Amber Westall Briggs

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners can create, change, or abolish offices, positions, departments that are not required by law. 
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms, with no term limits. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.

Creates new laws and passes the budget for your county.

Yancey

Taxes

Public Health

North Carolina

Economy

Public Services

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

Energy & the Environment

County Commissioner

Buket Urgen

Amber is the regional director of the Appalachian Regional Library System.

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Amber is currently the director of the Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Library System. She was hired as director in 2015.

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As of January 2, 2026, Amber Westall Briggs’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports the library's mission by promoting book displays to inform patrons about available resources.