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UID:meeting-1908@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T053000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T073000
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Special Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Special Meeting\n\nThis is a short special meeting with no formal action planned: the Garner Town Council will meet with the two finalists for Fire Chief to discuss their management style and vision for the department. The notice states explicitly that no vote or other formal action will be taken\; the meeting exists to give the council a chance to talk with the finalists before a hiring decision.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=dfe98fb9-e30b-4b8e-a9a4-517c098f76b3&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1908
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=dfe98fb9-e30b-4b8e-a9a4-517c098f76b3&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Special or emergency meeting
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UID:meeting-1893@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T180005
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T200005
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nGarner's Town Council takes up three rezoning requests and one special-use permit tied to significant new development\, plus a full consent agenda. Two conditional rezonings (Rock Quarry Assemblage\, ~83 acres to commercial mixed use\, and Quality Oil\, ~5.76 acres for a fueling station/convenience store) are legislative public hearings being forwarded to the Planning Commission rather than decided tonight. A third\, the 54-acre Arden Subdivision rezoning for 136 single-family homes\, is up for final ordinance adoption. A quasi-judicial hearing covers a special use permit for a 257-unit apartment complex at US-70 and Yeargan Road.\n\nConsent items include two voluntary annexation petitions that set future public hearing dates\, a second amendment extending the Town's development agreement with LMG\, the 2026 meeting/holiday schedule\, a fund-balance plan for Garner Volunteer Fire-Rescue to retire apparatus debt\, and a budget amendment to create a new affordable-housing/community-development staff position. A scheduled FY25 audit presentation was pulled from this agenda and moved to the January 20\, 2026 meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=3924282b-2ba4-4e36-9eea-1dd0146c616b&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1893
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=3924282b-2ba4-4e36-9eea-1dd0146c616b&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1938@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T180017
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T200017
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Council Conference Room Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nGarner's Town Council opened with several ceremonial items: swearing in new Fire Chief Barrett Penny\, recognizing retiring Police Corporal Richard Roach\, and an FY25 audit presentation. The consent agenda includes disposable-property resolutions releasing retired officers' service weapons and badges\, routine minutes\, correcting the public hearing date for a satellite annexation at 8401 Old Stage Road\, and revised Veterans Advisory Committee bylaws. A legislative public hearing covers a contiguous annexation petition for the Cardinal Machine Shop property at 4000 Waterfield Drive.\n\nNew/old business includes a resolution supporting an affordable-housing bond issuance for the 171-unit Bennett North Apartments\, conveying a sewer easement at 510 Forest Landing Drive to the City of Raleigh\, a signature-authority resolution delegating signing power to town officials\, and appointing members to the Garner Forward Comprehensive Plan's Transportation Element advisory and policy committees. Staff will also present quarterly capital project and financial reports\, and the Council may enter closed session on litigation matters.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9674da11-fe90-4ab2-be3d-b3c9fa4c700b&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1938
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9674da11-fe90-4ab2-be3d-b3c9fa4c700b&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1932@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260203T180015
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260203T200015
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nCouncil appropriates $1\,592\,974 from Garner Fire-Rescue's fund balance to pay off outstanding fire apparatus debt\, part of a shift to a more sustainable equipment-funding model aligned with Wake County. Wake County's EMS director also briefs Council on system changes coming in 2026.\n\nMost of the meeting is discussion carried over from a canceled January work session: an updated capital and debt model from the town's financial advisor\, a look at Capital Improvement Plan horizon projects ahead of the February retreat\, and the final recommendations of the Affordable Housing Task Force. None of these get a vote tonight -- they're teed up for the retreat. Council also closes the meeting to consult privately with the Town Attorney.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=a637f140-a255-4322-a250-993eb1b7d483&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1932
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=a637f140-a255-4322-a250-993eb1b7d483&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1949@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T180045
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T200045
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nGarner's town council takes up two land-use cases at this meeting: a quasi-judicial hearing on a special use permit for a warehouse and freight-movement use on a 36-acre Light Industrial tract at 500 N Greenfield Parkway\, and a conditional rezoning of roughly 2.4 acres on Lawndale from residential to a denser conditional residential district. A seven-item consent agenda includes a corrected rezoning ordinance for the Rock Quarry Assemblage case\, adoption of the town's 2026 state legislative agenda\, a new Deputy Fire Chief position\, and the town's opt-in to a national opioid settlement with six regional distributors.\n\nCouncil also hears an introduction of a new Housing & Community Development staff member and reviews criteria for using a design-build contracting method on the Meadowbrook Park Pond Area Trail project. The meeting closes with a closed session to discuss pending litigation or claim settlement and the terms of an employment contract.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=19ce7421-0a03-4033-9f23-ca8db2a6e56f&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1949
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=19ce7421-0a03-4033-9f23-ca8db2a6e56f&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1917@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T180059
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T200059
