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UID:meeting-2008@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
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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UID:meeting-298@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T150000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Quarterly
LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott Raleigh Cary/Parkside Town C\, 1008 Parkside Main St\, Cary\, NC 27519
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's quarterly council meeting on November 13 produced one figure worth remembering: 12 percent. The town manager told the council that when residents say the council approves nearly every rezoning\, the technically correct answer is that only 12 to 20 percent of potential rezonings ever reach a council vote\, because the council's policy goals filter out the rest before that.\n\nThe council also learned it recouped $46.9 million from reassessed capital projects — $15 million back to the general fund balance and $31.9 million to capital reserve\, of which $18.2 million is restricted to transportation\, $7.6 million to parks from developer payments in lieu\, and $6.1 million unrestricted.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2718&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/298
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=5998
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-553@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Apex: Regular Town Council Meeting *NOTE THURSDAY*
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nApex's town council holds four public hearings November 13: three small annexations on Roberts Road\, Evans Road and Secluded Acres\, and two linked rezoning cases -- the Hopson Gateway PUD and an associated transportation plan amendment\, and the Veridea Expansion IV. The council also holds a hearing on the November batch of Unified Development Ordinance amendments.\n\nConsent items include a funding commitment to the Raleigh Area Land Trust to help buy ten townhomes in the Huxley development\, a construction contract for HVAC renovation at Public Safety Station No. 4\, and final action on the Ashburn PUD rezoning. New business includes an ordinance on temporary seating in rights-of-way at special events and a council member's request to discuss student parking near 8008 Humie Olive Road. The council closes with four closed sessions on personnel and attorney-client matters.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/apexnc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-5a77db3d82744bf99be70f1d95d8777e.pdf\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@TownofApexGov/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/553
URL:https://apex-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-towncouncil/page/regular-town-council-meeting-note-thursday-0
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2147@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
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-2001@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
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-81@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T150000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe Chatham County Board of Commissioners opened with a work session covering a historic architectural survey update\, a Vaya Health briefing\, a Central Pines Regional Council climate retreat presentation\, and a parks and trails update\, before approving FY2026 Housing Trust Fund housing awards and continuing the FY27 Human Services Nonprofit Allocation funding process. The board also went into closed session to discuss a potential real estate acquisition.\n\nIn the regular session\, the board worked through a large consent agenda of contracts\, appointments\, tax releases\, and the FY27-33 Capital Improvements Plan\, then approved two large rural subdivisions (Pine Tree Creek\, 11 lots\, and Riverbend Estates at Laurel Ridge\, 107 lots). It held a public hearing on adopting the state fire code into county subdivision standards\, referring that item to the Planning Board rather than deciding it outright. In organizational business\, a motion to elect Commissioner Katie Kenlan as Chair failed\; the board then elected Franklin Gomez Flores as Vice Chair and made several board and committee appointments. The board closed with a second closed session for attorney-client consultation\, which included discussion of an environmental archaeology study for county land on Rockrest Road.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2025/12/1427_A_Board_of_Commissioners_25-12-15_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/81
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1427&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1685@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T173600
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T193600
SUMMARY:Town of Wake Forest: Board of Commissioner
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioner\n\nThe Wake Forest Board of Commissioners takes up two public hearings on money matters: the five-year Capital Improvements Plan for FY2026-2031\, and the first public hearing on the FY2026-2027 annual operating budget. Neither hearing ends in a vote that night\; both are for public input toward budgets the board will finalize later.\n\nMost of the rest is routine business: street acceptances\, a 2026 street resurfacing contract\, a third budget ordinance amendment\, and an interlocal agreement with Wake County tied to an EMPA program. The meeting also seats the newly elected mayor and two commissioners by oath of office\, and recognizes the outgoing mayor and an outgoing commissioner with resolutions of appreciation.\n\nAgenda: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1902\nWatch: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1685
URL:https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1902
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2019@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
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-83@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T200000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County commissioners cleared a long\, mostly routine consent agenda covering appointments\, interlocal hazardous-waste agreements with Cary and Pittsboro\, a hazard mitigation plan\, budget amendments\, tax refunds\, a recycling grant\, and two zoning matters: a text amendment letting recreation facilities like gyms and yoga studios locate in Industrial Light districts\, and a 66-acre rezoning off Christian Chapel Church Road for a recreation facility. All consent items passed together on one motion.\n\nOutside the consent agenda\, the board adopted a resolution marking the Haw River Trail's 20th anniversary and one honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day\, took quarterly updates on ARPA funds and the FY26 budget\, and voted to hold a public hearing on February 11 to begin considering a moratorium on new data centers and crypto-mining facilities in the county. The board also went into closed session for attorney-client consultation before adjourning.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/1/1444_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-01-20_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/83
