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UID:meeting-590@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250715
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina's town board annexed 24.5 acres at 8514 Purfoy Road on 14 July 2025 and set August hearings on five more annexation petitions. It also agreed to spend up to 1.2 million dollars on a vacant parcel at 0 Ellis Street\, and signed a 40-year agreement letting Wake County run emergency medical services out of part of Fire Station 4.\n\nThe board authorized its attorney\, jointly with Holly Springs\, to begin condemnation proceedings for utility easements along the Sanford waterline conveyance project. One commissioner was recused from that item.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07142025-519\nWatch: https://youtu.be/xOBCIqUmpAA?si=z5iV14DgHOv05Pln\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/590
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07142025-519
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-584@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251022
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe board accepted $858\,207.50 from two developments in place of building the road and greenway improvements those projects would otherwise owe: $305\,731.43 from the Harvest District subdivision and $552\,476.07 from a project on NC 42.\n\nIt also started five voluntary annexations toward their hearings and took first readings of three zoning map amendments. All five annexations and all three rezonings were adopted at the following meeting on November 3.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-530\nWatch: https://youtu.be/FwUsH30dM88?list=PLrJHixxvd6Ci2aafHFuW8lHGncfBKWeuB\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/584
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-530
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-583@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251104
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nEight land decisions in one night\, all unanimous. The board annexed five properties totalling about 11.2 acres and rezoned three more\, two of them adjoining lots on N Main Street moving toward corridor commercial.\n\nThree of the five annexations are neighbouring properties on Fayetteville Road\, taken in successive votes. The board also adopted the county's revised emergency operations plan and recognized insurance money for vandalism at a park building.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11032025-531\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/live/J380oVw1xAo?si=5c95PO8cvVEn34Uk\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/583
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11032025-531
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-582@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251119
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe board awarded the year's street resurfacing contract to Barnhill Contracting for $1\,844\,502\, which staff pointed out came in 25 percent below the $2.5 million estimate. It also recognized proceeds from recently sold transportation bonds for street capital work.\n\nA five-item consent agenda started two voluntary annexations toward their hearings\, and the board proclaimed the fire department's centennial. Nobody spoke at public comment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182025-533\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/LPN800NgRG4\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/582
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182025-533
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2371@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260203
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina's board holds two rezoning hearings on Feb. 2: a request from Blake Massengill of Massengill Design Build for 5800 Johnson Pond Road (REZ-2025-09)\, and one from Mauldin-Watkins Surveying for 2228 N. Main Street (REZ-2025-15). The board also swears in Larry Smith as a town commissioner and reads a Black History Month proclamation.\n\nConsent items include a flag-lot subdivision on Chambers Road\, a sewer capital equipment budget amendment\, and a special event permit for an FVDA Friends event. The meeting also includes a Chamber of Commerce recognition\, an employee recognition for Division Chief Justin Riewestahl\, and notice of a Black History Month panel on integration and the town's March 9 State of the Town address.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02022026-542\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/live/12QpcjMeXf0\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2371
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02022026-542
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-576@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260206
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Strategic Town Board Retreat-Feb. 5-6\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe board spent two days setting priorities and\, on the two biggest questions\, chose restraint. It will advance one of four candidate transportation projects\, and only after testing what it does to town finances\, having concluded that the existing $57 million portfolio must be substantially finished before taking on another that could move the property tax rate.\n\nOn parks it did the same. The five-year plan was built around a $60 million bond referendum that failed in 2024\, and recreation fees in lieu will not cover it. The board picked two projects\, Action Park improvements and the Fleming Loop turf conversion\, and deliberately left the rest until it has another year of growth data.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02052026-575\nWatch: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/1013/Watch-Meetings\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/576
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02052026-575
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
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UID:meeting-574@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260310
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe board rezoned 220 W Academy Street from downtown commercial to office and institutional conditional zoning\, clearing the way for the food pantry. It also backed away from a full redesign of Library Park\, choosing a shelter replacement and more seating instead and moving the earmarked money to Piney Woods Park.\n\nAn eleven-item consent agenda carried nearly $580\,000 in developer fee-in-lieu payments from two subdivisions\, a utility allocation for 75 lots at Arbor Preserve\, and an ordinance directing demolition of a building on N West Street. The board picked a preferred concept for the South Park Community Center renovation and heard the second-quarter financial report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03092026-549\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/sIWB-SRcH6g\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/574
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03092026-549
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1417@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260422
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nCommissioners hold a public hearing on annexing 1210 Phelps West Road for Phelps West Farms LLC\, and take first readings — no final vote yet — on two rezonings (708 S Fuquay Avenue\, and a combined 501 North Street/904 Ransdell Road parcel) plus three town code amendments covering the Land Development Ordinance\, the 2040 Community Vision Land Use Plan\, and the 2040 Comprehensive Transportation Plan.\n\nThe consent agenda adds a second annexation petition on Johnson Pond Road\, a recreation fee-in-lieu payment for the Randall Farms subdivision\, and budget amendments funding the South Park Community Center renovation and reimbursing the police department for an insurance claim. Staff will also brief the board on a proposed parking-fee increase and ask it to adopt a water shortage response plan resolution.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04212026-557\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/urgamsyibaM\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1417
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04212026-557
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-570@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260505
