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UID:meeting-2063@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250723
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's newly sworn-in Board of Elections organized for its 2025-2027 term\, adopted an early voting schedule for the October 7 Durham municipal primary\, and voted to move Eno precinct voters to the adjacent Patterson precinct for upcoming Durham elections.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07222025-2324\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2063
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07222025-2324
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2062@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250806
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections adopted its early voting schedule for the November 4\, 2025 municipal and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board elections\, setting five early voting sites with hours running from mid-October through the Saturday before the election. The board also heard that 296 voters' registrations have been repaired under a state program addressing missing ID numbers.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08052025-2325\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2062
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08052025-2325
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2024@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250813
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's Advisory Board on Aging planned to elect a new chair and vice-chair after Chair Ann Bradford's resignation\, adopt an updated Senior Center Registration Form and Code of Conduct\, and review Year 3 reports on the county's 2022-27 Master Aging Plan covering communication\, transportation\, health services and employment goals.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122025-2539\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2024
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122025-2539
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2061@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250820
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections considers appointing precinct officials for the 2025-2027 term. The rest of the agenda is routine: approving prior minutes\, scheduling the next meeting\, and updating board time and travel records.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192025-2527\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2061
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192025-2527
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2208@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250821
SUMMARY:Orange County: Staff Working Group
DESCRIPTION:OCPT Staff Working Group\n\nOrange County's transit staff working group\, which coordinates transit planning between the county\, Chapel Hill\, Carrboro\, Hillsborough\, Mebane\, GoTriangle and Triangle West MPO\, debated a $500\,000 funding placeholder for the Orange County Transit Plan amendment before deferring a decision to build a shared scope document first. The group also elected new officers\, with outgoing chair Doug Plachcinski stepping down.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202025-2330\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2208
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202025-2330
CATEGORIES:Other
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UID:meeting-2060@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250910
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections takes up a routine director's report on voter registration and the year-to-date budget\, then appoints early voting officials for the November 4\, 2025 municipal and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board election.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2526\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2060
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2526
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2037@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250918
SUMMARY:Orange County: Agricultural Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Agricultural Preservation Board\n\nOrange County's Agricultural Preservation Board elected Mary Beth Miller vice chair\, denied a Voluntary Agricultural District application for a small horticulture operation on Erwin Road that fell short of the one-acre cultivation threshold\, and heard a presentation from Preserve Rural Orange urging the board to push harder on farmland preservation as the county updates its land use plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09172025-2389\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2037
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09172025-2389
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2059@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251008
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections handles routine business tied to two elections at once: certifying absentee and early-voting results for the City of Durham's October 7 municipal primary\, and preparing for the county's own November 4 municipal election. The board considers buffer zone rules for early voting sites\, precinct assistant appointments\, and a report on voter registration repairs.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10072025-2525\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2059
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10072025-2525
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2057@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251015
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets to canvass and approve absentee by-mail ballots received ahead of the October municipal elections. The agenda also covers scheduling the board's next meeting and updating member time and travel records.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2524\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2057
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2524
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2058@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251015
SUMMARY:Orange County: BOE Meeting Canvass
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets to certify the results of the City of Durham's October 7 municipal primary. The board also covers scheduling its next meeting and updating member time and travel records.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2523\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2058
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2523
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2056@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251022
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections met to process absentee ballots ahead of the 2025 municipal election\, assign board members to visit early voting sites\, and receive an update on ballots cast to date.\n\nThe agenda was otherwise routine\, with no discussion items announced in advance.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2522\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2056
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2522
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2055@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251029
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections met to process absentee by-mail ballots ahead of the 2025 election\, review early voting turnout\, and discuss list-maintenance procedures for the voter rolls.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-2521\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2055
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-2521
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2054@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251104
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets to process absentee ballots ahead of the November 4\, 2025 municipal election and to hear a director's report on early voting turnout. The agenda also covers a precinct visit list and scheduling the board's next meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11032025-2520\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2054
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11032025-2520
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2053@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251105
