Alleghany County Governmental Overview


	Welcome to the Governmental Overview Home page Local Governmental Offices Overview Board of Commissioners Board of Education Building Inspection Clerk of Superior Court Cooperative Extension Council on Aging CountyAdministration County Finance Office Elections E911-Mapping Emergency Management EMS Hospice JobLink Juvenile Justice Magistrate's Office NR Behavioral HealthCare Planning Office Public Library Public Transportation-AIM Public Works (trash disposal, maintenance, animal control) Register of Deeds Sheriff's Department Social Services Soil & Water Conservation Sparta Town Office Tax Office Veterans Service Volunteer Center WCC About Babel Fish Add my organization to eAlleghany.Net			Alleghany County Governmental Overview Although the Courthouse is the symbolic center of Alleghany County government, offices and services are located in and about Sparta and Alleghany County. The guide at the left can help you locate an office. The Search link at the top of the page can assist you in located an office that provides a particular service. Some 18 local governmental offices are directly administered by Alleghany County government. They have there own website -- alleghanycounty-nc.gov -- however, they are directly accessible from this site. Other governmental offices function under a combination of local, regional, state and federal mandates. Chief among the regional authorities: The local Health Department is part of the three county Appalachian District Health Department. New River Behavioral Healthcare is part of the five county New River Area Program. The Alleghany Public Library is part of the 10 county Northwestern Regional Libarary. The community college campus is part of the three county Wilkes Community College. The county is also one of the seven counties of the Region D Council of Governments and one of the 23 counties in the Advantage West Regional Economic Development Commission. All government offices derive their authority from elected officials. The information below is a brief summary of the elected officials serving the county. Centrally located in Alleghany County is Sparta, the county seat and the only incorporated town in the county. It serves as the financial, trade, and governmental hub. Sparta's 2,000 residents operate under the council/manager form of government. Elected council members are responsible for policy. They hire a town manager to manage daily administration responsibilities. The 10,000 county residents have a five-member board of elected commissioners and a county manager, hired by the board, to handle day-to-day administration. Responsibility for the county's three elementary schools and one high school rests with five elected school board members and a superintendent, hired for day-to-day administration. Alleghany's elected representatives are listed below. The provided links lead to more information on that office/official. ALLEGHANY COUNTY GOVERNMENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Randy Miller Doug Murphy Ken Richardson Milly Richardson Warren Taylor COUNTY MANAGER Don Adams P.O. Box 366 Sparta, NC 28675 manageralc@skybest.com COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 90 South Main St., Sparta 336-372-4179 SPARTA TOWN GOVERNMENT TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS Mayor John Miller Robert E. Andrews John Brady Agnes Joines Mike Parlier Lois Sheets TOWN MANAGER Bryan Edwards Town Office 304 South Main St., Sparta P.O. BOX 99 Sparta, NC 28675 336-372-4257 BOARD OF EDUCATION BOARD OF EDUCATION Farron Atwood Clarence R. Crouse Betsy Dillon Mitch Franklin Joel Souther Alleghany Schools BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE 84 Peachtree St., Sparta 336-372-4345 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Duane Davis 84 Peachtree St., Sparta 336-372-4345 NC GOVERNOR Mike Easley E-mail 90th NC House District Members James A. Harrell, III E-mail 45th NC SENATE DISTRICT Members Don East US CONGRESS - FIFTH DISTRICT Virginia Foxx US SENATE Richard Burr Elizabeth Dole E -mail