Bonds and debt items in Orange County, between 3 Sep 2025 and 3 Sep 2026
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| Subject | Items |
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| Bonds and debt | 17 |
| Budget and appropriations | 13 |
| Schools and education | 9 |
| Public facilities | 8 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 4 |
| Contracts and procurement | 3 |
| Health and human services | 3 |
| Fire and EMS | 2 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 2 |
| Parks and recreation | 2 |
| Comprehensive plan | 1 |
| Farmland and open space | 1 |
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Final financing resolution for the Crisis Diversion Center, authorizing up to $27,000,000 in 2026B installment purchase financing to pay for its construction.Adopted unanimously.
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The 2026-36 capital investment plan with county, proprietary and school capital projects for the coming year.Accepted 5-1, McKee opposed over total borrowing and the tax burden he expects it to create over the next decade.
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Final design and guaranteed maximum price for the Crisis Diversion Facility, an amendment to the Gilbane construction manager-at-risk contract, and the budget amendment raising capital authority to match.Approved unanimously. The financing resolution for it, up to $27 million, followed on 9 July.
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The resolution setting out what the board would adopt on 16 June: an ad valorem rate of 68.05 cents per $100, a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district tax of 14.79 cents, and fire district rates.Approved 6-1, McKee opposed.
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Final approval of up to $32,000,000 in 2026A installment financing for capital projects and equipment, plus transaction costs, under section 160A-20 of the state statutes. The board held a public hearing on May 5 on a total package of about $60.8 million and split it into two installments; this is the first. Local Gov…
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An hour and a half on Durham Technical Community College, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools, covering both operating funding and the capital investment plan. The board eventually set per-pupil current expense at $6,290 and school capital funding at $112,524,049.
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The county manager's presentation of the recommended FY 2026-27 operating budget and the FY 2026-36 capital investment plan, both published in full online. The manager later described an unprecedented $21 million gap driven by inflation, federal and state cuts, and nonprofit property tax exemptions.
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The director walked the council through the manager's recommended ten-year capital investment plan and the parks department projects in it. Approval commits the county only to the first year's funding; the remaining nine are a planning document.
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The public hearing required before the county borrows for capital projects and equipment, on a package of roughly $60.8 million. The board made a preliminary determination to use installment financing and split it into two pieces; final approval of the first, up to $32 million, came on May 19.
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The county manager's recommended capital investment plan and updates on ongoing projects. School capital funding was eventually set at $112,524,049.
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A loan from the county to the Orange Grove Fire District for fire station improvements, as part of the FY 2025-26 spring financing, with a budget amendment. The district raised its tax rate from 5.81 to 7.00 cents per $100 to cover operating costs and the annual debt service, which it repays to the county each January…Approved unanimously
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The county manager's recommended FY 2026-36 capital investment plan, covering county projects, proprietary projects and school capital, with separate presentations on county and proprietary projects and on school capital funding. Only the first year of a capital plan commits money; the remaining nine are a planning do…
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The county manager's recommended ten-year capital investment plan. The chair reminded the board that voters had approved the bond referendum funding part of it.
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The interlocal agreement governing school construction between the county and its school systems. School capital funding was set at $112,524,049 in the FY 2026-27 budget adopted in June.
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The January operating model shows a $21.5 million gap for FY 2026-27, rising to $37.6 million and $53.6 million in the two years after. One cent on the tax rate is worth about $3.37 million against a $33.9 billion base, so the gap is about seven cents. Revenue assumptions include 2 percent natural growth worth $4.3 mi…
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The board drafted framing questions for planning staff on how the land use plan addresses affordable housing, what challenges lie ahead in building it, and the rural buffer; and for economic development, noting there is currently no collaboration between that department and housing. Other plans: a March community meet…
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County staff and both districts discussed a draft interlocal agreement governing bond-funded school construction. Orange County Schools outlined a new elementary school on the Gravelly Hill Middle School site (targeting fall 2029), and Chapel Hill-Carrboro described an on-site replacement of Carrboro Elementary School…
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