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1444&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-545@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Apex: Regular Town Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCouncil holds the first of two required public hearings on the FY2026-2027 operating budget\, alongside hearings on five separate annexations (including one for Peak City Church)\, electric time-of-use rate changes\, the Smith Road rezoning case\, and January and February UDO amendments. Consent items include a road rehabilitation construction contract\, a water meter system upgrade agreement\, and a road-closure resolution correction.\n\nCouncil also recognizes local Teachers of the Year\, issues Black History Month and Lunar New Year proclamations\, hears an update on the town's Sustainability Action Plan\, and gets a presentation from the Apex Farmers Market.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/apexnc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-997032d8e94d41cdbc0f749121e8230b.pdf\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@TownofApexGov/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/545
URL:https://apex-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-towncouncil/page/regular-town-council-meeting-80
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-38@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T160000
SUMMARY:Wake County: Board of Commissioners — Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Wake County Justice Center
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nWake County commissioners approve a five-year non-emergency ambulance franchise renewal for North State Medical Transport and hold a public hearing on up to $25 million in Limited Obligation Bonds. The consent agenda bundles routine items: a new opioid-settlement-funded behavioral health position\, school system budget reallocations\, a Wake Tech capital improvement reallocation\, a business park upfit\, sheriff's office grant and donation acceptances\, additional watershed rehabilitation grant funding\, hospitality tax funding commitments\, and up to $278 million in proposed 2026 general obligation bonds.\n\nThe board also proclaims Black History Month\, recognizes a retiring employee\, and discusses the process for placing general obligation bond referenda on the ballot and property tax estimates for the next two fiscal years\, before closing with a closed session.\n\nAgenda: https://wake.legistar1.com/wake/meetings/2026/2/6205_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-02-16_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://wake.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=18\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/38
URL:https://wake.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=6205&GID=605&G=53B536B7-DAB7-4DC0-9617-B0772D508F49
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-85@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260216T160000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nCommissioners open with a work session covering the county's FY2025 financial audit\, a resident satisfaction survey\, and a review of board rules of procedure. In the regular session\, a seven-item consent agenda handles routine business -- an NCDOT street resolution\, a resolution of intent to close part of NC Highway 902\, budget amendments\, tax refunds\, an economic-development contract increase\, private road naming\, and a 131-lot subdivision final plat. Separately\, the board adopts a Black History Month proclamation\, a resolution backing state juvenile-justice funding requests\, an amended park project ordinance\, and an $8.3 million construction contract with Blum Construction for Parker's Ridge Park.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/2/1441_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-02-16_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/85
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1441&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-354@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260221T103000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Town Council Annual Meeting
LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott Raleigh Cary/Parkside Town C\, 1008 Parkside Main St\, Cary\, NC 27519
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nThe second day of Cary's council and staff retreat\, on February 21\, turned to money. The finance director presented the FY 2026 second quarter financial update and took the council through fund balance: what the town holds\, what it can actually spend\, and how the policy floor works.\n\nStaff also moved the council's framework from what they had been calling pillars to priorities\, and gave a preliminary budget overview drawing on early figures from department directors.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2768&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/354
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6156
CATEGORIES:Annual or organizational meeting
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UID:meeting-1537@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260227
SUMMARY:Durham County: Board of County Commissioners on 2026-02-26 9:00 AM - BOCC Budget Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners on 2026-02-26 9:00 AM - BOCC Budget Retreat\n\nDurham County's commissioners spent 26 February in a day-long retreat opening the FY 2026-27 budget\, at the Human Services Building rather than the county chambers. The morning was the fiscal picture: financial highlights from the chief financial officer\, tax projections tied to the revaluation from the tax administrator\, and an economic and demographic outlook.\n\nThe afternoon turned to policy\, and the choice of topics says what the board expects to be squeezed. Human services took the first slot\, presented jointly by the public health director and the social services director under the heading of federal and state support — the question of what Washington and Raleigh will still be paying for.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1527\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1537
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1527
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
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UID:meeting-1535@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260310
