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DTSTAMP:20261012T175658Z
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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DTSTAMP:20261012T175658Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T173000
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SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners take the first step toward borrowing up to $30 million for wastewater work\, mainly the Chin Page Road lift station and its force main and sewer lines. The note would be sold privately to a lender and needs the Local Government Commission's approval. On the same consent agenda the board would spend $278\,200 from fund balance to widen a redevelopment study of the former Lowe's Grove School to two more Durham Public Schools properties\, the Old Northern High School site and the Durham School of the Arts site on North Duke Street.\n\nThe board also votes to create an Early Childhood Task Force on child care for children under four\, sends federal regulators its objections to proposed Head Start rule changes\, and lets state and federal investigators into an old landfill at 3847 Redwood Road. Staff report on a $500\,000 youth grant program opening 16 October. The evening opens with recognitions of Duke Regional Hospital's 50th anniversary and White Rock Baptist Church's 160th\, and a closed session at 5:30 p.m. covers a property acquisition and legal advice.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1559\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4045
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1559
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261012T175658Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T110000
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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