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UID:meeting-2011@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250926
SUMMARY:Orange County: Joint Meeting with School Boards
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's Board of Commissioners met jointly with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County Boards of Education for a briefing session\, not a voting meeting. The three boards reviewed each district's state budget situation\, an interlocal agreement and bond-funded construction projects\, enrollment demographics\, and topics for future collaboration such as school nursing and mental health staffing.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252025-2391\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/19?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2011
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252025-2391
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2008@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251022
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners held a public hearing on joining the state's C-PACE program\, which lets commercial property owners finance energy and resiliency upgrades through a voluntary assessment rather than county funds. The board also reviewed cost-cutting design options for the Crisis Diversion Facility\, whose original $28.2 million design came in over budget\, and discussed a draft interlocal agreement setting up joint oversight of school construction projects with both school districts.\n\nConsent items included a $500\,000 school capital analyst position funded from already-budgeted pay-go funds\, a solar feasibility study agreement with the Town of Hillsborough\, a six-month extension of an opioid-funding contract with Freedom House Recovery Center\, and a $97\,503 state arts grant.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2412\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/26?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2008
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2412
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2171@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251023
SUMMARY:Orange County: Historic Preservation Commission
DESCRIPTION:Historic Preservation Commission\n\nOrange County's Historic Preservation Commission met with no items up for a vote. The agenda was discussion only: a pending National Register nomination for the Efland Milling Company\, three archaeological survey projects the county plans to start in 2026\, and a proposal to send an interpretive sign to the Cedar Grove baseball field.\n\nThe commission also planned a field trip to the Henry Calvin Andrews farmstead and took up budget cuts that have eliminated preservation funding for the historic farmstead at Twin Creeks Park.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222025-2418\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2171
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222025-2418
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2021@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251112
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's advisory board on aging heard on November 11 that the state's handling of SNAP was unclear and that back pay would not be required in North Carolina. The county receives about $2 million a month in SNAP benefits\, so any interruption is a serious shortfall\, and staff urged members to publicise the department's lunch and food box programmes.\n\nThe federal government shutdown did not threaten the department's newly acquired grants\, because that funding was already built into the budget.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11112025-2542\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2021
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11112025-2542
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2147@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251120
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau advisory board heard on November 19 that occupancy tax revenue is projected flat and traced the reasons: federal job cuts\, federal travel cuts\, fewer people working in Research Triangle Park\, general economic anxiety\, and the closure of the Siena Hotel for most of next year. The Siena had a higher average daily rate than other hotels in the county.\n\nThe bureau collected about $2.196 million in occupancy tax last year\, $1.529 million of it from thirteen Chapel Hill properties. Carrboro has one collecting property\, Hillsborough five\, five more carry Durham addresses\, and seven are short-term rentals. The county tax office is starting an audit of occupancy tax remittance this year.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2446\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2147
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2446
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-2020@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251210
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's advisory board on aging spent most of its December 9 meeting on a problem its senior centers did not choose: unsheltered people using the Seymour Center. Staff are considering a bag policy\, worked out with the library and the county attorney\, and the county's street outreach team offered training for centre staff and more frequent rounds now that it is back to full strength.\n\nThe timeline for anything better is long. The building at 2700 Homestead Road is about a year away from hosting cold weather cots\, and a day centre is a couple of years out. The county has approved the lease for the cots\, but what happens after that is not settled.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2543\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2020
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2543
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2001@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251210
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's 2025 property revaluation has cost the county $232\,489\,448 in assessed value through appeals\, with a median cut of $38\,000 on residential property and $66\,400 on non-residential. The commissioners were given those figures on December 9\, along with a separate $60\,972\,300 in reductions from neighbourhood-level reviews covering 1\,460 properties.\n\nThe scale of the appeals is what stands out. The tax office received 3\,346 informal appeals in the window that ran March 21 to April 30\, then another 1\,109 formal appeals — 4\,455 in all across 3\,966 unique properties. All the informal appeals had been decided\; the board of equalization and review had finished 655 formal appeals\, 64 percent\, with 367 more in progress and the rest due by January 22.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2471\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/36?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2001
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2471
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2019@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's advisory board on aging heard on January 13 that the state area agency on aging arrives February 3 and 4 for its annual monitoring visit\, covering health promotion programmes\, senior center operations\, information and assistance\, options counselling\, and two grants.\n\nThe board also worked on the FY 2026-27 budget\, which kicked off January 8\, and its annual report to the county commissioners\, due to be filed by January 16 and presented in February or March.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2544\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2019
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2544
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-2018@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's advisory board on aging met February 10 at the Passmore Center\, a building still being restored after a water event. Quarterly reports for year four of the Master Aging Plan were due on community supports and health services\, outdoor spaces and buildings\, and housing.\n\nThe board also took the FY 2026-27 budget\, appointments\, and a report on Medicare Part D open enrollment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2545\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2018