SUMMARY:Durham County: Board of County Commissioners on 2026-03-09 7:00 PM - Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners on 2026-03-09 7:00 PM - Regular Session\n\nDurham County commissioners' March 9 agenda held a public hearing on creating the Mangum Fire Protection Service District\, after Moriah Volunteer Fire and Rescue said it can no longer cover that Rougemont-area territory without dedicated revenue. Staff also briefed the board on a recommendation to replace the county's 2005-era SAP enterprise resource planning system with Oracle\, at a $5.19 million platform cost\, with a contract expected in April and phased implementation over three to four years.\n\nThe consent agenda ran to more than two dozen items\, including $475\,000 in Golden LEAF Foundation funding to launch a Durham County Farm Campus and a new farm manager position\, a $401\,025 contingency increase for the OES Fleet Maintenance construction contract with Samet Construction (to a not-to-exceed $3\,100\,944)\, $584\,085 toward the 500 E. Main St. downtown parking project\, and a $234\,000 emergency HVAC chiller replacement at the Southwest Regional Library.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1530\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1535
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1530
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-540@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Apex: Regular Town Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nTwo items outside the routine flow of business stand out. The council will consider a one-year moratorium on data center construction in Apex\, proposed by Mayor Pro Tem Terry Mahaffey\, alongside a related proposal from Mayor Gilbert to form a committee to research impacts and make policy and transparency recommendations. The council also holds public hearings on the town's electric fee schedule (tied to detached-garage service)\, two small annexations (Jenks Road\, Green Level Church Road)\, and the opening of the FY2026-27 operating budget hearing.\n\nThe 16-item consent agenda includes a rezoning denial for Apex Baptist Church\, two annexations tied to rezoning cases\, several water/sewer and electric utility contracts\, an ordinance updating stop-and-yield traffic signage\, and UDO amendment paperwork. Three proclamations are on the agenda (Ask Apex Day\, Regional Creek Week\, Women's History Month)\, along with three board appointments (Board of Adjustment\, Environmental Advisory Board\, Planning Board) and a closed session for attorney-client consultation.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/apexnc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-46148cc140974cbe9efcbdb612542284.pdf\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@TownofApexGov/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/540
URL:https://apex-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-towncouncil/page/regular-town-council-meeting-82
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1683@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T175900
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T195900
SUMMARY:Town of Wake Forest: Board of Commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nWake Forest commissioners hold two public hearings: a rezoning of two lots at 810 & 814 S. Main St. from residential to neighborhood business (with the vote on the rezoning itself following later on the Planning Items portion of the same agenda)\, and financing for construction of Fire Station 6. A lengthy consent agenda covers an installment purchase agreement for FY26 vehicles and equipment\, a budget amendment\, an on-call engineering services contract\, several appointments\, two surplus requests for a retiring and a departing officer's badges and weapons\, a small land purchase on N. Brooks St.\, and an endorsement of the Ailey Young House and Northeast Gateway Park vision plan. The meeting also closes with a closed session under the real-property-negotiation statute.\n\nElsewhere\, commissioners hear an update on the town's age-friendly community initiative\, get an early look at the sustainability plan's existing-conditions findings\, and recognize two police officers with resolutions of appreciation for their service.\n\nAgenda: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1945\nWatch: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1683
URL:https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1945
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1861@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T210000
SUMMARY:Town of Knightdale: Knightdale Town Council Meeting
LOCATION:950 Steeple Square Court\, Knightdale\, North Carolina 27545
DESCRIPTION:Knightdale Town Council Meeting\n\nKnightdale's Town Council agenda is mostly routine: 15 consent-agenda items including minutes\, an advisory board appointment\, a new town-wide Fire Prevention Ordinance\, up to $7.75 million in installment financing with Pinnacle Bank to pay for the Lofts building and new fire apparatus\, a mid-year general fund budget amendment\, and several smaller grants and fee waivers.\n\nTwo public hearings ask the council to annex land already approved for development elsewhere in town: a 51.55-acre\, 171-lot subdivision at 8501 Poole Road (Hopkins Farm) and a 3.34-acre piece of the 624-lot Allen Park development\, both projected to bring in more tax revenue than they cost in services. New business includes a $400\,000 contract to design a master plan for a future 32-acre park and a 'Commit to Civility' pledge resolution tied to a state municipal-league training program.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=bbdac15d-2629-4928-97c3-d8dc71e8b083&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1861
URL:https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=bbdac15d-2629-4928-97c3-d8dc71e8b083&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1550@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260324
SUMMARY:Durham County: Board of County Commissioners on 2026-03-23 7:00 PM - Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners on 2026-03-23 7:00 PM - Regular Session\n\nDurham County commissioners' March 23 agenda centered on a public hearing on a proposed economic development agreement with Welcome Venture Park\, LLC\, developer of a 157-acre industrial park off Hamlin Road. The deal would pay the company $1 million toward sewer upgrades once complete and give the county a six-month option to buy an adjacent 7.81-acre parcel near the planned Durham-to-Roxboro Rail Trail for $1 million\, plus a commitment to internships and workforce programs. The board also held its advance public comment session on the FY 2026-27 budget and filled five board and commission vacancies.\n\nCeremonial items marked 25 years of Durham County farmland protection covering 20 farms and 2\,491 acres\, alongside proclamations for National County Government Month\, Second Chance Month and Fair Housing Month. The consent agenda included a $25\,000 interlocal agreement with the City of Durham to fund a consultant on a homelessness strategy\, an $82\,500 transfer to replace a Fire Marshal's Office vehicle\, and the removal of a citizen board member from the Environmental Affairs Board for repeated absences.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1531\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1550
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1531
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T193000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Work Session
LOCATION:Herbert C Young Community Center\, 101 Wilkerson Avenue\, Cary\, NC 27513
