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UID:meeting-1942@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T200000
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 agenda called for swearing in new Police Chief Chris Adams and considering a rezoning of nearly 128 acres from commercial and industrial use to light industrial for a project called Project Cougar. The council was also set to continue a public hearing on a zoning text amendment implementing the comprehensive plan's residential and mixed-use standards to its October 21 meeting\, take up a $415\,815 sidewalk construction bid on Aversboro and Garner roads\, and consider a stop-sign ordinance for Brucemont and Claymore drives. No minutes were available for this meeting at the time of writing\, so this summary describes the agenda rather than what the council decided.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=4181c8ce-bf33-47e7-99c4-bdc46f0cf0e1&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1942
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=4181c8ce-bf33-47e7-99c4-bdc46f0cf0e1&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1950@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T180052
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T200052
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 was set to consider an economic development incentive for Project Cougar\, a Gregory Poole Equipment Company expansion at U.S. 70 and South Greenfield Parkway promising a $347 million investment and 692 jobs over five years. The proposed incentive equals 80 percent of new property taxes generated for five years\, with a bonus period for meeting job and investment targets.\n\nThe council also planned to continue a zoning text amendment implementing the comprehensive plan's residential and mixed-use standards to November\, discuss a council member's affordable-housing position paper\, and take up a backyard-hens ordinance change raising the limit from 8 to 10 hens per lot. Consent items included a $328\,825 budget amendment for the Rand Mill Road and Main Street project and a contract with Bolton & Menk to rewrite the town's Comprehensive Transportation Plan.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9cc9d433-2cb7-42c0-91e1-cb09355c7195&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1950
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9cc9d433-2cb7-42c0-91e1-cb09355c7195&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1888@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180056
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T200056
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 work session covers a housing update from the nonprofit Preserving Home\, a staff proposal for mapping the town's traffic control ordinances\, and a plan to relaunch the town's Citizens Academy. None of these are votes\; staff is asking for direction on the traffic ordinance mapping before scheduling a public hearing.\n\nThe council also gets its monthly development activity map update and is set to enter closed session to instruct staff on a property acquisition and to discuss an individual employee's performance.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=aaa8b572-cba2-4712-a90c-138ecd73a36c&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1888
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=aaa8b572-cba2-4712-a90c-138ecd73a36c&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1897@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T180012
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T200012
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 annexation petitions and a rezoning request\, plus a $5 million incentive deal tied to new development at 0 US Hwy 70 East. E District Phase 1 is asking the town to help fund roads\, greenways\, stormwater work and utility extensions\, repaid through the taxes the project itself generates. Duke Health wants to annex 23 acres plus adjoining right-of-way at 130 Timber Drive East\, and a separate petition covers 138 acres at 205 Willamette Drive for a project called Bethel Green. The council also considers a special use permit for 257 apartment units in three buildings near US Hwy 70 and Yeargan Road.\n\nAlso on the agenda: a zoning text amendment implementing the town's comprehensive plan for residential and mixed-use districts\, budget amendments for public art and the White Deer Park inclusive playground\, and surplus vehicle disposal. The rezoning request at 8401 Old Stage Road and the text amendment both get referred to the Planning Commission rather than decided outright.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=aa1a541e-3e7c-41a9-beb6-3147f0ba21d1&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1897
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=aa1a541e-3e7c-41a9-beb6-3147f0ba21d1&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1893@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
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:20261012T232601Z
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-1964@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T180058
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T200058
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 January 27 work session centers on town finances and affordable housing. Davenport & Company\, the town's financial advisor\, presents an updated debt and capital model\, and staff walk the council through capital projects being weighed for future Capital Improvement Plans -- both feeding into the council's February retreat.\n\nThe Affordable Housing Task Force presents its final recommendations\, with council discussion on next steps held for that same retreat. The manager's report also updates the online Development Activity Map and previews February meeting agendas\; the retreat is set for February 19-20 at White Deer Park Nature Center\, with an Essentials of Municipal Government course February 26-27. No closed session is scheduled.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=eb5cd4e0-0797-4c02-944b-e75322d30839&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1964
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=eb5cd4e0-0797-4c02-944b-e75322d30839&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1932@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
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-1912@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T180045
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T200045
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\nFour rezoning-related cases move through Council: a public hearing on 2.4 acres at Lawndale Street for a residential conditional rezoning\, a satellite annexation petition for 8401 Old Stage Road\, and two more advanced rezoning votes -- 8401 Old Stage Road itself (0.74 acres to Residential-4) and a Quality Oil project at Benson Road/Evolve Drive (5.76 acres for a fueling station\, convenience store\, and office/retail building). The 83-acre Rock Quarry Assemblage case\, converting rural agricultural land to commercial mixed use\, also returns to Council.\n\nConsent items include a budget amendment adding three police positions (one officer\, two non-sworn public safety aides) and a resolution to dispose of two surplus vehicles. Council also recognizes MLK Dream in Action Award recipients -- including Springfield Baptist Church -- and proclaims Engineers Week.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=6ee69217-97e9-4ac4-8cec-5c1c159422f7&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1912
