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UID:meeting-1566@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1567@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners meet for a work session on August 4\, 2025\, opening with a 30-minute public comment period. The consent agenda previews a $1\,500\,000 budget amendment for the Durham Affordable Housing Loan Fund\, part of a $5 million push by the county\, city and Duke University to grow the fund to $30 million\; a $656\,331.78 purchase of Sheriff's Office vehicle equipment\; a $246\,815.70 contract to replace bleacher seating at Durham County Memorial Stadium\; a $287\,014 renewal of the Governor's Highway Safety Program grant funding three deputies' traffic enforcement\; approval of the FY26 transit work program's global agreements with GoTriangle\; and a $127\,050 contract with Student U to run the Durham Community Schools Program.\n\nDiscussion items include an FY 2025-26 budget update from Alliance Health\, which manages mental health and substance use services locally\; a joint presentation from Social Services and Public Health on federal and state policy changes affecting SNAP and Medicaid funding in Durham County\; and a briefing on how the County Manager endorses local projects seeking Golden LEAF Foundation grants. 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=1502\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1567
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1502
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1545@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250811T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250811T180000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners hold a regular session on August 11\, 2025\, opening with a 4 p.m. closed session on a personnel matter. The consent agenda carries a $1\,500\,000 budget amendment to fund the Durham Affordable Housing Loan Fund\, part of a $5 million push by the county\, city and Duke University to grow the revolving loan fund to $30 million\; a $656\,331.78 purchase of Sheriff's Office vehicle equipment\; a $562\,240.31 EMS billing and collection contract\; and a $246\,815.70 contract to replace bleacher seating at Durham County Memorial Stadium.\n\nAlso on consent: a $448\,250 contract to clean and restore ductwork at the County Detention Center\; a $447\,732.98 construction contract with Samet Corporation for the first phase of the Office of Emergency Services fleet maintenance facility renovation at 1129 E. Geer Street\; a $287\,014 renewal of the Governor's Highway Safety Program grant funding three deputies' traffic enforcement\; a resolution authorizing the county attorney to execute opioid settlements with secondary manufacturers\, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family\; and the removal of a Juvenile Crime Prevention Council member for repeated absences. 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=1503\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1545
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1503
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1544@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1521@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners meet for a work session on October 6\, 2025\, opening with a 30-minute public comment period. The consent agenda includes a capital project amendment shifting $80\,300 to help buy a 25-acre conservation easement on Tilley Farm\, with $213\,000 coming from the Army National Guard's REPI program for a total purchase price of $293\,300\, plus a $14\,470 change to RND Architects' design contract for water-damage repairs at Stanford L. Warren Library\, bringing that contract to $242\,669. Other consent items include an extension of the interlocal crisis-communications agreement with the City of Durham\, a $1\,861.78 agreement with Central Pines Regional Council for the Triangle Region Solid Waste Consortium\, and several public health grant budget amendments.\n\nDiscussion items include an operational update from the Public Defender's Office\, a presentation on the 26-mile Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail Plan\, board comment on a proposed annexation for Hamlin Reserve outside the Urban Growth Boundary\, and a look at the framework for the FY 2026-27 budget.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1512\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1521
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1512
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1560@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251013T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251013T193000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Board of County Commissioners meets in closed session at 5:30 p.m. on a personnel matter before its regular session\, where it recognizes Brad Caison as the county's HIV Navigator and Bridget Nelson as its new Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Coordinator\, and proclaims October 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month\, citing the survivor-led nonprofit Shining Light In Darkness. A second closed session\, on economic development incentives\, follows the regular agenda.\n\nThe consent agenda's largest items include a $293\,300 farmland conservation easement from Wesley and Cristan Poole\, funded in part by $213\,000 from the Army National Guard's Readiness and Environmental Protection program\; a $142\,415 sole-source purchase from SimuLab for difficult-airway training equipment\; and the creation of three new positions\, including a $131\,000 Senior Project Manager\, in the Sewer Utility Enterprise Fund to support a $65 million to $100 million program renewing aging lift stations and the Triangle Wastewater Treatment Plant. The board also commits $62\,505 in current renewable-energy rebates toward future efficiency and fleet-electrification projects. Only the agenda has been published for this meeting\, with no minutes available\, so how any of these items were voted is not on the record.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1513\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1560