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's council met in work session March 24 on the capital budget\, working from a list of requested general capital improvement projects and a pulse report handout. A closed session followed.\n\nThis was the first of the capital and operating budget sessions that ran through spring. The recommended FY 2027 budget went to the council on May 14.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2782&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/370
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6184
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-1515@govwatch
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260414
SUMMARY:Durham County: Board of County Commissioners on 2026-04-13 5:30 PM - Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners on 2026-04-13 5:30 PM - Regular Session\n\nDurham County commissioners' April 13 agenda opened the county's second bond issuance of the spring: a resolution authorizing an application to the state Local Government Commission\, introduction of a bond order\, and a call for a public hearing on up to $240 million in general obligation refunding bonds\, with the hearing set for April 27. The board also took up a resolution opposing General Assembly proposals to limit county property tax authority\, to be sent to legislative leaders including Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall.\n\nCeremonial items recognized a $117\,318 gift from the Durham Library Foundation\, the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability's boys' and girls' basketball seasons\, and the Beta Pi Sigma Durham Alumnae Chapter's 75th Charter Day. The consent agenda carried more than a dozen budget amendments\, including a $2.78 million purchase of Stryker cardiac monitors and defibrillators for EMS\, a $161\,039 increase to an electrical services contract bringing it to $300\,544\, and grants for library technology\, dental care and child welfare programs. The board planned to close the meeting in closed session to discuss economic development incentives.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1534\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1515
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1534
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1740@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T210000
SUMMARY:Town of Hillsborough: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe board's main land-use item is a general-use rezoning and development agreement for 13.44 acres at 715 US Hwy 70 East\, from Assisted Living Neighborhood to Multifamily\, to allow up to 67 attached dwelling units on a parcel that was originally master-planned for a retirement campus that never got built. This item is being tabled rather than decided at this meeting. The board also takes up a staff-proposed reorganization that would merge Public Works\, Public Space & Sustainability\, and Stormwater & Environmental Services into a single "Community Services and Sustainability" department\, prompted by a manager's resignation\, and a request from the Hillsborough Youth Athletic Association for stricter trespassing enforcement against unhoused people camping near its ball field.\n\nMost of the rest is routine consent-agenda business: budget amendments\, three capital-project ordinance amendments for water/sewer plant upgrades\, a year-end audit contract\, a legal-services agreement with the town attorney's firm\, a reappointment to the Parks and Recreation Board\, and a resolution opposing a proposed state constitutional amendment that would limit local governments' property tax authority (tied to an active NC House committee process). Financial impacts on the rezoning are described as low to moderate\, with private streets and trash collection.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/hillsbronc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-ccc861b4797c402ea3646d913f1e473f.pdf\nWatch: https://hillsborough-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-boc/page/board-commissioners-regular-meeting-39\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1740
URL:https://hillsborough-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-boc/page/board-commissioners-regular-meeting-39
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T150000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County commissioners have a packed day: an afternoon work session opens with proclamations (Child Abuse Prevention Month\, Foster Care Awareness Month\, Black Maternal Health Week\, Older Americans Month) and a resolution opposing state limits on county property tax authority\, then moves through presentations on farmland preservation funding\, the Pittsboro Redevelopment Project\, a regional transportation needs study\, and a new GIS flood-mapping tool. The board also revisits its own rules of procedure and discusses its Flock Safety license-plate-reader camera contract -- a discussion that resolves at the very end of the day\, when the board votes to cancel that contract.\n\nThe evening regular session carries a long consent agenda (budget amendments\, tax administration items\, a $251\,000 state trails grant\, a Duke Energy street-lighting easement in Pittsboro\, and a subdivision ordinance update tied to state fire code) followed by four public hearings: closing a stretch of NC Highway 902\, delaying the county's Unified Development Ordinance effective date because of state legislation\, a 292-acre rezoning to heavy industrial off Christian Chapel Church Road\, and a joint land-use plan amendment with Cary near Earnest Jones Road. A fifth case -- a 372-acre rezoning for a large conditional-district development off Andrews Store Road -- is continued rather than decided. The day closes with a resolution supporting public-school funding under the 'Kids Over Corporations' campaign.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/4/1462_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-04-20_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/90
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1462&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T160000
SUMMARY:Wake County: Board of Commissioners — Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Wake County Justice Center
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nWake County's board is taking up a fairly routine April agenda\, with most business bundled into the consent agenda: a multi-year library software contract\, an agreement with the state on sediment control\, an opioid-settlement participation resolution\, $31.7 million in library bond proceeds from the 2024 referendum\, easements for two Crabtree Creek flood-control structures\, and schematic design approval for a phase 3 expansion of the county detention center.\n\nOn the regular agenda\, commissioners will approve 2026 loan recommendations steering federal and county housing funds toward several low-income tax-credit apartment developments in Raleigh\, sign off on schematic designs for a new Wendell public safety station and the West Wake Solid Waste Facility in Morrisville\, and vote on a resolution opposing any state move to cap or restrict county property tax authority.\n\nAgenda: https://wake.legistar1.com/wake/meetings/2026/4/6215_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-04-20_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://wake.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=18\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/51
