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UID:meeting-1560@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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:20261012T175708Z
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-1546@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Board of County Commissioners reviews the pending Research Triangle Park rezoning and UDO text amendment\, covering 164 parcels across 5\,059 acres\, ahead of a November 24 public hearing\, then suspends its own rules to move two rail-trail funding items: a $500\,000 Great Trails grant agreement and a $1\,151\,445 NCDOT agreement (netting $223\,000 in county cost) to acquire the 26-mile Durham-to-Roxboro corridor before a November 19 closing deadline. The county's financial advisor presents strategies for capital improvement planning and preserving Durham's bond rating\, and staff brief the board on the Durham Bus Rapid Transit Vision Plan and on the federal shutdown's effect on SNAP and Medicaid\, citing nearly $6 million in November SNAP benefits at risk for 32\,529 Durham residents.\n\nIn items carried over from the October 27 regular session\, the board considers reallocating $1\,690\,296 in ARPA funds\, pausing the DCo Thrives guaranteed income pilot amid pending state legislation and redirecting the money\, along with $199\,590 cut from an East Durham Market SNAP pilot\, to raise the Early Years childcare grant to $4\,090\,296. Also on that agenda: a $182\,173 commissioning contract for the new Durham City/County Emergency Operations Center and a $3\,020\,000 appropriation toward a $2\,476\,112.96 construction contract for a temporary OES fleet maintenance facility. The work session also previews the following week's consent agenda\, topped by a 10-year\, $3\,112\,658.44 Taser contract with Axon Enterprise.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1516\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1546
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1516
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1557@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T193000
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 opening its regular session\, where commissioners honor the life and legacy of DeWarren K. Langley\, introduce new Early Childhood Coordinator Ileana Vink\, and proclaim November 19 GIS Day. Under Other Business\, the board considers a $159\,547 contract with Key Environmental Consulting for a food system assessment and 10-year strategic plan\, responding to food insecurity the county estimates affects 14% of its residents. A second closed session\, on economic development incentives\, follows the regular agenda.\n\nThe consent agenda's largest items include a 10-year\, $3\,112\,658.44 contract with Axon Enterprise to replace and expand the Sheriff's Office's Taser inventory to 200 units\; a purchase of five Braun Liberty ambulances from Spartan Fire and Emergency Apparatus not to exceed $2\,119\,440.00\; a $1\,001\,500 budget amendment recognizing city and county funds for the Low-Income Homeowners Tax Relief Program\; a $764\,499.84 Sheriff's Office FY26 vehicle equipment contract\; $587\,393.88 in PAYGO funding for Sheriff's Office body-worn cameras\; and the purchase of 32 acres at 3601 Southwest Durham Drive to permanently protect open space along the New Hope Creek corridor.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1517\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1557
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1517
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1549@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1565@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Board of County Commissioners opens its work session by electing a new Chair and Vice Chair\, with County Attorney Larissa Williamson presiding over the Chair election before the newly elected Chair presides over the Vice Chair election. The board then holds its monthly 30-minute Citizen Comments period\, for which speakers were asked to submit remarks in advance so staff can prepare responses.\n\nThe consent agenda is dominated by an $865\,273.57 contract with Stryker for EMS equipment: eleven Power-LOAD stretcher-loading systems\, forty-five stair chairs and seven LUCAS mechanical CPR devices\, purchased through the SAVVIK cooperative agreement to replace equipment reaching the end of its service life ahead of eleven new ambulances arriving in spring 2026. Also on consent: a $14\,194\,990.03 budget amendment rolling over outstanding FY 2024-25 encumbrances across the General Fund and four other funds into the current fiscal year\, a $10\,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to the county library marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, and a $1\,500 USDA-funded grant supporting a Cooperative Extension agent's disaster risk management training. 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=1519\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1565
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1519
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1548@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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-1555@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260105T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260105T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners set aside 290 minutes for discussion at their 5 January work session\, and the two largest blocks were both about the rules for building in the county: an hour on the new Unified Development Ordinance being written by consultants to carry out the 2023 comprehensive plan\, and half an hour on a narrower text amendment that would loosen the rules for parking recreational vehicles in residential districts. Neither was an adoption. A work session is where the board comments and gives direction.\n\nThe item with a deadline behind it was the emergency services fleet maintenance shop. The county has leased space at 122 Stone Park Court since 2016\; the railroad bought that property in 2023 and it is to be demolished for a rail realignment\, so the county must vacate by 1 May 2026. The board was asked to suspend its rules and let the manager sign a lease at 1129 E Geer Street rather than wait for another meeting. Staff also gave notice that the homeless day shelter contract will go to Urban Ministries of Durham\, with the scope and budget still to be settled\, and took an hour on how the county's child welfare system works.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1522\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1555
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1522
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1543@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1529@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners met virtually on 2 February because of inclement weather\, and gave over 125 minutes to discussion rather than decisions. The four subjects were an update on consolidating 911 dispatch alongside the H.E.A.R.T. crisis response programme\, the Durham Bike and Walk plan\, a presentation from the Greater Durham Black Chamber of Commerce\, and the county's legislative goals ahead of the General Assembly short session.\n\nThe consent business included a resolution endorsing the Downtown Durham Blueprint: 2035\, a contract with Urban Ministries of Durham\, and a justice-related contract with Hayti Reborn.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1525\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1529
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1525