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1513
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1524@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251027T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Board of County Commissioners considers reallocating $1\,690\,296 in ARPA funds\, pausing the DCo Thrives guaranteed income pilot amid pending state legislation and cutting $199\,590 from an East Durham Market SNAP pilot\, to raise the Early Years childcare grant from $2\,400\,000 to $4\,090\,296. Commissioners also honor the life of DeWarren K. Langley\, adopt a resolution for Operation Green Light and Veterans Day\, and recognize the 100th anniversary of the Durham Interdenominational Ushers Union\, founded in 1925.\n\nThe consent agenda carries a $182\,173 commissioning contract for the new Durham City/County Emergency Operations Center\, a $19\,877.50 design amendment bringing that project's contract to $4\,976\,691.50\, and a $3\,020\,000 appropriation toward a $2\,476\,112.96 construction contract for a temporary OES fleet maintenance facility on East Geer Street. It also carries a $1\,213\,974 subaward to the Piedmont Triad Regional Council for low-income home energy retrofits and $1\,639\,310.37 in September property tax releases and refunds. Only the agenda has been published for this meeting\, with no minutes available\, so how any of these items were voted is not on the record.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1514\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1524
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1514
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1548@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251208T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251208T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners held two incentive hearings on 8 December\, worth $6.25 million between them. The larger is up to $5\,500\,000 for Novartis Gene Therapies\, covering two manufacturing projects that the county says will create about 280 jobs and $540 million of investment over five years. The smaller is up to $750\,000 for Aspida Financial Services to build its headquarters in Durham\, against roughly 1\,000 jobs and $28.75 million. Both are performance-based: nothing is paid until the county verifies each year that the company met its job\, investment and community targets\, and the money comes out of the new tax revenue the projects themselves generate. Novartis also agreed to give $35\,000 a year to the schools foundation and about $100\,000 of equipment to Durham Tech.\n\nThe third hearing was franchises for four companies to run non-emergency ambulance transport in the county\, which the code requires a hearing for. A twelve-item consent agenda carried the rest\, the largest piece being $865\,273.57 with Stryker for ambulance equipment -- eleven power cot loaders\, 45 stair chairs and seven mechanical CPR devices -- and $1\,524\,565 to HDR Engineering for the East Durham rail project\, most of it grant money against a $305\,000 local match. Only the agenda is published for this meeting\, so the votes are not on the record here.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1521\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1548
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1521
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1538@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners' March 2 work session took comment on an annexation request for a 69.16-acre tract at 4802 Cheek Road\, where developer Humabuilt wants to shift from county Residential Rural zoning to city Planned Development Residential to connect to city water and sewer and build up to 190 homes\, mixing townhouses and single-family units. The board also got its first look at the proposed Mangum Fire Protection Service District\, needed because Moriah Volunteer Fire and Rescue says it can no longer serve that Rougemont-area territory without dedicated county revenue\; a public hearing follows at the March 9 regular meeting.\n\nStaff briefed the board on the Capital Improvement Plan\, county economic development and utilities infrastructure needs\, and progress on greenhouse gas and renewable energy goals. Commissioners also worked through a 15-item consent agenda -- including grant funding for the Farm Campus\, food security and public health programs\, and a $401\,025 contingency increase for the OES Fleet Maintenance construction contract -- that goes to the March 9 regular meeting for a vote.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1528\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1538
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1528
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1535@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners' March 9 agenda held a public hearing on creating the Mangum Fire Protection Service District\, after Moriah Volunteer Fire and Rescue said it can no longer cover that Rougemont-area territory without dedicated revenue. Staff also briefed the board on a recommendation to replace the county's 2005-era SAP enterprise resource planning system with Oracle\, at a $5.19 million platform cost\, with a contract expected in April and phased implementation over three to four years.\n\nThe consent agenda ran to more than two dozen items\, including $475\,000 in Golden LEAF Foundation funding to launch a Durham County Farm Campus and a new farm manager position\, a $401\,025 contingency increase for the OES Fleet Maintenance construction contract with Samet Construction (to a not-to-exceed $3\,100\,944)\, $584\,085 toward the 500 E. Main St. downtown parking project\, and a $234\,000 emergency HVAC chiller replacement at the Southwest Regional Library.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1530\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1535
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1530