URL:https://wake.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=6215&GID=605&G=53B536B7-DAB7-4DC0-9617-B0772D508F49
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-395@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T203000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Council Chambers\, 316 N. Academy Street\, Cary Town Hall\, Cary\, NC 27513
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's Town Council held a regular meeting covering four proclamations\, a four-item consent agenda\, and three public hearings: the 2026-2027 CDBG annual action plan\, a 175-unit rezoning proposal on Trenton Road\, and bike-plan-related amendments to the town's comprehensive plan. Public comment ran long\, with more than twenty residents\, faith leaders and advocates speaking on affordable housing funding and on the Trenton Road rezoning.\n\nCouncil approved a larger\, $5.3 million CDBG funding package on a 5-1 vote\, took no action on the Trenton Road rezoning or the bike-plan amendments (both referred to the planning and zoning board)\, and approved routine consent\, annexation and right-of-way items unanimously.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2797&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/395
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6188
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-53@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260504T190000
SUMMARY:Wake County: Board of Commissioners — Regular Meeting - Budget Presentation
LOCATION:Wake County Justice Center
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nWake County commissioners hear the county manager's recommended budget for the fiscal year that starts in July\, which sets up public hearings later in May. The rest of the meeting is routine: consent-agenda items add funding for the GoWake Access paratransit service and county crime-prevention grants\, and update the required income mix at the Tryon Station apartment project.\n\nThe board also proclaims National Police Week and Military Appreciation Month\, and works through a batch of advisory-board appointments covering everything from the Energy Advisory Commission to the Apex Planning Board.\n\nAgenda: https://wake.legistar1.com/wake/meetings/2026/5/6219_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-05-04_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://wake.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=18\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/53
URL:https://wake.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=6219&GID=605&G=53B536B7-DAB7-4DC0-9617-B0772D508F49
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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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-1520@govwatch
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260512
SUMMARY:Durham County: Board of County Commissioners on 2026-05-11 7:00 PM - Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners on 2026-05-11 7:00 PM - Regular Session\n\nThe board's central item is County Manager Claudia Hager's presentation of the FY 2026-27 recommended budget\, the formal kickoff of the county's budget season. The board also holds a public hearing on a package of Comprehensive Plan evaluation-and-assessment and place-type map amendments\, and declares its intent to join the statewide C-PACE program (which lets commercial and nonprofit property owners finance energy and resilience upgrades via a property lien)\, setting a May 26 public hearing on it.\n\nThe consent agenda is long and mostly infrastructure and contracts: a $388\,046 engineering contract amendment for the Triangle Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion study\, adoption of a state-required water supply plan for the Rougemont system\, a $36\,000 sole-source reentry-support contract with Father's on the Move for the Sheriff's Office\, a sewer collection-system repair contract amendment\, a $226\,203 computer-aided dispatch system for the Sheriff's Office\, over $1.1 million in added Social Services funding\, mental health services and security engineering contracts at the detention center\, an electric easement to Duke Energy for a new lift station\, a generator installation and asbestos remediation project\, April property tax releases and refunds\, and revisions to the county's fund balance policy. The board also proclaims Memorial Day\, EMS Week\, Mental Health Awareness Month\, Treatment Court Month\, and a day honoring professional clerks to county boards.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1539\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1520
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1539
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Pittsboro: Board of Commissioners Regular
DESCRIPTION:1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)\n\nPittsboro's commissioners ordered the town's Flock Safety license plate readers switched off. A motion to keep them running to the end of the contract failed\, and a motion to terminate the agreement outright carried.\n\nThe rest of the night was budget and ordinance work: a public hearing on the manager's recommended 2026-27 budget\, four amendments to the unified development ordinance\, a construction manager for the new town hall\, and a budget amendment allocating PFAS settlement funds.\n\nAgenda: https://pittsboronc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05112026-479?html=true\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@townofpittsboronc/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1324
URL:https://pittsboronc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05112026-479?html=true
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Apex: Regular Town Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nApex holds two public hearings: an annexation of about 14.75 acres at 3501 US Highway 64 West\, and the annual FY 2026-2027 operating budget. Under the regular agenda\, the council returns to the Camp Branch Lane rezoning (Case No. 25CZ19) -- a case whose public hearing closed back on March 24\, 2026 but which has continued rather than resolved since -- and considers ordinance amendments to the yard waste program. The consent agenda includes a reimbursement agreement with NCDOT for intersection improvements at Olive Chapel and Apex Barbecue roads\, the Altera Heights annexation (about 15 acres at Jenks and Wimberly roads)\, a $1\,536\,725 contract for the Justice Heights Street Extension project\, an amendment to Council's own rules of procedure regarding committee chairs\, and the April 2026 UDO text amendments.\n\nThe meeting opens with proclamations for Mental Health Awareness Month\, National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day\, and Public Works Week\, and closes with a closed session to protect confidential information.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/apexnc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-704a4595a9cf46a29f75073b2d6d04f5.pdf\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@TownofApexGov/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/531