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1528@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T200000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County's commissioners took a public hearing on 9 February on a development ordinance text amendment governing RV parking\, and awarded the year's matching grants: $24\,455 to Urban Community Agrinomics\, $24\,000 to Central Park School for Children\, $23\,045 to Historic Stagville\, $18\,500 to El Futuro and $10\,000 to Unique Places to Save.\n\nThe board also adopted a resolution honouring the life of Judge Willis P. Whichard and met the county library's newly appointed director.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1526\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1528
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1526
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1537@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1538@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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:20261012T175708Z
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-1550@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1523@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1515@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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-1554@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1532@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1533@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nA long morning: half an hour of citizen comments\, then 190 minutes of discussion covering the planning department's budget\, a water supply plan\, the draft 2027 transit work programme\, early childhood and pre-kindergarten\, food security\, and another turn on data centre policy.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1538\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1533
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1538
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1520@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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-1563@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Joint BOCC/BOE Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nA joint morning meeting of the county commissioners and the school board\, running two and a half hours. Fifty minutes on the county's pre-kindergarten program\, half an hour each on the county budget update and the school system's final budget request\, and ten minutes on a memorandum of understanding between them.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1540\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1563
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1540
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1547@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1551@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T150000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Budget Work Session - Day Two
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDay two of Durham County's budget work sessions\, from 1:00 PM. Four items: the public school system\, justice services\, an update on violence reduction\, and a sewer fee increase.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1542\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1551
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1542
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1516@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1531@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1542@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nA morning work session where the county first asks itself what it needs to know about data centres. Also on the agenda: the final recommended 2027 transit work programme\, the annual funding plan for outside agencies\, hospital board appointments\, and a rules suspension to pass a budget amendment.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1545\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1542
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1545
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1519@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Budget Work Session - Day Four
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDay four of the county's budget work sessions\, starting at 9:00 AM. Two departments present: the library service and the animal protection society that runs the county shelter. Then future policy discussions and the budget ordinance itself.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1547\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1519
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1547
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1539@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1536@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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:20261012T175708Z
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-1522@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nA morning work session with 160 minutes of discussion\, opening with half an hour of citizen comments. The three big items: comprehensive plan policy changes going to a hearing the following week\, an hour on a draft data centre moratorium\, and an hour on the capital improvement plan. The board also starts putting together its statewide legislative asks for 2027 and names a voting delegate to the state association's conference.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1552\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1522
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1552
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1552@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1527@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260811T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260811T113000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Combined BOCC/City/BOE Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nA short morning meeting of three bodies at once - the county commissioners\, the city council and the school board - with a single discussion item: public school transportation. Five minutes for public comment.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1554\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1527
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1554
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1525@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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-2923@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260908T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260908T110000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nDurham County commissioners spent Tuesday's work session on two long-range plans and a $48.9 million building. The consent agenda carries a capital amendment appropriating $48\,919\,120 for the new Emergency Operations Center and a guaranteed maximum price contract with Bordeaux Construction not to exceed $45\,422\,037\, along with three agricultural conservation easements covering 312 acres on Thompson Road\, Johnson Mill Road and Roxboro Road.\n\nThe discussion items run to four hours of scheduled time. Staff bring the final report on the Cultural Roadmap Plan\, recommendations from the Durham Violence Reduction Working Group with a resolution endorsing them\, the 2026 Agriculture Development and Farmland Preservation Plan\, results from the 2025 Community Health Assessment survey of more than 1\,200 residents\, a first-quarter amendment to the Durham Transit work program\, and a resolution adopting a five-year framework to make homelessness rare and brief by 2031.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1557\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2923
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1557
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3849@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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-4045@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T193000
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-4046@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T175708Z
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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