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nGarner Town Council's April 21 regular meeting includes a public hearing to adopt an ordinance overhauling the town's animal-control rules (Chapter 3 of the town code) to align with Wake County's\, as part of a proposed interlocal agreement over the Wake County Animal Center. The changes touch leash requirements\, impoundment timelines\, civil penalties\, and dangerous-animal hearing procedures.\n\nCouncil also hears the Fire-Rescue Department's new 2026-2031 strategic plan\, required for its reaccreditation\, results from the town's periodic National Community Survey of resident satisfaction\, and routine quarterly financial and capital-project updates.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=93466369-0071-4499-895f-66ddda979b36&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1917
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=93466369-0071-4499-895f-66ddda979b36&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1937@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180040
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T200040
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nThe council's biggest land-use item is a quasi-judicial hearing on a special use permit for the Timber Drive East Mixed Use development: 300 multifamily apartment units and nine retail buildings totaling about 95\,600 square feet on a roughly 43-acre site off US Highway 70 East. The consent agenda includes a resolution formally establishing the new Garner Housing Advisory Committee\, a $629\,393 bid award for the 2026 Street Resurfacing Project\, authorization for Wake County to collect the town's property taxes in FY27\, and a resolution setting a June 16 public hearing on the voluntary annexation of about 31 acres on Clifford Road (the Wrennmoor Pines case).\n\nUnder new and old business\, the council will consider conveying town-owned right-of-way to NCDOT for the Benson Road widening project\, hear an update on the town attorney's ongoing code revision project\, and vote on appointments to town boards and commissions recommended by the Nominations Committee. The meeting opens with recognition of retiring Fire Codes Administrator Bill Lamm and graduates of the Spring 2026 Garner Civic Academy\, and has no closed session.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=a641be26-ce8b-4cf7-81b0-b35b1620e527&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1937
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=a641be26-ce8b-4cf7-81b0-b35b1620e527&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T180050
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260728T200050
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Work Session
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Work Session\n\nGarner's Town Council previews two development cases: a rezoning of 7.07 acres on Fayetteville Road to Commercial Mixed Use-Conditional for the Bennett Commercial project (CZ-26-004)\, and a revised proposal to rezone 14.02 acres at Auburn-Knightdale Road and US 70 East to Commercial Mixed Use-Conditional for an apartment development (CZ-MP-25-006). The council also considers whether to send a package of Police\, Fire\, and code-revision ordinance amendments\, covering fire prevention\, motor vehicles\, offenses\, police\, and weapons chapters\, to a public hearing at the August 18 meeting\, and hears a staff proposal for next steps on the town's affordable housing and housing preservation programs\, funded in part by a Municipal Impact Fund award.\n\nThe council closes the meeting to instruct staff on a potential property acquisition.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=1fd56e47-b66d-477d-bc05-e5f369bf13f6&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1961
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=1fd56e47-b66d-477d-bc05-e5f369bf13f6&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1875@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260901T180018
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260901T200018
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nGarner's Town Council has a September 1 agenda built around ordinance housekeeping and land use. On consent\, the council sets an October 6 public hearing on a 41.61-acre annexation for Creech Road Homes\, and takes required second votes to enact ordinance amendments to Chapter 11 (Offenses) and Chapter 18 (Weapons and Explosives) that carry criminal penalties -- both originally adopted August 18. Public hearings cover a 3.68-acre Timber Thompson Commercial annexation on Timber Drive\, amendments to the Fire Prevention and Protection ordinance\, and amendments to the Traffic Control ordinance including adoption of a new town Traffic Control Map.\n\nThe council is also set to appoint the first members of its newly created Housing Advisory Committee\, filling three staggered terms with recommended appointees including Jasmine Johnson -- one of the candidates the council's Nominations Committee interviewed in July. There is no closed session on this agenda. Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so no outcomes are recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=2f6246d4-d815-4077-8e92-563b34b23879&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1875
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=2f6246d4-d815-4077-8e92-563b34b23879&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1876@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261013T012712Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T180042
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T200042
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Regular Meeting\n\nTwo conditional rezonings head to a legislative public hearing\, and the council's only job on both is to close the hearing and send them to the Planning Commission. One would move about 3.75 acres on East Garner Road and High Hope Lane\, the Cencar Properties tract\, between two light-industrial conditional districts. The other\, the Enclave at Meadowbrook\, would shift roughly 27 acres on Hebron Church Road from Residential 2 to a denser Residential 4 conditional district. A third hearing covers a town-initiated rewrite of the Unified Development Ordinance's formatting and numbering\, with no policy change intended. Two other land-use items skip that referral: the council would vote directly on a 31-acre rezoning at 7615 Ten Ten Road\, from rural agricultural and commercial mixed use to commercial mixed use\, and on a text amendment letting funeral homes locate by right in Neighborhood Mixed Use districts.\n\nThe consent agenda carries two ordinances up for the second vote state law requires before a criminal penalty takes effect\, both adopted once already on September 1: changes to the traffic code and to the fire prevention code. It also holds $410\,000 in budget amendments\, split between finishing White Deer Park's splash pad and playground and covering utility relocation and rock stabilization on the Rand Mill Road project\, a funding agreement with Wake County that would pay for an Affordable Housing Plan consultant\, and three annexation petitions that would each set an October 6 public hearing for land on Old Stage Road\, Creech Road\, and Guy Road.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=71844bf5-b740-4c65-a6dd-593e0e31ac84&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1876
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=71844bf5-b740-4c65-a6dd-593e0e31ac84&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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