for funding, F S W A G L O U H A X W R H O E V F Q C In a rare show of bipartisanship, mechanism if Congress tries to implementing and maintaining A B Y I E A N I N C A R I V O S U B V M the Senate Environment and Public bypass this requirement. WRDA projects. P M O Q L F W E M C K N S N I K P M U P Works (EPW) Committee has The bill also includes the Water X L J R N L E X I W G U Q R R E M K O L passed S. 601, the Water Resources Infrastructure Finance and Innova- Brownfields BUILD Act A Z U E T K R L R T V E D W P V H H G Q Development Act (WRDA) of tion Act (WIFIA) of 2013. The Introduced in Senate B C V E O H X O O V W L S Z G P K A R E 2013 unanimously. The Senate is WIFIA provision establishes a In other recent action, Sens. S G R R X F Q N G L P N T L A M B K I G expected to act on S. 601 by late pilot program to assess the ability Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), James Z H E A A K I E A E I U A D T C U S O A April or early May. of innovative financing tools, such Inhofe (R-Okla.), Tom Udall (D- S H V Z I L R T Y V R O N J E S N P D V WRDA authorizes U.S. Army as user fees or other dedicated N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) C D O Y U G G K A S F S D M E A P F A D Corps of Engineers’ local projects funding sources, to leverage private introduced S. 491, the Brownfields such as flood control, navigation, monies to fund water infrastructure Utilization, Investment, and Local H O A L Q W H H K V R R W W E W O Z E K ecosystem restoration, water sup- projects. Development Act of 2013, also C L E M R O G E R S S P A B O A D W E A ply and emergency management. S. 601 requires the Corps to known as the BUILD Act. O I T M T F C C L Y X Q T D K E J Q V G Typically, WRDA is a biannual review its levee vegetation policy. The BUILD Act is a bipartisan E J N T H G I I Y P T U I Q O B O F K X bill. However, it was last authorized The Corps’ policy requires all bill that would make more commu- G W M S Q J F Z S U G G E C G B P V Z S in 2007 and 2000, respectively. vegetation, except grass, to be nity groups and local governments L A O C N X R W N V E Y T S B Y D A Z T Funding occurs through the annual removed from levees in order to eligible for the brownfields program. appropriations process. However, a allow for easier inspections and to Brownfields are previously used BEANS (basic crop of county) source of county revenue) Corps project cannot begin without reduce any potential weakening of industrial or commercial sites that CHEROKEE NATION (largest of three PUMPKINS (basic crop of county) WRDA authorization. levees through root growth. Non- may be contaminated by lower levels Cherokee federally recognized SHALE (mining of this resource The 284-page bill authorizes 18 compliance makes a community of hazardous waste or pollution and tribes) helped county economy) CLEM ROGERS (pioneer of Cherokee STAND WATIE (Civil War southern new Corps projects nationally. It ineligible for federal disaster as- have the potential for reuse. Nation, father of Will Rogers) general) reforms Corps processes to stream- sistance. NACo supports modifica- The BUILD Act would increase COAL (mining of this resource helped TULSA (adjacent county) line projects and sets up a pilot tion of the Corps vegetation policy. the limit for site remediation grants; county economy) WAGONER (adjacent county) program that would allow state According to Sen. David Vitter allow the award of multipurpose CRAIG (adjacent county) WASHINGTON (adjacent county) and local governments to oversee (R-La.), the bill does not address the grants to fund multiple elements MAYES (adjacent county) WILL ROGERS (son of Clem Rogers, Corps-authorized projects. nation’s inland locks and dams, an of a project; broaden eligibility to NOWATA (adjacent county) Oklahoma’s Favorite Son) The bill calls for the Harbor issue the senator hopes to remedy include nonprofits and other com- OIL (discovered in 1892, additional Maintenance Trust Fund each year during Senate floor debate. munity groups; and eliminate the Created by Christopher Johnson to provide funding for projects at a NACo supports preserving and prohibition on using grant funds level equal to the level of Harbor maintaining current federal law for administrative costs. 10 April 8, 2013 CountyNews • Senate bipartisan immigration bill expected soon

By Marilina Sanz Gang of Eight for Medicaid. Most newly arrived Meanwhile, negotiations contin- ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR legal immigrants are not eligible for ued over the creation of a guest worker Medicaid for five years unless the program. The Chamber of Commerce The much anticipated unveiling of state has opted to provide coverage and the AFL-CIO reportedly agreed the Senate bipartisan comprehensive to children and pregnant women. on the framework of a future guest immigration bill is expected the week Hospitals, on the other hand, must worker program during discussions of April 8. The House bipartisan provide emergency health care to with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), group working on reform is also anyone who needs it and are reim- but the remaining members of the rumored to be ready to introduce a Sen. Michael Sen. Dick Sen. Jeff Sen. Lindsay bursed for Medicaid emergency ser- so-called “gang of eight” still need bill soon. Bennet (D-Colo.) Durbin (D-Ill.) Flake (R-Ariz.) Graham (R-S.C.) vices if the person is income-eligible to agree to it. The agreement would While details are scant on the regardless of citizenship status. require prevailing wages for the guest Senate bill, speculation is not. One There is also a lot of uncertainty workers and provide 20,000 visas a issue attracting a lot of attention is about how long the path to citizen- year, gradually increasing to 75,000. health care coverage for the individu- ship will take. Since the steps from Disagreement over a guest worker als who move from undocumented provisional