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UID:meeting-1518@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners meet for a work session on September 2\, 2025\, opening with a 30-minute public comment period. The consent agenda previews a $146\,073.12 purchase of EMS video laryngoscopes from Boundtree Medical\, a $932\,221 Home and Community Care Block Grant funding plan for Social Services\, a $105\,000 ballot-printing contract with Runbeck Election Services\, several public health grant recognitions\, a $210\,289.02 increase to Carolina Civilworks' sewer-repair contract (to $610\,289.02)\, a $142\,000 increase to McGill Environmental Systems' wastewater-residuals contract (to $550\,600)\, and the acquisition of three conservation easements totaling about $1.8 million on a 119-acre farm at the Person County line\, a 147-acre cattle farm on Hopkins Road\, and a 76-acre tract on Bahama Road.\n\nDiscussion items include an annual update from the Farmland Protection Advisory Board\, a review of the 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey and 2024 State of the County Health data\, and an update on the 2025 property tax revaluation\, which the Tax Administrator says produced an average 72% increase in assessed values and more than 10\,000 appeals.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1507\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1518
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1507
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1548@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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UID:meeting-1543@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T200000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners open the year on 12 January with a consent agenda heavy on utility extensions: standard non-reimbursable contracts would run water and sewer to five developments — Windhaven Crossing\, Bethpage Apartments Phase 2\, Spanish for Fun Daycare\, the Page Road Parcels and Page Corners. The agenda also carries a manhole and sewer line contract for Taplin Group\, a public art agreement\, an amendment to a geospatial services contract\, a $212\,138 budget amendment for courtroom video equipment\, several other capital project and budget ordinance amendments\, and property tax releases and refunds for December 2025.\n\nA proclamation would recognize BULLS Academy Life Sciences Day\, a workforce program that has graduated 190 students across its first eleven cohorts. The board also plans a closed session on economic development incentives for a business considering the area.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1523\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1543
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1523
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1537@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: BOCC Budget Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners spent 26 February in a day-long retreat opening the FY 2026-27 budget\, at the Human Services Building rather than the county chambers. The morning was the fiscal picture: financial highlights from the chief financial officer\, tax projections tied to the revaluation from the tax administrator\, and an economic and demographic outlook.\n\nThe afternoon turned to policy\, and the choice of topics says what the board expects to be squeezed. Human services took the first slot\, presented jointly by the public health director and the social services director under the heading of federal and state support — the question of what Washington and Raleigh will still be paying for.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1527\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1537
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1527
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
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UID:meeting-1538@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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UID:meeting-1535@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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UID:meeting-1550@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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-1515@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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UID:meeting-1554@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T113000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Joint City-County Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners and Durham City Council members meet jointly on April 14 on a resolution opposing state changes to county property tax authority.\n\nThe resolution responds to a North Carolina General Assembly proposal to change counties' property tax authority. County staff bring it for the joint body's consideration. The board also gets an update on the draft FY27 work program for the Durham Transit Plan. It is also asked to approve minutes from the February 10\, 2026\, combined City/County/DPS meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1535\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1554
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1535
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1532@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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-1520@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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UID:meeting-1531@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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UID:meeting-1539@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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-1536@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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-1525@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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UID:meeting-3849@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T013522Z
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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