URL:https://apex-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-towncouncil/page/regular-town-council-meeting-86
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T150000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Quarterly
LOCATION:Herbert C Young Community Center\, 101 Wilkerson Avenue\, Cary\, NC 27513
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's Town Council held its May quarterly meeting\, running roughly five and a half hours through the biennial citizen survey\, employee survey\, a Q3 financial update and the interim town manager's recommended FY2027 operating and capital budget. The recommended budget proposes a property tax rate of 37.75 cents per $100 of value\, a 3.75-cent increase\, alongside a $2 increase in the monthly solid waste fee and a 4% utility rate increase.\n\nNo public comment period is part of a quarterly meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2807&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/404
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6189
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T140000
SUMMARY:Town of Apex: Town Council Budget Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nA budget work session about the tax rate. Staff compare Apex against other Wake County municipalities and then walk the council through tax rate scenarios.\n\nThis is the meeting where the number on next year's tax bill is effectively decided\, ahead of the formal vote. The comparison against neighbouring towns is the argument staff use to frame what is reasonable.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/apexnc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-7b7b77f2800445f69434712d873da97d.pdf\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@TownofApexGov/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/529
URL:https://apex-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-towncouncil/page/town-council-budget-work-session-3
CATEGORIES:Work session
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DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T193000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Work Session
LOCATION:Herbert C Young Community Center\, 101 Wilkerson Avenue\, Cary\, NC 27513
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's Town Council continued its FY2027 budget work session\, this time focused on proposed budget cuts and possible additional revenue or cost-recovery options. Council also voted to enter closed session to discuss a personnel matter.\n\nNo public comment period is part of a work session.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2813&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/408
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6222
CATEGORIES:Work session
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DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260529
SUMMARY:Durham County: Board of County Commissioners on 2026-05-28 9:00 AM - Budget Work Session - Day Three
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners on 2026-05-28 9:00 AM - Budget Work Session - Day Three\n\nDay three of Durham County's FY2027 budget work sessions covered five departments' budget requests: Public Health\, Social Services\, the county's opioid settlement fund\, Justice Services\, and Tax Administration. The board then reviewed its add/delete list for the budget under development.\n\nThe agenda gives only presenter names and department titles\, with the substance left to the linked slide decks rather than the agenda text itself\, so no dollar figures or specific proposals are available here.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1544\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1531
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1544
CATEGORIES:Work session
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DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T203000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Council Chambers\, 316 N. Academy Street\, Cary Town Hall\, Cary\, NC 27513
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's council opened the door to a data center moratorium on May 28. A council-initiated item asked staff to study pausing approval of new large-scale data centers\, including AI facilities\, while the town looks at what they do to land use\, transportation\, water\, utilities and the environment. Jordan Lake\, the region's drinking water source\, was named as the reason.\n\nThe night also carried two rezonings and the first of two public hearings on the recommended FY 2027 budget. One rezoning\, an amendment to the Sears Farm planned development for 87 townhouses at High House Road\, drew organized opposition from the neighboring Searstone retirement community. The other\, 275 multi-family units and ground-floor retail replacing aging offices on Weston Parkway\, came back after nine months of revisions.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2810&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/411
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6191
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260602
SUMMARY:Town of Fuquay-Varina: Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nFuquay-Varina adopted its 2026-27 budget\, and for the first time this year the board did not agree. Fourteen residents spoke against it\, most about the Hilltop Needmore Town Park.\n\nThe board also authorised Wake County to collect its property taxes\, awarded the South Park Community Center renovation\, and heard that the police department has passed an external risk review.\n\nAgenda: https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06012026-562\nWatch: https://youtube.com/live/iHIO5Zc-qVk\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/568
URL:https://www.fuquay-varina.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06012026-562
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T190000
SUMMARY:Wake County: Board of Commissioners — Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Wake County Justice Center
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe headline item is adoption of Wake County's Fiscal Year 2027 operating budgets\, capital improvement projects\, special revenue projects\, and position authorization ordinances. The consent agenda carries several notable actions: an affordable housing loan for the Copernica Properties rental housing development in Raleigh\, acceptance of Walmart Foundation grant funding for the Sheriff's Office\, a stadium naming rights partner decision\, appropriation of excess ARPA revenue for one-time uses\, and approval of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau's FY27 budget. The board also proclaims June as LGBT+ Pride Month.\n\nThe rest of the meeting is routine board business: a long list of appointments to advisory boards and commissions (including the Fire Commission\, Library Commission\, Energy Advisory Commission\, and several Raleigh and regional boards)\, reports\, and a closed session.\n\nAgenda: https://wake.legistar1.com/wake/meetings/2026/6/6231_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-06-01_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://wake.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=18\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/57