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=6ee69217-97e9-4ac4-8cec-5c1c159422f7&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1891@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T080003
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T100003
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Special Meeting
LOCATION:White Deer Nature Center White Deer Park 2400 Aversboro Road | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Special Meeting\n\nDay two of the Town Council's two-day planning retreat at White Deer Park. Discussion covers future-year budget items -- a stormwater utility fee study for FY28 and program-partner funding -- plus continued work on the Affordable Housing Task Force recommendations and a review of the Historic Downtown Garner Plan.\n\nCouncil also gets a briefing on a staff workgroup studying artificial intelligence use\, discusses council policies and procedures\, and wraps up the retreat with reflections. No votes are scheduled\; this is a discussion-only retreat.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9258375b-f6f5-42e9-b241-14b9eab3d8d8&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1891
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9258375b-f6f5-42e9-b241-14b9eab3d8d8&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Special or emergency meeting
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UID:meeting-1930@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T180018
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T200018
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\nThis work session is discussion-only\, no votes. The main topic is the stalled downtown opportunity site project: town staff and developer LMG walk Council through the site's residential-to-commercial ratio and options for moving the original higher-density concept forward\, with the town's Development Finance Initiative consultants on hand.\n\nCouncil also gets two routine monthly updates: the Development Activity Map and a preview of the March 2026 meeting agendas.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=8d9cc456-677d-4229-8877-903a31b6cab8&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1930
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=8d9cc456-677d-4229-8877-903a31b6cab8&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1935@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T180049
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T200049
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 big items come to a vote: a continued rezoning case for the 83-acre Rock Quarry Assemblage\, converting rural agricultural land at 7412 Rock Quarry Road and four adjoining parcels to commercial mixed use\, and a resolution authorizing the Wake Housing Authority to issue affordable housing bonds for Bennett North Apartments\, a 171-unit project.\n\nAlso on the agenda: a $395\,570 construction contract with Lanier Construction Company for 39 new angled parking spaces on Main Street\, paired with a budget amendment to fund it\, and PFM Asset Management's annual update on the town's investment portfolio.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=fa079b4f-22ab-4a3b-bba0-a20e1bfadc97&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1935
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=fa079b4f-22ab-4a3b-bba0-a20e1bfadc97&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T180003
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T200003
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 opens its FY27 budget process with an initial public hearing and the launch of an online budget input portal\, and takes up a zoning text amendment implementing the comprehensive plan's standards for residential and mixed-use development. Council is also asked to give feedback on resolutions delegating signing authority to the mayor\, town manager\, and town attorney.\n\nConsent items include a $179\,000 budget amendment to continue a stormwater utility rate study\, surplus of a retired dump truck\, a stop-condition ordinance limiting new permits in part of the Exchange at 401 subdivision\, and updated council rules of procedure. A proposed update to the council's Code of Conduct and Ethics was pulled from consent for separate discussion.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9b536416-4afe-46d7-b18c-fa35450ca237&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1968
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=9b536416-4afe-46d7-b18c-fa35450ca237&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T180003
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T200003
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 council spends most of this work session on housing and land use. Back for a third time (after being deferred in January and March)\, a resolution consenting to Wake County Housing Authority bonds for the 171-unit Bennett North Apartments is up again\; the developer now plans 170 of 171 units at 60% of area median income and wants the project exempt from property tax\, a shift from the original special-use permit's affordability terms. Two development previews give council an early look at rezoning requests: a 28.5-acre tract at 7615 Ten Ten Road proposed for age-restricted senior living\, apartments and retail (500 total units)\, and a rezoning of three parcels on Auburn Church Road for a 226-home mixed subdivision (Village at Big Branch) near an employment center.\n\nThe rest of the agenda is informational: a legislative agenda update ahead of the town finalizing its 2026 state legislative priorities\, an early look at FY27 budget priorities following council's February retreat\, proposed Chapter 3 animal control ordinance amendments to align with Wake County's shelter agreement\, and routine manager reports (development activity map\, April's pending agenda). No votes are recorded\; a closed session is also listed with no subject given in the posted agenda.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e6e7289e-ea1d-4db0-95a7-696b4efebfa9&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1920
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e6e7289e-ea1d-4db0-95a7-696b4efebfa9&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1904@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180032
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T200032
