Serving Our Community
Rockingham County invites its citizens to become more active by serving on a board or commission. Applications are accepted at any time, regardless of
whether there is a current or upcoming vacancy, as vacancies occur
periodically throughout the year.
Apply to Serve on a Board or Commission
Boards & Responsibilities
- Agricultural Advisory Board
Promotes agricultural values and general welfare of the County;
increases identity and pride in the agricultural community and its way
of life; encourages economic and financial health of agriculture;
increases protection from non-farm development and other negative
impacts on properly managed farms. Learn more about the Agricultural Advisory Board.
- Airport Authority
Establish, finance, purchase, construct, operate, regulate cargo airport
complexes; to own, finance, lease, sell, or manage real/personal
property; contract and enter into agreements with State and local
governments; charge and collect fees and rents for use of cargo airport;
apply for and accept and administer loans or grants of money from any
federal or state agency.
- Board of Equalization and Review
Examine and review the tax lists of the county for the current year to
the end that all taxable property shall be listed on the abstracts and
tax records; hear taxpayer appeals.
- Fire District Commissioners
Oversee fire services for a specific jurisdiction; supervision of fire
services provided and management of business policies; such as budgets
and personnel; levy taxes for fire service provided to the community.
- Fire/Rescue Commission
Coordinates and operates the State Fire and Rescue Incident Reporting
System; serves as State representative, coordinates programs developed
and offered by the United States Fire Administration and the National
Fire Academy; manages the State’s voluntary certification system.
- Firemen’s Relief Fund Trustees
Financially assists firefighters that may have been injured while
volunteering their service to the community. This is funded by a
percentage of the tax paid on property coverage pursuant to G.S.
105-228.5.
- Health and Human Services Board
Protects the health, safety and well-being of customers by providing
essential health and human services in the most efficient manner; serves
to promote a community and environment that is safe, healthy and
economically stable; plays an essential role in meeting Accreditation
standards; collective representation of the citizens of Rockingham
County, both professional and non-professional, that use their strengths
to come together as a board and give recommendations and guidance for
various issues related to both divisions.
- Housing Appeal Board
Hear appeals of Minimum Housing Code Violations.
- Hunting & Wildlife Advisory Committee
Make suggestions for possible local regulation and programs as well as
statewide or local legislative changes to be requested from the North
Carolina General Assembly; promote safe and sensible hunting practices;
focus public attention and energies on wildlife preservation efforts in
Rockingham County.
- Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Authority
Considers use of industrial development revenue bonds by a company or
industry to finance the acquisition, renovation, construction and
equipping of a facility.
- Joint Community Advisory Board
Works to maintain spirit of Adult Care & Nursing Home Residents;
Bill of Rights with the Adult Care and Nursing Homes of the State;
assists persons with grievance resolution regarding resident’s rights
issues in Rockingham County; makes official quarterly visits to assigned
facilities to apprise themselves of general conditions under which
persons are residing and establishes rapport with residents, families,
staff, and administrators.
- Jury Commission
Duty of Jury Commission, on July 1 of every odd-numbered year, to
prepare a list of prospective jurors qualified to serve in the biennium
beginning on January 1 of the next year. On this 3 member Commission,
one is appointed by Rockingham County Board of Commissioners, one
appointed by the Clerk of Superior Court, one appointed by Senior
Resident Superior Court Judge.
- Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
Assists County in developing community-based alternatives to Youth
Development Centers and to provide community-based delinquency and
substance abuse prevention strategies to protect community and the
juvenile; assess needs of the juvenile population in County annually who
are at risk of delinquency or who have been adjudicated undisciplined
or delinquent.
- Library Board of Trustees
Provides library director and staff with advice and direction concerning
library policies; fiscal matters, including the library’s budget and
state aid; serving as a supporter of the Library Bill of Rights and the
Freedom to Read Statement. Current Trustees
- Local Emergency Planning Committee
- Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
The Rockingham County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is guided by its commitment to take a unified approach towards fostering the creation and improvement of a variety of recreation opportunities for the
benefit, including economic growth, of all regions of the county and for the health and enjoyment of all demographics of its residents and visitors.
- Planning Board
Considers proposed rezoning cases, special use permit applications, and
proposed amendments to the text of the Unified Development Ordinance
(UDO) and official zoning districts; recommends to Board of
Commissioners amendments to a comprehensive plan for physical
development of the area; sits as the Board of Adjustment, and as
necessary, consider variances from the terms and provisions of the UDO. Learn more about the Planning Board
- Planning Committee for Older Adults
Promotes general welfare of older adults in County; community education
efforts to assure older adults age 60 and older receive services meeting
their physical, intellectual and psychosocial needs; advising the
Rockingham County Board of Commissioners in their decision-making
process concerning needs, funding for services, priorities, resources,
long-range planning and other issues which affect services to older adults.
- Rockingham Community College Board of Trustees
Establishes mission and goals of institution; appoints, evaluates and
terminates the president; approves budget; establishes a sound
fundraising plan; establishes educational programs; approves long-range
plans; adopts policies on personnel appointment, promotion, leaves of
absence, and codes setting forth student rights, privileges and
obligations; develops master plan consistent with educational goals and
program of the college.
- Tourism Development Authority
Further the development of travel, tourism, and conventions in the
County through state, national, and international advertising and
promotion.
- Transportation Advisory Board
Rockingham County Aging, Disability & Transit Services, is the
designated lead transportation provider in County and responsible for
implementation of County’s Community Transportation Service Plan;
transit systems receive Federal and State operating assistance and has
contracts to provide transportation with the majority of County’s human
services agencies.