status to permanent legal program derailed the Senate bill in to provisional status. By all indica- residency depend on securing the bor- 2007. tions, the bipartisan legislation is der and clearing the current backlog Another sticking point: Some in not expected to expand health care for legal immigration, this could take the Senate, according to the CQ Daily, Sen. John Sen. Robert Sen. Marco Sen. Charles coverage, especially under the Af- McCain (R-Ariz.) Menendez (D-N.J.) Rubio (R-Fla.) Schumer (D-N.Y.) years. Some speculate that under the are considering replacing some family fordable Care Act, because it would Senate bill it will take about 13 years reunification visas with employer- be too costly. benefits and providing a sustainable Under current law, immigrants in to become a citizen. sponsored visas for skilled workers. NACo’s comprehensive immi- funding stream to counties for their the country illegally are not eligible gration reform resolution calls for cost of providing health services to to participate in the exchanges or preserving the eligibility of legal non- legal non-citizens who are denied receive subsidies under the Afford- citizens for federally funded health federally funded health benefits. able Care Act. They are also ineligible OSHA launches safety Broadband expansion remains campaign to prevent falls The National injuries and illnesses resulting in Institute for Occu- days away from work. CONTENT pational Safety and FCC priority despite changes Health (NIOSH), the Online Resources Available Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH and OSHA collabo- By Yejin Jang stadiums or convention centers. Administration (OSHA), and rated on the development of a ASSOCIATE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR The disadvantage to deploying CPWR – The Center for Con- poster and a fact sheet to pro- DAS is that it requires large upfront struction Research and Training mote the campaign. These and With the recent resignation of capital investments primarily due will be launching the second year other materials are available on Federal Communications Com- to the designing, siting and install- of a construction fall prevention the NIOSH website (www.cdc.gov/ mission (FCC) Chairman Julius ing of multiple nodes and miles campaign April 28. It is a national niosh/construction/stopfalls.html) Genachowski and Commissioner of fiber cable to which the DAS initiative to prevent falls at small and the OSHA website (www.osha. Robert McDowell, commentators would connect. residential construction sites. Falls gov/stopfalls). In addition, there is a are starting to speculate about what The term “small cells” typically continue to be the leading cause of central campaign website managed these changes in personnel could refers to what are known in industry work-related injury and deaths in by CPWR (www.stopconstruction- mean for the FCC’s agenda. What parlance as microcells, picocells construction. falls.com), which provides those is clear, however, is that the FCC or metrocells and femtocells. interested in joining the campaign will continue to push the expansion These small cells are distinguished The Need for a Campaign additional resources and informa- of broadband as a priority. from each other by their size and to Prevent Falls tion on ways they can participate. In 2011, the FCC launched the coverage capacity. These small According to the U.S. Bureau of Broadband Acceleration Initiative cell devices are similar to DAS in Labor Statistics, in 2010 more than Who’s at risk of to expand the reach of robust and that they transmit at lower signal 10,000 construction workers in the falling? affordable broadband. To accelerate power levels (when compared to private construction industry were • Almost 65 percent of deployment, the FCC has already traditional large cell towers) but injured after falling while working fatal falls in construction occur implemented several measures such are physically smaller than DAS. from heights on the job and another among workers employed by as increasing access to wireless spec- Small cells, which resemble 255 workers were killed. small firms — those with 10 or trum or revising pole attachment household routers, are generally Falls account for approximately fewer employees. rules. And in a series of workshops, deployed on a piecemeal basis 32 percent of all work-related injury • Another 20 percent occur it spotlighted the latest technology to provide coverage or enhance deaths in construction. Falls from in firms with fewer than 50 that can assist in the expansion of capacity in smaller areas with a roofs make up one-third of these employees. broadband. single communication technology fatal falls, and falls from ladders and • Fatal falls are more likely Of those technologies, distrib- for a single wireless carrier; this, scaffolds together make up another to occur on residential construc- uted antenna systems (DAS) and DAS device sits atop a utility pole. in some cases, can be a limita- third. Falls from heights cause the tion sites than other sites. the deployment of small cells were tion. Small cells can be used both second-highest rate of nonfatal highlighted as viable solutions to the breadth of coverage and expand indoors and outdoors, and are increasing broadband access in limited capacity. They have the commonly found in high-traffic areas that lack coverage or capac- advantage of being able to sup- environments like subway plat- Join the NACo Network… ity. Counties need to take notice of port multiple frequency bands and forms or bus terminals. these new technologies since their typically have a range of less than fb.com/NACoDC deployment may impact local zon- half a mile but can extend farther For more information, contact Yejin twitter.com/NACoTweets ing or land use laws. with more DAS nodes. DAS can be Jang at [email protected], or view linkedin.com/in/nacodc DAS is best understood as a deployed indoors or outdoors and this story online at www.naco.org/ youtube.com/NACoVideo network of antennas that extend can typically be found in places like countynews. • CountyNews April 8, 2013 11