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 work session on April 28 is dominated by growth: three separate items preview big changes to land use along two of the town's key corridors\, and planning and legal staff brief the Council on options for handling zoning text amendments\, including the legal process for a temporary development moratorium\, without proposing one yet.\n\nCouncil gets an early look at a revised concept for the Village at Big Branch\, which has shifted from a mixed-residential subdivision to a plan blending industrial uses with fewer homes\, and at a rebranded 'Garner Innovation Park' near Jones Sausage Road and I-40\, where the town's economic development arm now wants industrial flex space instead of the workforce housing it originally proposed. The council also gets a first look at the five-year Capital Improvement Plan ahead of budget season and hears an update on the Lake Benson Park master plan.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=da0664dd-85ca-411f-8684-4c64053ec7f2&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1904
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=da0664dd-85ca-411f-8684-4c64053ec7f2&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1919@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T123018
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T143018
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Nominations Committee
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams - Remote Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Nominations Committee\n\nGarner's Town Council Nominations Committee interviews two candidates for town board seats: one for the Parks\, Recreation and Cultural Resources Committee and one for the Veterans' Committee. The committee also discusses a regular meeting schedule and a timeline for filling seats on the town's new Housing Advisory Committee.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=5f7a7f29-7af6-4286-9cfd-671bde30fa9a&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1919
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=5f7a7f29-7af6-4286-9cfd-671bde30fa9a&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Committee meeting
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UID:meeting-1945@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T180050
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T200050
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\nTown Manager Jodi Miller presented the FY2027 Recommended Budget to the council and community\, with more detailed discussion to follow at a May 15 budget work session. On new business\, the council considered converting the Tryon Station affordable housing project -- in which the town holds a funding position -- to an income-averaging structure\, letting it serve a broader range of household incomes. The consent agenda includes setting a May 19 public hearing on the Gregory Poole Equipment HQ2 annexation (about 141 acres at 5100 Raynor Road)\, an emergency repair authorization for a sewer lift pump serving the police and fire administration buildings\, a $1\,049\,100 bid award for the Bryan Road Improvements Project\, the FY2025-26 audit contract with Mauldin & Jenkins\, and additional funding for Preserving Home\, a nonprofit that rehabilitates homes for Garner residents.\n\nThe meeting opens with proclamations for National Public Works Week and National Police Week.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=67892670-0995-4b6e-b00f-c56f5af23210&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1945
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=67892670-0995-4b6e-b00f-c56f5af23210&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1884@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T180056
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T200056
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\nThe council previewed a rezoning proposal to bring 14.02 acres at Auburn Knightdale Road and US 70 East to Commercial Mixed-Use -- Conditional\, for up to 340 multifamily and upper-story residential units plus 12\,000 square feet of non-residential space\, with dedicated open space and architectural commitments. It also discussed a zoning text amendment (ZTA-26-002) that would allow funeral homes as a permitted use in the Neighborhood Mixed Use district\, while keeping crematoriums as a separate\, distinct use rather than lumping them together as the prior ordinance did\, with added standards to keep funeral homes compatible with nearby residential areas.\n\nThe council continued its FY27 budget discussion\, looking for direction on reallocation options following the May 15 budget work session\, and got an information-only briefing on staff's plan to formally create the Garner Housing Advisory Committee (a resolution establishing that committee went to the full council on June 2). Routine updates included the monthly Development Activity Map and a preview of the pending council agenda through the end of June. There is no closed session.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=8ebd4397-1aed-4b1a-b3f3-05411d62a03a&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1884
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=8ebd4397-1aed-4b1a-b3f3-05411d62a03a&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1937@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
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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UID:meeting-1961@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
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-1905@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T180022
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T200022
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 council got its first look on August 25 at the master development agreement for the downtown site next to the Garner Recreation Center\, and the deal has an unusual shape. The town would sell part of the recreation center parcel to developer LMG by private sale\, LMG would build a parking garage\, and the town would then buy that garage back as a condominium unit for $5.5 million. The town would lease spaces in it to LMG for residential tenants\, LMG would run it day to day\, and the town would carry long-term maintenance and repair. A vote is tentatively set for September 15.\n\nThe council also previewed two rezonings before they reach a hearing. The Wake County Board of Education wants 38.98 acres at 6301 Jones Sausage Road moved from Light Industrial to Residential 2 near East Garner Middle School. A developer wants 2.6 acres on TV Tower Road moved from Rural Agricultural to conditional commercial mixed use for a convenience store with fuel pumps. Staff also asked the council to set a September 15 hearing on a zoning text amendment that fixes codification errors and reformats the ordinance.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=228838ad-f6b7-4587-b380-4d0a9f6d6603&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1905
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=228838ad-f6b7-4587-b380-4d0a9f6d6603&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1875@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261012T232601Z
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:20261012T232601Z
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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