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nNineteen residents spoke\, and fourteen of them came to oppose the town's proposed improvements to Hilltop Needmore Town Park. The board took no vote on the park\; every member answered from the dais instead\, and the mayor set out why the town is looking at the 148-acre site at all.\n\nThe agenda itself moved without dissent: an annexation on Johnson Pond Road\, two rezonings from residential to town center residential\, three code amendments carrying the land development ordinance and both 2040 plans\, and an eleven-item consent agenda. The board also picked a design-build team for Fleming Loop Park.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05042026-558\nWatch: https://youtu.be/lE19B1UHfSc\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/570
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05042026-558
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-568@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260602
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina adopted its 2026-27 budget\, and for the first time this year the board did not agree. Fourteen residents spoke against it\, most about the Hilltop Needmore Town Park.\n\nThe board also authorised Wake County to collect its property taxes\, awarded the South Park Community Center renovation\, and heard that the police department has passed an external risk review.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06012026-562\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/iHIO5Zc-qVk\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/568
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06012026-562
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-566@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260708
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina's commissioners picked the firms to build two parks and heard what the town is spending to treat its sewage. The wastewater figures are the larger story: $69 million to double the Terrible Creek plant and a $44 million share of a $111 million expansion in Harnett County.\n\nNo public hearings and no consent agenda. The board also took an update on water restrictions\, which the town must follow whenever Raleigh imposes them.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07072026-572\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/nr9XSmjVC6Q?feature=share\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/566
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07072026-572
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1411@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260803
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260804
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina's Board of Commissioners handled a routine consent agenda August 3 -- an assessment abatement on Longfellow Street\, an annexation petition for Callis Properties on Piney Grove Wilbon Road\, and a condemnation resolution for property needed at the Old Honeycutt Road/Kennebec Road intersection -- alongside two large contract awards: a $151\,455 railroad crossing closure at Wilbur Jones Road/Johnson Pond Road\, and a contract to build a 1-million-gallon elevated water storage tank on Wilbon Road. The meeting also gives first readings to four zoning map amendments that would come back for public hearings later in August: two by Mauldin Watkins Surveying (210 S West Street and 417 & 419 Raleigh Street)\, one combined rezoning and land use plan amendment by Sampson-Bladen Oil Company for the same Piney Grove Wilbon Road tract as the annexation petition\, and one by M/I Homes of Raleigh for Sunset Lake Road.\n\nThe board also welcomes new Economic Development Director Kelly Gordon\, marks National Farmers Market Week\, and pins badges on new fire department hires. Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so no outcomes are recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08032026-577\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/live/t7sysZkNwtM?si=sX8jtcSf2j4oqh0e\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1411
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08032026-577
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1410@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260819
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina's Board of Commissioners took up five land-use public hearings on August 18: two voluntary annexation petitions and three zoning map amendments\, one of which (Sampson-Bladen Oil Company\, Piney Grove Wilbon Road) pairs a rezoning with a land use plan amendment. A sixth rezoning\, for 7151 Sunset Lake Road\, appeared later on the agenda as a first reading rather than a hearing. The board also opened with a Fire Department helmet-retirement presentation honoring Battalion Chief William Johnston and Fire Captain Sam Golightly\, and its administrative reports include a $20.1 million guaranteed-maximum-price amendment for Public Service Center Phase II with Edifice General Contractors.\n\nOne annexation petition -- for Collin Grimes\, Jennifer Grimes\, David and Dava Davis\, and Rebecca Shelton Davis on Wade Nash Road (ANX-2023-13)\, left over from a previous meeting -- is marked on the agenda itself as an item to be tabled\, rather than acted on. Because only the agenda was available for this meeting\, not minutes\, the outcomes of the hearings and the consent agenda are not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08182026-580\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/sXH9VKfDHK0\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1410
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08182026-580
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3133@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260909
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina's commissioners carry $1\,397\,647 forward from last year's budget into this one\, the largest item on an otherwise light Tuesday agenda. Budget amendment BA-27-05 reappropriates money already encumbered on June 30 so the town can pay vendors it has committed to. Street resurfacing accounts for $1\,131\,517 of it\, out of Powell Bill funds\; the rest is $164\,409 in unfinished professional and contracted services\, $57\,762 in maintenance and repairs\, and $43\,959 in supplies not yet delivered.\n\nNothing is set for a public hearing and nothing was tabled from the last meeting. The board also recognizes $12\,918 in fire department insurance proceeds\, approves permits for Fuquay-Varina Ghost Tours in October\, and hears that a staff member finished the North Carolina Justice Academy leadership certificate. Seven town events over the next ten days are on the agenda as announcements. The board closes in session at the end.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082026-582\nWatch: https://youtu.be/UUCG9aTkFM4?t=11\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3133
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082026-582
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-4702@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T181236Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina's commissioners hold a public hearing Monday on rezoning 4.77 acres at 6126 Dwight Rowland Road for WakeMed's planned freestanding emergency department\, which the state approved in July 2025. A second hearing would rezone 48.81 acres at 7151 Sunset Lake Road for Envision Homes as a planned unit development of up to 105 small-lot homes and townhouses. The town also annexes its own 1.5-acre water tank site on Wilbon Road. A fourth hearing\, on Gemstone Homes' rezoning at 602 and 606 South Main Street\, is to be tabled.\n\nTwo rezonings tabled from earlier return. M/I Homes asks to rezone 27.63 acres on Sunset Lake Road\, inside the Jones-Johnson-Ballentine Historic District\, for up to 48 detached homes\; the site's pond is a high-hazard dam under a state violation notice and is to be drained. A three-lot row house plan at 417 and 419 Raleigh Street is the other. The Planning Board recommended all four rezonings unanimously. On consent\, the board closes 22 finished capital projects and moves about $3.5 million in general funds to the Sunset Lake\, Purfoy and Main Street intersection and two new parks.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10052026-587\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/FO4Ek7mN0PI\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4702
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10052026-587
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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