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections sat through election night on November 4\, reviewing absentee ballots as they arrived between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and approving 33 of them: 11 civilian\, one military and 21 overseas.\n\nThe tabulator ended the night at 232 absentee ballots. Results were held until 7:30 p.m.\, when the polls closed.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11042025-2519\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2053
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11042025-2519
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2052@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251108
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections ruled on 87 provisional ballots from the November 4 municipal election on November 7\, accepting staff recommendations to fully approve 64\, partially approve two and reject 21.\n\nThe state board had randomly picked the OWASA and Town Hall precincts for the sample audit count\, to be carried out by bipartisan election officials on November 10.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072025-2518\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2052
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072025-2518
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2051@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections handled three late overseas absentee ballots on November 13\, ahead of the canvass. It approved two and rejected one\, because the voter confirmed they had never lived in North Carolina.\n\nThe two approved ballots were run through the tabulator in front of the board\, which verified the opening tape started at zero and signed the results.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132025-2517\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2051
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132025-2517
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2050@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251115
SUMMARY:Orange County: BOE Meeting Canvass
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections certified the November 4 municipal and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board election on November 14. Turnout was 15.25 percent: 11\,751 ballots cast out of 77\,070 registered voters eligible for that ballot.\n\nThe director reported that voter history and total ballots cast matched in every election day and administrative precinct.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142025-2516\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2050
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142025-2516
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2138@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251120
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's health department has seen a notable rise in appointment cancellations since Immigration and Customs Enforcement became active in the area\, the health director told the board of health on November 19. The department is offering telehealth or home visits where appropriate\, letting some staff work remotely\, and has reminded staff of the ICE guidelines it set in the spring. A board member added that schools have reported marked increases in absenteeism from fear.\n\nThe board also elected its 2026 chair and vice-chair\, recommended a candidate for its vacant at-large seat\, and wrote off $7\,511 in uncollectible patient debt.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2463\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2138
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2463
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2002@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251202
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners were told on December 1 that federal rules could cut deeply into the money that houses homeless residents here. The new HUD Continuum of Care funding notice mandates a 70 percent cut to permanent housing and guarantees only 30 percent of annual renewal funding. Those grants pay for 79 percent of the Interfaith Council's permanent supportive housing programme\, 64 percent of the county partnership's rapid rehousing programme and 80 percent of the coordinated entry housing helpline.\n\nThe board also elected a new chair and vice-chair\, both unanimously\, and worked through which outside boards still need a commissioner on them.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12012025-2461\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/35?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2002
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12012025-2461
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2049@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251203
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections adopted its early voting plan for the March 3 primary on December 2\, setting six sites and hours running February 12 through 28. It also heard\, after a closed session on personnel\, that the board chair is moving out of the county and resigning effective January 1.\n\nThe board acknowledged reports of safety concerns at the Drakeford Library\, one of the six early voting sites\, and the director said she would raise them with library leadership.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022025-2515\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2049
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022025-2515
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2159@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260113
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's commission for the environment voted on January 12 to support a petition from Commissioner Sally Greene asking the county to widen its Community Climate Action Grant fund to cover climate adaptation as well as mitigation. It was the only split vote of the night: one member voted against and the vice chair abstained.\n\nBefore voting\, the commission compared how the grant process works now against what the petition proposes\, and agreed that some things need changing before next year's round regardless.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01122026-2485\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2159
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01122026-2485
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2048@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections voted on January 13 to move the Efland precinct's election day polling place from the Efland Ruritan Club to the Efland-Cheeks Community Center\, about 1.8 miles away\, effective immediately. Voters will be told by a bright orange postcard and a newspaper notice.\n\nThe board also approved the slate of early voting officials for the March 3 primary and the Orange County Schools board of education election.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2514\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2048
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2514
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2026@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260121
SUMMARY:Orange County: AHAB Regular Monthly Meeting Agenda and
DESCRIPTION:Affordable Housing Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's affordable housing advisory board spent its January 20 meeting\, rescheduled from the 13th\, working through its 2026 work plan. The 2025 annual report and the work plan had already gone to the county commissioners the week before\, with the presentation expected in the second week of February.\n\nThe commissioners had signalled they want to hear about gaps in affordable housing across the county. Board members said they would look at past analyses\, and noted that specialist consulting firms do this kind of gap study.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2490\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2026
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2490
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1999@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260121