URL:https://wake.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=6231&GID=605&G=53B536B7-DAB7-4DC0-9617-B0772D508F49
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T160013
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T180013
SUMMARY:Town of Garner: Town Council Special Meeting
LOCATION:Ronnie S. Williams Council Chambers Garner Town Hall 900 7th Avenue | Garner\, NC 27529
DESCRIPTION:Town Council Special Meeting\n\nGarner's Town Council held a special budget work session June 8 to give staff direction on the FY27 budget ordinance -- the property tax rate\, total full-time-equivalent staff count\, and fee schedule -- ahead of formal adoption. Council reviewed the recommended FY27 budget\, including capital and debt service funds and public feedback submitted through the town's budget portal\, plus tax reallocation options.\n\nCouncil discussion also touched on real-time crime center operations\, including materials on Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) policy guardrails and data privacy -- a technology also under review by neighboring Apex's police department around the same time. Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so the direction Council actually gave on the tax rate\, staffing\, and fees is not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=ade1d7e3-1fa0-4dc3-a3cd-4da34755e5d5&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1906
URL:https://pub-townofgarner.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=ade1d7e3-1fa0-4dc3-a3cd-4da34755e5d5&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Special or emergency meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Pittsboro: Board of Commissioners Regular
DESCRIPTION:1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)\n\nPittsboro's commissioners adopted the 2026-27 budget on 8 June\, along with the salary schedule\, the position control list and a development fees ordinance heard the same night. They also approved a voluntary annexation of 95.795 acres for Highcroft Investors and Chatham Park Investors\, south of US 64 Business and east of Chatham Parkway.\n\nThe rest of the night was Chatham Park park land. The board picked a relocation site for the E2 park in South Village and accepted the Section 6.3 Village Park dedication next to the new YMCA\, both with conditions. A Town Lake master plan update and the downtown work plan were also presented.\n\nAgenda: https://pittsboronc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06082026-550?html=true\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@townofpittsboronc/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1323
URL:https://pittsboronc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06082026-550?html=true
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-527@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Apex: Regular Town Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nApex's Town Council holds a public hearing on potential adoption of its FY2027 Annual Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan on June 9. On consent\, the council formally denies Rezoning Case No. 25CZ21 for 2728 Holland Road\, known as the Teeter Property\, adopting a statement of denial -- a rare outright rejection rather than approval or a tabling. The consent agenda also includes an NCDOT reimbursement agreement for intersection improvements at Olive Chapel Road and Apex Barbecue Road\, a construction contract for the 2026 microsurfacing project\, tax collection resolutions with both Wake and Chatham counties\, and two rounds of Unified Development Ordinance amendment statements from April and May 2026.\n\nThe council also hears a program review and update on the Apex Police Department's Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) program\, and proclaims Alzheimer's and Brain Health Awareness Month\, Juneteenth\, and Pollinator Week. Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so the outcome of the budget hearing is not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/apexnc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-cf5e9ba72a5c4e0c9e4885b8099773e2.pdf\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@TownofApexGov/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/527
URL:https://apex-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-towncouncil/page/regular-town-council-meeting-87
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-420@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T203000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Council Chambers\, 316 N. Academy Street\, Cary Town Hall\, Cary\, NC 27513
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's council held the second of its two public hearings on the fiscal 2027 budget\, awarded $1.8 million to reline a stretch of the Upper Brier Creek sewer interceptor\, and appointed its outside auditor for the year.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2820&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/420
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6204
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T160000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County commissioners adopted the FY 2026-2027 Budget Ordinance on June 15\, alongside amended financial and budgetary policies and several capital project ordinance amendments covering a Chatham County Schools HVAC replacement\, Briar Chapel Park (including a Phase II project)\, an Emergency Operations Center expansion\, and a new Sheriff's Office administration building. The evening's public hearings include a $14 million capital-investment economic development incentive grant request for Mosaic Hospitality LLC\, a legislative rezoning of about 20.7 acres on Silk Hope Gum Springs Road for outdoor sports fields including cricket grounds\, and a quasi-judicial Special Use Permit for a contractor's storage yard on Campbell Road in Bear Creek requested by Lockley Holdings\, LLC -- a case that would still be unresolved when it reappeared on the board's August 17 agenda. Two large subdivisions\, Webster Farm (132 lots) and Hickory Mountain Reserve (48 lots)\, come up for first-plat approval\; both cases would appear again\, apparently undecided\, on the board's July 27 agenda.\n\nThe consent agenda runs to dozens of routine contracts -- solid waste hauling and recycling agreements\, software and IT subscription renewals\, a Human Services Funding Program-style Home and Community Care Block Grant acceptance of $724\,467\, School Nurse funding with Chatham County Schools\, and pyrotechnics display permits for two July 4 events. The board also receives a presentation on filling a District 3 Board of Commissioners vacancy. Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so outcomes\, vote splits\, and public comment on the hearings are not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2026/6/1459_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-06-15_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/95
