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UID:meeting-1566@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T200000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners hold a regular session on July 28\, 2025\, opening with a 6 p.m. closed session on economic development incentive negotiations and the National Opioid Litigation. The consent agenda carries the year's routine $19\,398\,358 appropriation of County Contribution (PAYGO) funds across dozens of ongoing capital projects\, from HVAC and roof replacement to a new $750\,000 Sheriff's RTP annex and $2.25 million in EMS radio and tower upgrades\; a $1\,500\,000 transfer to the Collection System Rehabilitation project\; and $380\,600 to help buy two farmland conservation easements\, 42 acres at 3901 Red Mill Road from William and Margie Sparrow and 30 acres at 1300 Red Mountain Road from Neil and Catherine Frank.\n\nAlso on consent: a four-year\, $119\,550-a-year lease at 1129 E. Geer Street for a temporary Office of Emergency Services fleet maintenance facility\; three new janitorial contracts covering county libraries\, administration buildings and the Health and Human Services Building\, worth roughly $897\,700 combined\; a $250\,000 workforce-development contract with Made in Durham and a $225\,000 business-recruitment contract with the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce\; and the closing of several completed capital projects\, including the $47.6 million Main Library upgrade. Separately\, the board takes up a $200\,000 economic-development contract with Downtown Durham\, Inc.\, from which Chair Nida Allam must recuse herself\, and votes on appointments to eleven boards and commissions. Only the agenda is published for this meeting\, so the votes are not on the record.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1501\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1566
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1501
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1544@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners hold a regular session on September 8\, 2025. The board holds a second public hearing on renaming the County Administrative II Building for former commissioner William V. "Bill" Bell\, after taking no action on the same request at an August 25 hearing.\n\nThe consent agenda carries a $6\,173\,542 contract with Alliance Health to manage mental health\, developmental disability and substance use services\, a $932\,221 Home and Community Care Block Grant funding plan for the Department of Social Services\, and the acquisition of three conservation easements totaling about $1.8 million: 119 acres in five parcels along US 15-501 at the Person County line\, a 147-acre farm at 1717 Hopkins Road\, and 76 acres at 5615 Bahama Road. Also on consent: a $210\,289.02 increase to Carolina Civilworks' sewer-repair contract\, bringing it to $610\,289.02\; a $142\,000 increase to McGill Environmental Systems' wastewater-residuals contract\, to $550\,600\; a $291\,000 tax-reappraisal contract with Vision Government Solutions\; a $146\,073.12 purchase of video laryngoscopes for EMS\; a $195\,426-a-year medical-director contract with Duke University Health System\; a $105\,000 ballot-printing contract with Runbeck Election Services\; several public health grant recognitions\; and $72\,560 in opioid settlement funds for a peer-support specialist. The board will also hear proclamations\, including one honoring the women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion\, and a resolution recognizing the NAACP's state convention in Durham.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1508\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1544
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1508
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1549@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Board of County Commissioners hears the 2025 State of the County Address and takes up two Research Triangle Park land-use hearings: a privately initiated text amendment creating a new University and College-3 zoning district for large research campuses\, and a related rezoning of 164 parcels covering 5\,059 acres across nearly all of RTP within Durham County. The board also recognizes new Office of Emergency Services Chief Paramedic Seth Komansky\, the Rougemont Ruritan Club's 75th anniversary\, and the life of Private First Class Booker T. Spicely.\n\nThe consent agenda carries a $1\,193\,227.00 contract with Southern Wall Systems for exterior refurbishment and window replacement at the Justice Services Center\; a $974\,879.51 contract with KBS Earthworks for the Whispering Pines stream restoration project\, paired with a $600\,000 state grant for the same work\; a $535\,356 annual grant agreement with Urban Ministries of Durham\, the county's primary publicly funded homeless shelter\; adoption of a plan to convert a 26-mile inactive rail corridor into the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail\; and $1\,922\,738.56 in October property tax releases and refunds.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1518\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1549
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1518
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1550@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners' March 23 agenda centered on a public hearing on a proposed economic development agreement with Welcome Venture Park\, LLC\, developer of a 157-acre industrial park off Hamlin Road. The deal would pay the company $1 million toward sewer upgrades once complete and give the county a six-month option to buy an adjacent 7.81-acre parcel near the planned Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail for $1 million\, plus a commitment to internships and workforce programs. The board also held its advance public comment session on the FY 2026-27 budget and filled five board and commission vacancies.\n\nCeremonial items marked 25 years of Durham County farmland protection covering 20 farms and 2\,491 acres\, alongside proclamations for National County Government Month\, Second Chance Month and Fair Housing Month. The consent agenda included a $25\,000 interlocal agreement with the City of Durham to fund a consultant on a homelessness strategy\, an $82\,500 transfer to replace a Fire Marshal's Office vehicle\, and the removal of a citizen board member from the Environmental Affairs Board for repeated absences.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1531\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1550
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1531
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1523@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners' April 6 work session previewed the draft FY27 Durham Annual Transit Work Program\, the annual budget under the county's transit governance agreement with GoTriangle\, ahead of a final adoption vote expected in June. The Sheriff's Office and its detention medical contractor\, Wellpath\, briefed the board on rising medical costs\, pharmaceutical spending and outpatient care for detainees to inform future budget decisions.\n\nWomenNC presented student research from Duke\, NC State and NC Central on women's health and safety in Durham\, following up on the county's 2017 CEDAW resolution on women's human rights. The same consent agenda taken up formally at the following week's regular meeting -- grants for library technology and child welfare programs\, an EMS equipment purchase\, and contract amendments for electrical services and stormwater work -- was introduced here for discussion.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1533\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1523
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1533
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1516@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T193000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nAn evening regular session whose largest item authorises up to $100 million of general obligation bonds. The board also changes its vision insurance provider\, keeps its health plan vendor\, awards the annual audit contract\, and removes a citizen from one of its boards for not turning up.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1543\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1516
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1543
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1539@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T193000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nBudget adoption night for Durham County\, taken under other business rather than as a hearing - state law requires the annual budget to be adopted no later than 1 July. Before it\, thirty-five minutes of ceremonial items including a resolution honouring a life of service and sacrifice\, and proclamations for National Pride Month\, Women Veterans Day\, Gun Violence Awareness Month and National Re-Unification Month.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1548\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1539
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1548
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1568@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T190000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nA regular session opening with closed session at 5:00 PM\, then a resolution honouring a civil rights figure\, half an hour of citizen comments\, and a consent agenda of the annual service contracts that keep a county running - mental health\, animal sheltering\, economic development\, small business support.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1551\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1568
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1551
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3849@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T193000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners committed to a new Emergency Operations Center and backup 911 call center on Monday\, appropriating $48.9 million and awarding Bordeaux Construction a guaranteed maximum price contract of up to $45.4 million. The building goes at 2422 Broad Street and is shared with the City of Durham: the total project budget is $55\,156\,315.24\, of which the county carries $25\,869\,253\, or 46.9 percent. The city council takes up its side on September 21.\n\nThe board also approved buying three agricultural conservation easements covering 313 acres\, at an estimated $3.5 million with federal funds expected to cover half. The rest of the agenda ran to public safety and health: a $330\,000 contract with Hayti Reborn - Justice Movement to coordinate violence interruption work\, a resolution endorsing the Durham Violence Reduction Working Group's recommendations\, a peer support specialist post funded from opioid settlement money\, and a $5.3 million equipment financing agreement letting Durham Public Schools buy about 1\,996 interactive classroom panels over five years. Staff presented the 2025 county-wide community health assessment survey\, which reached more than 1\,200 residents.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1558\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3849
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1558
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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