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Model Programs From the Nation’s Counties San Juan County, N.M. Juvenile Offenders, Shelter Dogs Bring Out the Best in Each Other

By Charlie Ban tion. The dogs accompany them get out of the shelter. For the kids, empathy and foster pride in their At the end of the 12-week STAFF WRITER throughout their days, including the program’s value comes in the work caring for a living, breath- period, participants hold a gradu- going to classes, therapy and other pleasantly unexpected develop- ing animal. The responsibility, ation ceremony for the dogs who A program at the San Juan activities. The process teaches both ments in their rehabilitation. patience and motivation necessary are ready to be adopted. County, N.M. Juvenile Facility is the dogs and their trainers to develop “We expect them to make prog- to successfully train the dogs are all The handlers explain why their helping troubled kids learn that a trusting relationship that allows ress in behavior, substance abuse, attributes Neff and her colleagues dogs are ready for adoption and happiness is a warm puppy, not a each to grow and fit in socially. those things,” she said. “What we want to see. describe their personality and what warm gun. “Just having a dog along with don’t expect is the reactions they “They have an opportunity makes them proud of the work On the suggestion of a local them helps even out some stressful show when they see the dogs take to provide some affection (to the they’ve done together. attorney who is involved in animal situations, like therapy or if there’s on parts of their own personalities. dogs) without getting hurt,” she “We’ve struggled a little, emo- causes, Juvenile Services Director tension in family settings,” Neff It’s a silent opportunity to watch said. “These kids are damaged, tionally, with departure,” Neff Traci Neff started Kids for Canines, said. “They’re more vulnerable and these kids mature.” but they can actually take care of said. “That’s one reason we do the a program that pairs juvenile of- it strips away a lot of the hardness The dogs provide a constant something, love something and graduation ceremonies, to bring fenders with dogs from the local and resentment, and helps coun- reminder that the inmates — kids that something isn’t going to say closure to the process.” animal shelter. selors get to work faster.” — are important, because they anything back, hurt them, leave One youth was so affected by his Over 12 weeks, the long-term For the dogs, the benefit is rely on them for their food, care them. That gets them a long way experience with his dog that when inmates, ages 15–18, work with two clear — they move on, ready to and affection. The relationships toward rehabilitation.” it came time for it to be adopted, dogs to train them for eventual adop- fit in with an adoptive family and they develop help them recognize Since its inception in 2010, his grandfather took the dog in. the program has been supported When the young man was paroled, entirely by volunteers and the he joined his dog. Aztec Animal Shelter, which “The shelter director was so Stopping youth violence subject of legislation provides the dogs and all neces- impressed with the job he had sary supplies, making it free for done,” Neff said. “She said it would VIOLENCE from page 9 beyond the initial federal funding. National Education Association, the county. Volunteers involved be a hardship to separate the two Funds authorized under the act the NAACP, the American Bar with the program include a pet of them.” and crime in their communities by would be given directly to units of lo- Association, the Coalition for therapy trainer and a retired canine Three years later, the boy is a forming Promise Councils. cal government or Indian tribes and Juvenile Justice, and the Campaign police offer. Many of the dogs are man and his dog remains by his The councils would include would be subject to local control. for Youth Justice. retrievers and cattle dogs. side. representatives from county gov- “In light of increased youth NACo members have supported “I’m not a dog person,” Neff ernment, law enforcement, court violence in counties across the the legislation since it was first said. “A lot of the volunteers said Model Programs from the Nation’s services, schools, social services, nation, the urgency for Congress introduced in 2007, but congres- they’re not kid people, but it worked Counties highlights award-winning health and mental health providers, to enact this legislation has never sional efforts to enact the law have out for all of us.” programs. and community-based organiza- been greater,” said NACo President stalled despite wide public support. tions, including faith-based orga- Chris Rodgers, a leading smart However, Scott, the bill’s chief nizations. They would be charged justice proponent. The legislation sponsor, and NACo have continued NACo on the Move with developing a coordinated was reintroduced with 53 House to champion the legislation over plan for implementing evidence- members as co-sponsors. In ad- many years, and Santa Fe County, »»NACo Officers, County Officials based prevention and intervention dition, more than 250 national, N.M. and the City and County of • NACo Executive Director Matthew Chase spoke about NACo’s strategies to reduce gang violence state and local government, profes- San Francisco are among a hand- federal advocacy efforts and new “Why Counties Matter” campaign and crime, as well as address its sional, civil rights, education and ful of local governments that have at the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania spring problems and costs. The councils religious organizations have sup- adopted local board resolutions