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UID:meeting-2218@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251118
SUMMARY:Orange County: OUTBoard
DESCRIPTION:Orange Unified Transportation Board\n\nOrange County's transportation board was shown ten concept designs from the county bicycle and pedestrian plan on November 17 and asked how those ten were chosen. The consultants' answer was that eight came from a prioritised list of twenty and two from community engagement\, that they had not made the selection themselves\, and that the person who picked them had since left — so the team is working out parts of it now and taking the board's feedback into the wider prioritisation.\n\nMembers said they want more data before they can judge the recommendations.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11172025-2454\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2218
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11172025-2454
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2138@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
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-2001@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
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-1997@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners gave an hour and 45 minutes on February 10 to the first group of county boards and commissions presenting their annual work plans\, then 45 minutes to a fee study covering emergency services\, planning and inspections\, and the environment\, agriculture\, parks and recreation department.\n\nA fee study is where a county works out what its services cost and what it charges for them. The commissioners adopted the resulting FY 2026-27 fee schedule in June.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2512\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/39?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1997
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2512
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1996@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260218
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOWASA came before Orange County's commissioners on February 17 with its annual update\, and the numbers were the substance. The utility's five-year capital programme needs $250 million\, nearly $200 million of it for two projects\, against gross revenue of about $55 million a year and net revenue of about $10 million.\n\nThe board also took a report on the Longtime Homeowner Assistance programme's 2025 results\, a history of animal services and its new community clinic\, and second-quarter amendments to the transit work programme.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02172026-2531\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/40?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1996
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02172026-2531
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2136@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
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-2214@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260519
SUMMARY:Orange County: Outboard
DESCRIPTION:Orange Unified Transportation Board\n\nOrange County's unified transportation board spent 40 minutes on new business May 18\, and much of it was housekeeping: an attendance policy\, electing a chair and vice chair\, and conflict of interest statements. Two items had substance for riders\, an update on the fare free program and one on the county transit software system.\n\nStaff also reported on the annual work plan\, the county bicycle and pedestrian plan\, and the metropolitan and rural planning organizations and NCDOT.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05182026-2605\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2214
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05182026-2605
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1978@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
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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UID:meeting-1977@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260603
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners took up the opioid advisory committee's recommendations for settlement money on June 2 and directed staff to bring a final spending resolution back on June 16. They also accepted an updated Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan\, replacing a document from 2009\, and heard where the interlocal tax collection agreement with the towns stands.\n\nTwo proclamations opened the meeting\, one for Juneteenth Freedom Day and one recognizing June as Pride Month.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06022026-2620\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/58?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1977
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06022026-2620
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1976@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260605
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners met on June 4 to make the decisions that fix the budget: which amendments to fund on the ten-year capital investment plan\, what to give the two school systems\, what the fee schedule looks like\, and where to set the tax rates. The work session was scheduled to run three hours and no public comment is taken at these.\n\nThe evening ends with a resolution of intent\, which commits the board to adopting the budget at its June 16 business meeting on the terms agreed that night.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06042026-2621\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/59?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1976
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06042026-2621
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1975@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
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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UID:meeting-2064@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T123656Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260812
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Equalization and Review August 11\, 2026 meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Equalization & Review\n\nOrange County's board of equalization and review sat on August 11 to hear property tax appeals\, and the first question was whether one appellant had any right to bring them. The board also had two residential value appeals and three business late-listing penalties on its list.\n\nThe board runs during the revaluation appeal season and meets on consecutive days. This session ran two hours with three of its nine members present\, two being the quorum.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112026-2653\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2064
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112026-2653
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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