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners awarded $267\,750 in Community Climate Action Grants on January 20\, splitting the money across seven of sixteen applications. Requests totalled $619\,095\, so more than half the applicants got nothing — including Habitat for Humanity's $150\,000 weatherization proposal\, which scored third.\n\nThe board also took a clean audit for the year ended June 30\, 2025 and approved a $15\,000 increase in the audit fee\, and signed off on the condominium agreement that puts the Drakeford Library Complex in shared ownership with Carrboro.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2492\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/37?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1999
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2492
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2243@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260205
SUMMARY:Orange County: Planning Board
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nOrange County's planning board elected its chair and vice chair for 2026 on February 4\, then took a county-initiated zoning amendment moving a watershed overlay boundary. The parcel is about 19.4 acres\, unaddressed\, off Dodson's Crossroads at Arden Estate Court in Bingham Township.\n\nThe amendment shifts the line between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay and the University Lake protected watershed overlay. Watershed protection overlays are part of the zoning atlas\, so moving one takes a zoning atlas amendment and a full hearing.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02042026-2503\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2243
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02042026-2503
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2223@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260402
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's parks and recreation council elected its chair and vice chair on April 1 and spent more than an hour reviewing the draft county Trails Plan. The plan proposes nine trail connections with a priority ranking\, and it came back to this council repeatedly through the spring and summer.\n\nUnder old business the council took up the joint meeting with the Orange Unified Transportation Board\, which was held on June 3.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04012026-2563\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2223
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04012026-2563
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2329@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260513
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's economic development advisory board elected its officers on May 12\, nominating and voting on a chair\, vice chair and secretary. It also worked through its own housekeeping: a vacancy on the core business and grant committee\, a review of the attendance policy\, and whether to change its meeting schedule and time.\n\nThe county's community and rural development agent gave an update\, and members had ten minutes of open discussion.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122026-2600\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2329
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122026-2600
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2185@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260527
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's human relations commission took up the Blackwood Farms commemorative marker on May 26\, the first of four meetings this summer where the item appears. The executive committee reported on elections and membership vacancies and confirmed the commission's August 22 retreat.\n\nSubcommittees reported on outreach to local organizations and on community events\, including the Pauli Murray Awards and community conversations. The commission's charge is to identify community concerns about discrimination and civil inequality and recommend on them to the county commissioners.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05262026-2615\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2185
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05262026-2615
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260710
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners met for the first business meeting after Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford's death\, with her seat held vacant on the dais. They adopted the $27 million financing for the Crisis Diversion Center\, widened the tax relief program for longtime homeowners\, and settled a year-old argument about who supervises the tax administrator.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07092026-2641\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/63?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1974
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07092026-2641
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260728
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260729
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners added this July 28 meeting to their calendar for one reason: to fill the District 1 seat left vacant when Jamezetta Bedford died on June 21. State law gave them until August 20\, after which the clerk of superior court would have made the choice instead.\n\nThe board had already decided on July 9 to use the Orange County Democratic Party's application process rather than run its own. Six people applied\, all confirmed by the board of elections as registered Democrats living in District 1\, and the party's executive committee recommended one of them on July 20. A short consent agenda followed.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07282026-2644\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/64?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1973
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07282026-2644
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260826
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners opened their August 25 meeting with the oath of office for Commissioner Rani Dasi\, and directed on the consent agenda that the crisis diversion facility under construction be named for Jamezetta Bedford. The formal resolution honoring Bedford\, who died on June 21\, came back to the board a week later.\n\nThe one item of regular business was how the county advertises its land for sale. Until now it did the legal minimum\, a notice in The Herald Sun. The new process adds a listing on the MLS\, county social media\, the community newsletter\, a sign at the property and the asset management webpage\, with the winning bidder covering the costs: $200 to $3\,500 for legal ads\, $500 for the MLS listing and $1\,200 for an appraisal. The tax collector reported a 99.33 percent current-year collection rate for FY 2025-26. Consent also carried the sale of a 1.24-acre placeholder lot on Mollie Court\, four bus shelters for Hillsborough\, and dissolution of the broadband task force whose work produced the county's $10 million fiber contract with Lumos.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252026-2654\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/65?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1972
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252026-2654
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T123657Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe one public hearing is the consequential item. A county-initiated text amendment would take by-right subdivisions of fewer than 21 lots out of Planning Board and commissioner review entirely and hand them to staff\, on the reasoning that state law requires the county to approve plats meeting its own criteria anyway. It also drops the separate concept plan application\, widens the expedited track to parcels between two and five acres\, and deletes three subdivision categories that have never been used. The Planning Board recommended approval unanimously with one change: doubling the mailing notice before a neighborhood meeting from 14 days to 30.\n\nThe board also fills the Register of Deeds vacancy left by a resignation in mid-August\, and honors Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford\, who died in June\, by naming the crisis diversion facility now under construction after her. Consent carries $350\,000 in tourism marketing contracts\, a $37\,783 opioid settlement award\, and ratification of a $123\,500 inspections contract the county manager had already signed to keep construction moving.\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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