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2545
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-2136@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260226
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's board of health took the health department's FY 2026-27 budget request on February 25\, built to stay flat. The department is aiming to add no new spending without matching new revenue\, and its request nets out at authorized expenditures minus service revenue\, about $10.1 million on the prior year's figures.\n\nThe board also welcomed two new members\, including a county commissioner\, and heard that a resolution in support of expedited newborn screening was coming.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02252026-2576\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2136
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02252026-2576
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2017@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260311
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's advisory board on aging met March 10 with a full slate of program news and its own reporting obligations. Quarterly reports for year four of the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan were due on transportation\, social participation and inclusion\, employment\, and communication\, and the board discussed the survey and next steps for the 2027-32 plan.\n\nThe board also gave its report to the county commissioners that same evening\, and took up appointments\, its attendance policy and the FY 2026-27 budget.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2569\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2017
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2569
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1987@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260417
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Work Session - CIP
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners took the county manager's recommended ten-year capital investment plan on April 16\, working from summaries of the county\, proprietary and school capital programs alongside two presentations\, one on county and proprietary projects and one on school capital funding.\n\nThe plan came back through the budget process in May and June. The board accepted it on June 16 and set school capital funding at $112\,524\,049 for the year.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04162026-2579\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/47?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1987
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04162026-2579
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1985@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260501
SUMMARY:Orange County: BOCC Joint Meeting with the School Boards
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners spent April 30 with the two school systems. Each brought its FY 2027 local budget request alongside performance and state accountability data and an update on career and technical education\, with 80 minutes set aside for both.\n\nThe last 45 minutes went to capital: the county manager's recommended capital investment plan and updates on projects already underway.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04302026-2591\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/50?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1985
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04302026-2591
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1984@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260506
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners hired an outside firm on May 5 to look at how the county does reappraisal and tax assessment. The contract with GAR Associates comes while the tax office is running under an interim administrator and a work group has been meeting on assessment improvements.\n\nThe board also held the public hearing required before borrowing for capital projects\, took a substantial amendment to the HOME-ARP allocation plan\, and received the manager's recommended FY 2026-27 operating budget. Two proclamations opened the meeting\, one honoring a local principal named the national high school principal of the year and one for Mental Health Awareness Month.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05052026-2597\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/51?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1984
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05052026-2597
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1983@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260513
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Public Hearing and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's county manager presented the recommended FY 2026-27 budget and the FY 2026-36 capital investment plan to the commissioners on May 12. The operating budget document runs past 300 pages.\n\nThis was the opening of the county's budget season. Work sessions took the departments one group at a time on May 14\, 19\, 21 and 26\, public hearings followed on May 28\, the board settled its amendments on June 4\, and it adopted the budget on June 16 at a rate of 68.05 cents.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122026-2602\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/52?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1983
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122026-2602
CATEGORIES:Public hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1982@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260515
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners spent the evening of May 14 on the money that goes to other people's institutions. The first 45 minutes went to funding requests from outside agencies\, and the next hour and a half to Durham Technical Community College\, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools\, on both the operating and capital sides.\n\nWork sessions take no spoken public comment\; the second budget and capital plan public hearing was set for May 28.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05142026-2603\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/53?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1982
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05142026-2603
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-2142@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
SUMMARY:Orange County: May Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met over breakfast on May 20 with a leadership question in front of it. The chair opened on the executive director's announced retirement\, and proposed holding off on forming strategic subcommittees until later in the summer\, once Orange County's succession planning process gives more guidance.\n\nThe board also reviewed the FY 2026-27 budgets recommended by the county manager and the Chapel Hill town manager\, both still in draft\, and analyzed what the Savannah Bananas event returned.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2610\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2142
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2610
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-1980@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260522
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners set aside 45 minutes on May 21 for the FY 2026-27 fire district tax rates\, then more than two hours for the public safety and human services departments in the recommended budget. Work sessions take no spoken public comment\; written comments go to the board by email.\n\nThe department list covered the courts\, criminal justice resources\, emergency services and the sheriff on the public safety side\, and aging\, Alliance Health\, child support services\, civil rights and civic life\, the health department\, housing\, library services\, social services and the opioid settlement fund on the human services side.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05212026-2608\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/55?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1980
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05212026-2608
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1979@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260527
