Local Government Debt Setoff Clearinghouse
Provides means for cities to submit outstanding delinquent debts of $50 or more to a clearing-house established by the League and the N.C. Association of County Commissioners. If an individual is due a personal income tax refund from the N.C. Department of Revenue, the delinquent debt will be deducted from the refund. There is no cost to cities and towns.
U.S. Communities Governmental Purchasing Alliance
Pools the purchasing power of public agencies to achieve discounts. Competitively bids products through a lead public agency and provides a purchasing forum for cities and towns nationwide.
eCivis
Provides information on state, federal and foundation grants available to local governments. Internet-based service.
Streaming video for websites
CGI Communications provides streaming videos for municipal websites at no cost to cities and towns. Through e LocalLink, CGI provides video for municipal websites. The company assists a town in filming and producing video that can be accessed from the municipality's website. The videos typically offer information about the community and its government. The videos are linked from the municipal site using CGI's One-Click streaming video technology. The company sells advertisements around the municipal video. Also available through CGI is free video e-mail service. For more information about e Local Link, please contact Nicole Rongo with CGI at nicoler@cgicommunications.com .
Disaster Recovery Services for Information Technology Operations
The League now offers, through VC3, disaster recovery services for computer systems. Through the Internet, VC3 duplicates data from designated computer servers of a city or town, including all systems and programming. In case of disaster - fire, flood or other - VC3 can restore from a remote site to the city or town within 24 hours the entire system and all data that existed on those servers. The service is available for a low monthly fee after a one-time fee. Monthly fee is based on the number of computer servers and includes annual testing of the recovery process.
VC3 also offers League-endorsed technology assessment services, security audits, network support services, web services, telephony solutions and application development services.
It currently provides 26 N.C. municipalities with such services.
For more information on the disaster recovery service or other services offered by VC3, please contact Ken Merritt, business developer, at ken.merritt@VC3.com or call toll free 800-787-1160.
Bidbridge
Offers an electronic procurement management system, EZBid, that brings cities
and towns and vendors together in a virtual marketplace. Makes the purchasing
process totally electronic and more efficient. Also offers reverse auctions
online for appropriate purchases.
NCLM
Consulting
Studies for cities and towns on topics including pay and classification, organization
and manage-ment, fire department issues and others. Also available –retreat
facilitation and supervisory training.
Actuarial Services
GASB 45 and Law Enforcement Benefits
(Cavanaugh Macdonald). Offers consulting services to help municipalities comply
with the new GASB standards and determine the costs of law enforcement benefits.
Safety Catch
Cities, towns or groups that are members of the League of Municipalities'
workers' compensation (W/C) or property/liability (P&L) insurance programs
can now take part in free, online loss control safety training courses, thanks
to a new program unveiled by the League.
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NCLM was concerned that the cost of codification was preventing smaller towns in the state from receiving codification services. American Legal Publishing stepped in to help. Since 1980, over 125 N.C. municipalities have taken advantage of the codification program established by the League and American Legal. In addition, NCLM has also take advantage of our electronic services, and many cities such as Fayetteville have received their code or meeting minutes on Folio Views®.
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