in conference in Dauphin County March 18. would then ensure that the savings ported the bill, including NACo, support of the act. Chase also spoke at the Michigan Association of Counties Legisla- from implementing the programs the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Bobby Vassar, minority chief tive Conference in Ingham County (Lansing) March 20. are documented, so that some of the Children’s Defense Fund, the counsel, House Judiciary Subcom- the savings can then be recaptured National Juvenile Justice Network, mittee on Crime, Terrorism, Home- »»NACo Staff and applied to continue the program Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, the land Security and Investigations, • Yejin Jang has been named an associate recently attended NACo’s 2013 legislative director in the Legislative Affairs De- Legislative Conference to highlight partment. Previously, Jang was Legislative Affairs the association’s support for the grassroots coordinator. Corner legislation and met separately • Bert Jarreau, chief innovation officer, served Here’s the latest and especially timely verse from “limerickateer” with NACo’s president and the as a speaker at a workshop entitled Professional- Grant Veeder, auditor, Black Hawk County, Iowa and NACo leadership of NACo’s Justice and izing the Nation’s Cybersecurity Workforce at Board member. Veeder has been penning limericks for NACo Public Safety Steering Committee. National Academy of Sciences in San Antonio, Yejin Jang and state association meetings since 2011. Throughout, he expressed Scott’s Texas March 27. The workshop served as a data- gratitude to NACo for support- gathering event to obtain input on public and A Short Ode for Municipal Bonds ing the bill and urged counties to private sector employers of cybersecurity workers. There’s few things of which we’re so fond contact their members of Congress • Michael Belarmino, associate legislative director, spoke on As tax-free municipal bonds. in support of H.R. 1318. local tax and budget outlook and trends at the Grantmakers Income When stirring the embers Security Taskforce’s Annual Budget and Tax Briefing in Washington, Of all of your Members *To access sample resolutions that coun- D.C. March 18. Be sure they know which side you’re on. ties can adopt in support of the Youth Promise Act, see this article online at On the Move is compiled by Christopher Johnson. www.naco.org/countynews. • CountyNews April 8, 2013 13 W.Va. county also takes a The H.R. Doctor Is In hit to subsidy payments BONDS from page 5 “It has to give you a little bit of ‘Neil’ing’ to HR concern, but what is, is. That’s the Association of Bond Lawyers. way it worked out,” County Com- “Unless Congress goes back in and mission President Wayne Dunn said. Neil Reichenberg has been a must also be an HR manager in order undoes the sequester process, this is “That was right around $5,000 that friend and professional colleague for “Every manager an to be successful. This is a theme the first year of a total of nine years was taken out that we could sure have decades. He has also been executive which Neil and I share passionately. of sequesters,” he said. In future used. We counted on that money director of an extremely important HR manager” is truly “Every manager an HR man- years, the cuts would be “probably when we started this process,” he public sector association for decades important and needs to ager” is truly important and needs less” than this year’s 8.7 percent. continued. with missions not unlike those of be emphasized within to be emphasized within every “There aren’t a lot of choices that Even with the reduction, “the NACo. IPMA-HR stands for the every organization ... organization and every association the local governments can make to deal was still the best deal we were International Public Management of organizations. Think about how change this,” he said. “They have the ever going to find.” At the time, Association for Human Resources. it applies to your county and its bond payments that they’re obligated he said, it did stimulate the local Like NACo, its job is to empower various departments. Ask yourself to make and separately from that, economy while providing a new local agencies and employees to Amazingly, we have been presenters if the staff, and in particular, the you’ve got the federal subsidy that justice center. deliver successful public service. in Africa, in the United Kingdom, managers and supervisors, know federal law is cutting. Meanwhile, counties’ bond It has a mission to educate and in various places around the United how to spell “HR” and know that “Right now, I think we’re just in counsels across the country are develop the skills, knowledge and States and very recently at a North if they prepare well and behave a position of explaining to people getting out the word to county abilities of public employees. It Carolina state-wide conference in well toward one another, HR will what is going on.” boards and commissions about a also fosters networking. It, too, has Raleigh. I’m not quite sure whether be known as a corporate hero, rather He said that there may be some sequester-related consequence they a mission to defend agencies against Neil is following me around, or I’m than being thought of as either a giant situations — depending on the might not have been aware of. threats of policy weirdness generally following him. I prefer to think of it in filing cabinet or an organizational language of each individual bond Clarke County’s Hobert is fostered by congressional legislative the latter sense… that I’m following emergency room. document and the economics of the sympathetic to the federal budget proposals. It encourages educational along in the footsteps of a national Neil, I look forward to being on deal — where an issuer can do an plight — up to a point. “The County seminars and conferences around hero in public administration. the same conference program with “extraordinary call.” That is, they of Clarke fully understands that the the country. The Raleigh conference was at- you again soon. I have no idea where can call in the bonds and then re-fund federal government must act with All of these important words, like tended by professionals from cities, it will be, but I do know that wherever them with tax-exempt bonds. greater fiscal responsibility, and that education, innovation, encouraging counties, school boards and even an it is I will be honored to share our Wood County, W.Va. used doing so will require spending reduc- or defending exemplify not only occasional stray state employee. Not sense of what a positive difference Recovery Zone Bonds, another tions that will impact this county,” he IPMA-HR and NACo, but Neil per- unusual was the absence of attendees assertive human resources can make type of BAB created by the 2009 said. “Indeed, our recently advertised sonally. He is a staunch supporter of from the federal government. The in serving the public. stimulus, to purchase and renovate budget makes across-the-board ex- local government in America in ways lovely HR spouse, Charlotte, and I a building to house justice and law penditure reductions in anticipation which we will never appreciate fully. had fun and, I hope, contributed to enforcement offices that had been of reduced federal revenue. The HR Doctor has been a conference learning and a renewed separately located. As a result of the “However, reneging on a long- presenter at many conferences that sense that every manager in any Phil Rosenberg sequestration, its interest subsidy for term commitment for financing is also featured him as a speaker. occupation and in every jurisdiction The HR Doctor • www.hrdr.net this type of bond is being reduced, qualitatively different from changes county officials said. in annual appropriations.” Research News What’s Community Development Block in a Grants on the Chopping Board

Seal? Do you know “business incubators,” to revitalize local governments have maximized which government historic areas and construct afford- the impact of CDBG funds through program contributed able housing, and to build senior private and public partnerships and Rogers County, Okla. CONTENT » an average of 147,000 centers. efficient management. www.rogerscounty.org jobs and $13.1 bil- For example, the Georgia State lion to the U.S. economy annually CDBG Program awarded the town What about the Originally part of the Cherokee Nation, Rogers County was created between 2003 and 2008? Did you of Social Circle in Walton County Sequestration Effect? January 26, 1907 and named for Clem V. Rogers, a leader of the Cherokee know that the same program has $500,000 in CDBG funds to reha- According to the Office of Nation and father of “Oklahoma’s favorite son” entertainer Will Rogers. lost more than $1 billion in funding bilitate the rail system in order to per- Management and Budget Report Rogers was born in 1839, shortly after the Cherokee Nation came since FY10? suade General Mills to locate a new to the Congress on the Joint Com- to Indian Territory. As the Civil War began, he cast his fortune with the Although county and city of- southeastern distribution center in mittee Sequestration for FY13, South and became a captain in Gen. Stand Watie’s regiment. ficials identify it as one of the Social Circle. After the guarantee all of HUD’s programs await a 5 The Will Rogers Memorial Museum is the most popular attraction most successful domestic federal of rehabilitated railroads, General percent funding decrease due to the in the county where more than 1 million patrons visit annually. Farm- programs, the U.S. Department of Mills began construction of the 1.5 sequester. Therefore, an additional ing, mining, shale and oil production have also been important to the Housing and Urban Development’s million square-foot LEED Gold- $165 million could be cut from the county economy. (HUD) Community Development certified facility which attracted CDBG Program’s 2012 funding The seal shows the outline of the county with cattle representing Block Grant (CDBG) Program is on $43.7 million in private investment level of $3.3 billion. agriculture, a teepee representing the Cherokee Nation, an oil well the chopping block yet again due to and created of 200 new jobs. the sequester. Often, counties and other local representing one of the many resources in the county, Will Rogers and * Check out this story online at www. For more than 40 years, the grantees use other resources to naco.org/countynews for a copy of the Route 66 which traverses the county from the northeast to the southwest. CDBG Program has helped states match CDBG money. According CDBG preliminary report and other (If you would like your county’s seal featured, please contact Christopher and counties assist low- to moderate- to HUD, the CDBG Program lever- HUD information. Johnson at 202.942.4256 or [email protected].) income residents and spur local ages an average of three dollars in economic growth. These federal non-CDBG funding for each CDBG (Research News was written by Brittany grants have been used to create dollar. This shows how states and Gada, research intern.) 14 April 8, 2013 CountyNews • News From the Nation’s Counties

