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Sampson County board re-elects leadership, appoints library member and kicks off budget process
Summary
The board re-elected Alan McClam as chair and Eric Pope as vice chair, appointed Rosemary Simpson to the library board for a four-year term beginning January 2026, and the county manager announced the start of next fiscal-year budget work including a 0-based budgeting approach and a potential COLA for employees.
At the start of the meeting county commissioners re-elected leadership for the coming year. The county manager opened nominations and the board nominated and affirmed Alan McClam to continue as chairman. Eric Pope was nominated and re-elected as vice chairman.
The board filled a…
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