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Sampson County commissioners complete workshop; top priorities include potable water connections, K‑12 funding formula and fire funding
Summary
Sampson County commissioners on Feb. 10 completed a facilitated goal‑setting workshop and asked staff to turn the workshop’s prioritized goals into a voteable document; commissioners’ top individual selections included potable‑water connections for PFAS‑affected areas, a negotiated K‑12 funding formula, and stable funding processes for volunteer fire departments.
Sampson County commissioners on Feb. 10 completed a multi‑hour workshop to set countywide priorities for the coming budget cycle, and by consensus directed staff to convert the workshop results into a voteable document to return for formal adoption.
The workshop used facilitated, table‑based exercises to surface goals across eight focus areas — growth and infrastructure, public education, safe community, healthy community, relations and connections, economic development, and excellent government. Facilitator Mr. Hudson explained the process early in the meeting and led the group through listing, clustering and prioritizing goals. Commissioners individually placed a final “golden” sticker to indicate the items they considered most important for their constituents.
Nut graf: The exercise resulted in a set of prioritized goals staff will use to shape the formal budget and policy work this spring; commissioners voted — by motion and second — to have staff produce a formal, voteable document containing the workshop goals.
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