XARIZONA local regulation alarms Ray Weter, PIMA COUNTY has proposed who served four terms in the state changing zoning rules to make it House and wants the issue of local easier for developers to include control addressed if the General “green” amenities in buildings. Assembly sends the constitutional The zoning code change would amendment proposal to voters. make it easier to include ameni- The bill is too vague as it relates ties such as rainwater harvesting to county government, he said, in plans by adjusting building according to the News-Leader. heights or landscape requirements. “My suggestion to the counties For example, green roofs, which has been to find a way to exclude are rooftop gardens, could count local governments from the provi- toward landscape requirements in sions of this resolution,” Weter some cases. said. “I would love the law if it The changes are part of the said something to the effect that county’s efforts to promote devel- local municipalities are excluded opments that use resources more from the provisions.” efficiently and “to eliminate po- tential barriers” to green building, XNEW YORK the Arizona Star reported. County clerks throughout the state say they’re being swamped XCALIFORNIA by requests from pistol permit • Authorities in LOS ANGE- holders to exempt them from public LES COUNTY say the use of disclosure. nitrous oxide as a recreational A provision added to the state’s drug has grown from a “rave party” XVIRGINIA new gun law in January allows phenomenon to mainstream use, Cecile, Marie-Grace, Molly and Julie have something in common: They’re among the several iconic residents to submit a form that, if demonstrated by the more than 350 American Girl Dolls that ARLINGTON COUNTY Public Library patrons can borrow for a week at a time. approved, would keep their pistol- illegal parties raided by the Sheriff’s Each doll kit comes with the doll’s first book and a guide depicting life in Arlington during her era, created permit records safe from freedom Office since September at which by the library. The dolls also have journals that borrowers can use to chronicle the dolls’ experiences with their of information requests, The Journal the gas had been sold. temporary families, according to WTOP news. News reported. Permit holders They say the drug has spurred “Parents love it. They love the local history,” said Diane Kresh, libraries director. “They love the fact that have until May 15 to apply or risk fatal car accidents, rapes and teen it’s something that children who might not otherwise be able to have access to the dolls — because they’re having their information available deaths — all in the name of a very expensive — can enjoy, something that’s really deeply part of American culture.” to the public. temporary high that lasts just a In stores, the dolls sell for more than $100 each. So far, the library has at least 16 of the dolls. “It started a little slow the first few minutes and costs just a few week, with a couple of hundred dollars. The gas is legal for dental a day, and now we get about 700 work and is mixed with oxygen to XFLORIDA who continue to pencil drawings or State lawmakers introduced a to 800 at the most per day,” said produce “laughing gas.” The food BAY COUNTY inked a con- scratch messages on cell walls will bill that would give Baker partial Tim Idoni, WESTCHESTER industry also uses it in whipped tract for inmate labor, but the face additional vandalism charges. control of the schools, allowing him COUNTY clerk. “People realize cream containers. prisoners won’t be coming from They have scrawled, drawn or to select and have authority over that the deadline is approaching The department has also cre- the county jail. etched messages on every available the superintendent but keeping the soon to get these forms in.” ated a new social media team to They’ll be transported from a surface of some cells, including school system’s purse strings in the MONROE COUNTY Clerk monitor and identify such illegal state facility in WASHINGTON murals with some artistic merit, hands of the elected school board, Cheryl Dinolfo added, “Right now activities around the clock. They COUNTY four times a week. They profanity, gang signs and references the Washington Post reported. we are absolutely overwhelmed; we found that many social media will mostly perform lawn mainte- to the Ku Klux Klan. By selecting the superintendent, have lines out the door and our staff posts advertise alcohol and illegal nance and be overseen by a single Earlier this year, jail officials Baker said he would have greater are stressed to the max.” drugs such as nitrous oxide and correctional officer paid for by the entrusted one inmate with the task input in the day-to-day operations that their targets are teens, USA county. The county already has a of cleaning the walls and paint- of the school system. Control of XNORTH CAROLINA Today reported. contract with GULF COUNTY ing over the problem. He spends the budget — which the State Leg- The BUNCOMBE COUNTY for inmates who work in the water several minutes to several hours islature might decline to grant — Board of Commissioners recently • With 18,000 uninsured resi- division. scrubbing down each cell to remove would allow Baker to consolidate approved granting health insurance dents, YUBA COUNTY is opening Right now, the county’s Public as many pencil marks as possible purchasing and other operations and other benefits to the domestic a call center to address consumer Works Department uses two five- and another two to three hours to with the rest of the county govern- partners of county employees in questions about the Affordable man squads from the Bay County apply paint. ment, creating greater efficiencies. same-sex or opposite-sex relation- Care Act. Jail. The county isn’t charged for In return, staff logs the inmate’s ships, The Asheville Times-Citizen The hotline’s goal is to help the inmates nor does it pay for a work hours, which will be turned XMISSOURI reported. businesses and individual callers correctional officer to oversee them. over to the court, the Wichita Eagle A CHRISTIAN COUNTY The western North Carolina sift through new federal health A single public works employee reported. A judge then may choose commissioner anticipates a bill county, seated at Asheville, becomes care mandates and decipher how to monitors each squad. Only inmates to assign a dollar figure to his work in the Legislature would hinder the fourth county in the state to implement or abide by the reforms. who have been sentenced can work and apply it to any fines or restitu- county governments from