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1515@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T193000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners' April 13 agenda opened the county's second bond issuance of the spring: a resolution authorizing an application to the state Local Government Commission\, introduction of a bond order\, and a call for a public hearing on up to $240 million in general obligation refunding bonds\, with the hearing set for April 27. The board also took up a resolution opposing General Assembly proposals to limit county property tax authority\, to be sent to legislative leaders including Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall.\n\nCeremonial items recognized a $117\,318 gift from the Durham Library Foundation\, the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability's boys' and girls' basketball seasons\, and the Beta Pi Sigma Durham Alumnae Chapter's 75th Charter Day. The consent agenda carried more than a dozen budget amendments\, including a $2.78 million purchase of Stryker cardiac monitors and defibrillators for EMS\, a $161\,039 increase to an electrical services contract bringing it to $300\,544\, and grants for library technology\, dental care and child welfare programs. The board planned to close the meeting in closed session to discuss economic development incentives.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1534\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1515
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1534
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1520@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's manager presents the recommended 2026-27 budget\, taking forty-five minutes of other business. Before it\, half an hour of ceremonial items: Memorial Day\, emergency medical services week\, mental health awareness month\, treatment court month\, and a week recognizing the clerks who keep boards of commissioners running.\n\nThe night's only public hearing is on the first phase of the county's first biennial Evaluation and Assessment Report\, with four separate resolutions changing the Place Type Map. One would move land at Treyburn out of the rural and agricultural place type into rural and agricultural reserve and employment campus\, and bring those parcels inside the Urban Growth Area.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1539\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1520
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1539
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1531@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Budget Work Session - Day Three
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDay three of the budget work sessions. Five departments in one morning: public health\, social services\, the opioid fund\, justice services and tax administration.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1544\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1531
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1544
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1536@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThirty-five minutes of ceremonial items open this one: a new chief fire marshal introduced\, a soil and water director recognised for 42 years\, fifty years of general services\, and proclamations for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day\, Durham Refugee Day and Summer Learning Week. Then a consent agenda that includes next year's opioid settlement spending\, and a fifty-minute public hearing block with one zoning map change in it.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1549\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1536
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1549
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1568@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1525@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nNinety minutes of the two-hour agenda go to one public hearing: whether Durham County should stop accepting applications for large data centers while it works out how to regulate them. Also on the agenda\, a fourteen-item consent list including the county's proposed statewide legislative goals for 2027\, easements for a stream restoration that would cut flood risk in a mobile home park\, and a new governance structure for the county and city's homelessness continuum of care.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1555\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1525
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1555
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3849@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-4046@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T002632Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T090000
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SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners spend most of Monday morning's work session on homelessness. Housing for New Hope reports on UNITE Street Medicine\, a federally funded team that takes health care to people living outside. Urban Ministries of Durham then reports on the Hope Day Services Center\, a $350\,000 pilot running through January 2027\, with five months of data on who has used it.\n\nThe consent agenda carries four budget actions. The biggest is $2 million in county cash for the Museum of Life and Science\, whose 2022 bond projects face a $3.5 million gap that the museum blames on inflation and tariffs. The board would also spend $1 million in opioid settlement money on a seven-bedroom house on Holloway Street\, appraised at $770\,000\, as a new Justice Services transition house. Two smaller items close the purchase of 15.4 acres of bottomland forest at 4370 Garrett Road and add $8\,292 to the state forest service contract. Planners close the session by presenting Orange Factory's request to be recognized as a county Heritage Community.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1561\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4046
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1561
CATEGORIES:Work session
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