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners spent three hours on May 26 going through department by department in the FY 2026-27 recommended budget. No public comment is taken at work sessions.\n\nThe list ran across support services\, general government and community services: asset management\, community relations\, finance\, human resources\, information technologies\, the commissioners' own budget\, elections\, the county attorney and manager\, register of deeds\, tax administration\, animal services\, cooperative extension\, the environment and parks department\, economic development including the Article 46 sales tax fund\, fleet services\, planning and inspections\, solid waste\, the Sportsplex and transportation services.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05262026-2613\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/56?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1979
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05262026-2613
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1978@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260529
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Public Hearing and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners held the public hearing on the FY 2026-27 budget and the capital investment plan on May 28\, then went straight into a work session. Residents could sign up to speak at the hearing or send written comments\; the work session takes no comment.\n\nThe county manager presented the recommended budget\, built on five stated priorities: minimize the tax rate increase\, prioritize public safety and social safety net direct services\, maximize efficiencies and cost recovery while preserving core services\, and modestly invest in employee compensation.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282026-2614\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/60?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1978
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282026-2614
CATEGORIES:Public hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1975@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260617
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners adopted the FY 2026-27 budget on June 16\, setting the property tax rate at 68.05 cents per $100 of assessed value\, a 4.22-cent increase. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district tax was set at 14.79 cents\, which puts the combined rate for Chapel Hill residents at 82.84 cents. Twelve fire district rates were set alongside them\, and county employees got a 2 percent raise with the living wage recognized at $20.02 an hour.\n\nThe same night the board approved a guaranteed maximum price of $22\,906\,906 from Gilbane to build the crisis diversion facility\, accepted the ten-year capital investment plan\, and amended its broadband contract with Lumos to reach 105 more unserved households.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06162026-2625\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/62?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1975
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06162026-2625
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2039@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260820
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County NC Animal Services Advisory Board meeting agenda for
DESCRIPTION:Animal Services Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's animal services advisory board met August 19 with staffing at the shelter as the main subject. The director reported on relief veterinarian coverage in the clinic\, the open program manager position\, and follow-up from the rabies clinic. Staff also gave a budget update.\n\nThe board's own business was thinner. It checked on the subcommittee it created in June to coordinate with animal advisory boards in neighboring counties\, chaired by Michael Dempsey\, and recapped the July 15 staff appreciation event. Board appointments and upcoming votes were listed under new business.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192026-2657\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2039
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192026-2657
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-2183@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260823
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's human relations commission spent a full day on August 22 setting its own direction\, and the last ninety minutes went to the longest horizon. Members worked on a vision statement for where the county should be in ten years and on three or four core pillars defining the equity goals to reach in that time. A separate hour covered the next three years: which topics to focus on through FY30\, which partnerships to prioritize\, and how to gather community data and take what the agenda calls pulse checks on how residents feel.\n\nThe morning was more concrete. The commission closed out FY26 spending\, set an FY27 budget\, and had each subcommittee draft a one-page charter and a priority statement naming what it will accomplish and by when. Members also fixed an event calendar: a Blackwood Farms event\, three housing events between October 2026 and June 2027\, a community conversation in February 2027\, and the annual PMA event on May 16\, 2027. They discussed which proclamations to send the county commissioners for FY27\, with Black History Month and Women's History Month on the list.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08222026-2656\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2183
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08222026-2656
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2327@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T095936Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners meet Tuesday night to name the crisis diversion facility now under construction for Jamezetta Bedford\, the commissioner who died on June 21 after eight years on the board. The same meeting fills a countywide elected office without an election. Mark Chilton resigned as Register of Deeds on August 14 with three months left in his term\, and state law gives the county Democratic Party 30 days to name a replacement. Its executive committee held a special election on August 31\, and the commissioners are then required to appoint whoever the party sends them.\n\nThe public hearing is a rewrite of how the county reviews subdivisions. Under the amendment\, a by-right subdivision creating fewer than 21 lots would be approved by staff alone\, with no planning board or commissioner review. The board asked for the change itself after applicants and staff described the current process as a deterrent. The planning board recommended approval unanimously with one addition: neighbors would get 30 days' notice of a developer's neighborhood meeting rather than 14. Commissioners also hear results from a survey of 419 randomly selected households\, and the consent agenda carries a correction to this year's opioid settlement grants after one applicant's proposal was never passed to the advisory committee.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09012026-2661\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/66?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2327
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09012026-2661
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's parks and recreation council meets Wednesday evening to hear what the FY 2026-27 budget and capital investment plan decisions mean for parks\, and to check on the countywide Trails Plan before it goes to the county commissioners for adoption. The trails plan lays out nine proposed trail connections with a priority ranking. This council gets a last look at it.\n\nThe county Human Relations Commission is also bringing a marker at Blackwood Farm Park to the council. The agenda does not say what the marker would commemorate. Shorter items round out the night: a disc golf status report\, an introduction of acting parks superintendent Sharon Kelly\, and approval of the June 3 meeting summary.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09022026-2662\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2495
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09022026-2662
CATEGORIES:Other
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