regulat- offer such benefits to gay and The cost to build the taxpayer- on the squad, they must be healthy tion he owes. ing agriculture in their respective lesbian couples, after DURHAM, funded center is $150,000 to start, enough to do the job and low-risk counties. MECKLENBURG and ORANGE CBS Sacramento reported, but the enough to be allowed outside the XMARYLAND HJR 11 proposes an amendment counties. cost may increase — 21 workers jail, the News Herald reported. Poor test scores, overcrowding, to the Missouri Constitution that, are being initially hired to field the staff turnover and general inef- if approved by voters, would bar XOHIO calls. Funding for the call center XKANSAS ficiency have promptedPRINCE any state farming regulations from SUMMIT COUNTY Council will come from the state and fed- New rules and a cleanup effort GEORGE’S COUNTY Executive being enacted without approval of has adopted a resolution urging eral governments, but Nobles says at the SEDGWICK COUNTY Rushern Baker to make a bid to the the Missouri General Assembly. Congress and President Obama to more money will be needed to pay Detention Facility has jail cell state for control of the county’s The fact that the 255-word bill workers’ salaries. graffiti on the decline. Inmates school system. contains no language regarding See NEWS FROM page 15 • CountyNews April 8, 2013 15 Financial Services News King County, Wash. protects 43,000 forest Target Date Funds Can Help acres from development

NEWS FROM from page 14 As with the event in Spain, Investors Diversify there’ll also be a massive tomato maintain the tax-exempt status fight. Since their introduction, target date of municipal bonds, the Akron Advantages funds have enjoyed ongoing growth. Beacon Journal reported. XWASHINGTON It’s easy to see why. • Basic concept is easy for participants to understand “It’s one of the items debated • CLARK COUNTY commis- Individuals can select just one fund • Low minimum amount required for access in Congress as an additional way sioners have extended a holiday on that is managed assuming the investor • Professionally managed portfolios offer instant diversification to raise revenue for the federal several county development fees will begin withdrawals from the fund • Exposure to asset classes not found in many core menus, and government,” County Executive for another year. They unanimous- at or near a specified target date. In this • One size fits all, set it and forget it solution. Russ Pry said. “We believe it has ly approved a recent resolution that way, an individual leaves to the fund been a very good financing tool continues the practice of reducing manager decisions about proper asset Disadvantages that has helped us with numer- or removing development fees on allocation and diversification — two • One size fits all solution based solely on age ous infrastructure projects both new business construction in the important concerns that can challenge • Expense ratios tend to be higher than other funds here in the county, our cities and county, The Columbian reported. even the savviest investors. • Invests only within the company’s family of funds our municipalities.” This largely preserves the status Thus, target date funds seem • No guarantee that the fund’s objective will be met, and The resolution passed unani- quo — waiving 50 percent of fees to have a certain “set it and forget • Potentially false sense of security. mously and is supported by for commercial developments and it” appeal, especially to deferred the County Commissioners’ 100 percent of fees for non-retail compensation plan participants. The Association of Ohio and NACo. developments, provided that the basic concept is easy to understand year. For example, if a participant as third-party funds. In addition, Several counties across the business creates 10 new full-time and requires little maintenance by plans to retire in 2025, they might the NACo Deferred Compensation country are also considering or jobs. the investor. But that appeal needs select a target date fund with 2025 Program is supported by Nationwide have passed similar resolutions. The types of fees being waived to be balanced with certain realities in its name. Retirement specialists, who can help are related to building, engineering that should be understood before an To achieve its objective, a target county workers understand their op- XTEXAS and site-planning costs on new individual opts for a target date fund. date fund moves along a glide path tions through the program. The HARRIS COUNTY construction. Also being waived or that adjusts its portfolio over time, To learn more about how the NACo Sheriff’s Office has launched reduced are traffic impact fees on How a Target Date Fund away from an asset allocation that Deferred Compensation Program can a digital billboard campaign the same eligible projects. Works may be considered riskier to one that benefit county employees, contact Lisa in an effort to catch suspects in County general fund dollars will As the name implies, a target date is intended to be more conservative. In Cole by email at [email protected] or seven sexual assaults on women offset the lost planning fees, while fund is designed for retirement plan fact, the fund continues along its glide phone at 202.942.4270. in the last 18 months. The sign’s the county’s road fund will cover participants who expect to begin need- path after the target date — in many messages can be changed elec- the traffic-impact fees. ing the invested assets in a specific cases, 20 years afterwards — because (Financial Services was written by Bob tronically, unlike a conventional Commissioner David Madore even in retirement, most individuals Beasley, communications manager, billboard that requires manual said the goal is to “encourage job need a certain amount of investment Nationwide Retirement Solutions.) labor. growth.” Job Market growth to keep up with inflation. “We’ve exhausted