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1459&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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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-1716@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Wake Forest: Board of Commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nWake Forest's Board of Commissioners takes up its FY 2026-2027 budget ordinance June 16\, along with resolutions authorizing Wake and Franklin County tax administrators to levy and collect property taxes and stormwater fees for the town next fiscal year. The consent agenda also sets a public hearing on a contiguous annexation petition for 2.97 acres at 3832 Rogers Road\, filed by Donald Lee Eddins\, John Barry Eddins\, and Brenda Gail Eddins Denton -- the same parcel that a rezoning applicant later brought before the Planning Board in July. Two new ordinances would regulate electric bicycles\, scooters\, and other micromobility devices\, including impoundment authority and civil penalties.\n\nThe board also authorizes purchasing property needed for the future Ligon Mill Road corridor\, awards a construction contract for the Flaherty Park tennis courts and restrooms project\, accepts Raleigh/Wake Hospitality Tax funding for the town's skate park and JB Flaherty Park Phase II\, and recognizes Sergeant Cashwell's retirement with a resolution and a surplus declaration for his badge and service weapon. The board closes under G.S. 143-318.11(6). Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so no outcomes are recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1995\nWatch: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1716
URL:https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1995
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1845@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T210000
SUMMARY:Town of Knightdale: Knightdale Town Council Meeting
LOCATION:950 Steeple Square Court\, Knightdale\, North Carolina 27545
DESCRIPTION:Knightdale Town Council Meeting\n\nKnightdale's Town Council adopted its FY27 budget\, fee schedule\, and position classification plan June 17\, along with a tax collection order and reimbursement resolutions for a future fire station and fire capital improvements. Two public hearings follow: a General Obligation Bond order for Parks and Recreation projects\, and the Knightdale-Raleigh Annexation Agreement\, an intergovernmental agreement over annexation boundaries between the two municipalities. Under old business\, Council took up ZMA-4-25\, the Overlook at Old Crews rezoning and its master plan/PUD documents -- a case that would later be referenced as 'past Council action' when the town's Land Use Review Board met in July.\n\nThe council also proclaimed Juneteenth\, Pride Month\, and Vitiligo Awareness Day\, and recognized an outgoing advisory board member. Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so the adopted tax rate\, bond amount\, and any public comment on the hearings are not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0a74d79f-132b-45f2-a30c-9546d7415840&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1845
URL:https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0a74d79f-132b-45f2-a30c-9546d7415840&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260623
SUMMARY:Durham County: Board of County Commissioners on 2026-06-22 7:00 PM - Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners on 2026-06-22 7:00 PM - Regular Session\n\nDurham County commissioners' June 22 meeting includes adoption of a bond resolution for up to $185\,000\,000 in General Obligation Bonds (Series 2026C\, a draw program under previously approved bond orders)\, a $5.6 million capital project amendment and a $5\,189\,321 Oracle software contract with DRT Solutions for a new ERP system\, and two public hearings: a zoning map change requested by Ruppert Landscape to rezone a parcel from Residential Suburban-20 to Industrial Light so it can continue as parking for an existing landscaping business\, and a staff-initiated text amendment (TC2600002) that would reduce the regulatory steps required for the county to institute development moratoria in the future. The board also recognizes new Chief Fire Marshal Tyler Fitts\, marks the retirement of 42-year county veteran Soil and Water Director Eddie Culberson\, and celebrates General Services' 50th anniversary.\n\nThe consent agenda includes several criminal-justice and detention services contracts -- electronic monitoring\, after-hours mental health telehealth\, and psychiatric services for the detention facility -- plus adoption of the FY 2026-27 Opioid Settlement Fund spending plan ($2\,209\,689). Only the agenda was available\, not minutes\, so the outcomes of the bond vote and the two public hearings\, along with any public comment\, are not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1549\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1536
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1549
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T203000
SUMMARY:Town of Cary: Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Council Chambers\, 316 N. Academy Street\, Cary Town Hall\, Cary\, NC 27513
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nCary's council adopted its fiscal 2027 budget and awarded a $49.4 million construction bid for the GoCary bus operations and maintenance facility\, both 7-0. It also heard a rezoning that would put 52 houses on 23 acres in west Cary.\n\nAgenda: https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=2825&Inline=True\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@caryncgovchannel/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/427
URL:https://carync.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=6208
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260827T110000
SUMMARY:Wake County: Board of Commissioners — Strategic Planning Retreat\, Thursday
LOCATION:Wake County ABC Administration Building
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nWake County's commissioners opened a two-day strategic planning retreat on 27 August at the county ABC administration building\, starting at 9 a.m. Two items are listed: a budget overview and landscape\, and the strategic plan itself.\n\nThe published agenda is one page and carries no papers\, so what the board will actually work through is not on the record ahead of the meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://wake.legistar1.com/wake/meetings/2026/8/6251_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-08-27_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://wake.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=18\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/69
URL:https://wake.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=6251&GID=605&G=53B536B7-DAB7-4DC0-9617-B0772D508F49
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
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DTSTAMP:20260903T132357Z
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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