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UID:meeting-1532@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232514Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nA regular session whose one public hearing authorises up to $240 million of refunding bonds - borrowing to replace existing debt on better terms rather than to build anything new. The board also introduces its newly appointed internal audit director and adopts an updated high performance building policy.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1536\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1532
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1536
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1547@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232514Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Budget Work Session - Day One
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDay one of Durham County's budget work sessions\, opening at 9:00 AM with the budget overview and then four departments: organisational effectiveness and performance review\, risk management\, transportation and the office of emergency services.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1541\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1547
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1541
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1516@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232514Z
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-1536@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232514Z
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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UID:meeting-1552@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232514Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T210000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners held one public hearing on August 10\, on policy changes to the comprehensive plan coming out of its evaluation and assessment report. The money was elsewhere. The county took on nine new positions in social services\, paid for by $850\,290 in extra state funding\, to handle the Medicaid changes H.R. 1 requires\, and separately wrote to its congressional delegation asking for more time before the new SNAP cost-share rules take effect.\n\nThree conservation easements moved: 41 acres from Billy and Toni Stevens with a $330\,000 contribution from the Army National Guard's readiness and environmental protection program\, 19.27 acres from Robin Davis at 505 Mason Road with $117\,500 from the City of Durham's water supply protection fund\, and a donated 22-acre easement from David and Carmen Durack on Woodstock and West Cornwallis roads. The board also put $506\,945 toward buying the Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail corridor from the state\, distributed the 2 percent cost of living adjustment worth $3.6 million across departments\, and hired a temporary staffing agency for $255\,747.66 to run election operations through the general election. It proclaimed September 10 to 19 as Welcoming Week.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1553\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1552
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1553
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3849@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232514Z
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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