leads, so ©2013 Nationwide Retirement Solutions. we’ve hit a wall,” Deputy Thom- KING COUNTY has reached Nationwide, the Nationwide framemark, On • & Classifieds Target Date Funds Are Your Side, On Your Side Interactive Retire- as Gilliland told the Houston an agreement to permanently Not a Cure-all ment Planner and Nationwide Target Destina- Chronicle. “It’s another tool for protect the 43,000 forested acres There are certain trade-offs partici- tion Funds are service marks of Nationwide us to get to the public.” in the county from development, ƒƒDEPUTY COUNTY Mutual Insurance Company. pants should consider before investing Nationwide Retirement Solutions (Na- Authorities said the suspects according to County Executive ADMINISTRATOR – CHARLES in a target date fund. These funds tionwide) makes payments to the National found their victims through Dow Constantine. COUNTY, MD. assume all participants of a given age Association of Counties (NACo) and the online dating services and ar- “This is the largest swath of Salary: $93,190 – $149,517 annu- NACo Financial Services Center Partnership have the same investment needs and ally; DOQ. (FSC) for services and endorsements that ranged dates that resulted in unprotected forestland remaining NACo provides for all its members generally Charles County Government is about the same risk tolerance. the women being beaten and in King County,” he said. “With By investing in a target date fund, related to Nationwide’s products and services seeking an experienced professional to sold exclusively in public sector retirement sexually assaulted. this agreement, we will dramati- provide high-level project management an individual is investing in a fund of markets. More detail about these payments cally extend our green wall against of Commissioners’ priorities and tasks, funds and therefore is sharing in the is available at NRSforU.com. XVIRGINIA sprawl, and achieve the ambitious and to assist in overseeing the day-to-day Before investing, carefully consider expenses of those funds as well as the the fund’s investment objectives, risks, Can’t make it to Pamplona, goal set a decade ago of protecting administrative functions of the County target date fund itself. and charges and expenses. The product Spain for this year’s running of 200,000 acres of working forests Administrator’s Office. Must be able Additionally, target date fund informational brochure and underlying fund the bulls in July? Organizers in countywide.” to maintain confidential information. managers usually invest only within prospectus contain this and other important DINWIDDIE COUNTY are Constantine sent legislation to Requires a Master’s degree in public ad- information. Both the product informational their company’s family of funds, brochures and underlying fund prospectuses planning their own version of the County Council to authorize ministration or related field and 10 years’ which can have varying degrees of can be obtained online at NRSforu.com or by the tradition. $8.1 million in existing funding progressively responsible experience calling 877.677.3678. Read the prospectuses managing government functions, pro- investment success. The quality of carefully before investing. The Great Bull Run at the from the county’s Conservation grams, and services. This is an appointed target date funds can vary over time, The use of asset allocation and diversifica- Virginia Motorsports Park Futures Fund. Last fall, the coun- which is why “setting it and forgetting tion as part of an overall investment strategy, in the county is expected to cil approved $3 million from the position, reporting to the County Ad- even within target date fund, does not assure ministrator, and serving at the pleasure it” may not be prudent. a profit or protect against loss in a declining draw thousands Aug. 24. The conservation fund and from the of the Board of County Commissioners. The NACo Deferred Compensa- market. After all, investing involves market bulls will run on the raceway’s King County Parks levy toward the Please include résumé with completed tion Program offers Nationwide Tar- risk, including possible loss of principal. quarter-mile course. total $11.1 million price. The land application. Residency within Charles There’s never a guarantee that the investment get Destination Funds, a series of 11 objectives of a target date fund will be achieved. County Administrator Kevin would remain in private ownership County within a reasonable period of target date funds that are subadvised Nationwide representatives are Registered Massengill said, “Any type of with the right to harvest timber time is encouraged and preferred. Ap- by third-party fund-management Representatives of Nationwide Investment event that brings so many people sustainably. plicants are encouraged to apply online Services Corporation, member FINRA. In firms. This offers a level of objectiv- to Dinwiddie County, and while at www.CharlesCountyMD.gov. Michigan only: Nationwide Investment Svcs. ity not offered by many other target Corporation. Nationwide Retirement Special- Closing date: This position is open they’re here, they’re [sure to] (News From the Nation’s Counties is date funds. ists cannot offer investment, tax or legal advice. stop at our restaurants, as well until filled, with applications submitted Individuals should consult their own counsel compiled by Charles Taylor and Charlie by April 29 receiving best consideration. Nationwide Target Destination before making retirement plan decisions. as some of the other business Ban, staff writers. If you have an item Equal Opportunity Employer. We Value Funds invest in several Nationwide- NRW-3709AO-NX.2 (04/2013) opportunities that are here. So for News From, please email ctaylor@ Diversity. branded subadvised funds, as well it’s good for the community.” naco.org or [email protected].) 16 April 8, 2013 CountyNews •

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