State legislative agenda items between 12 Oct 2025 and 12 Oct 2026
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| State legislative agenda | 81 |
| Schools and education | 22 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 18 |
| Health and human services | 12 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 12 |
| Budget and appropriations | 6 |
| Environment and sustainability | 6 |
| Police and public safety | 6 |
| Water and sewer | 5 |
| Zoning text amendment | 5 |
| Stormwater and flooding | 4 |
| Contracts and procurement | 3 |
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Renews state lobbying with Checkmate Government Relations for up to $480,000 and federal lobbying with The Ferguson Group of Washington for up to $346,000.
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Lobbying contracts renewed: up to $480,000 with Checkmate Government Relations for state work and up to $346,000 with The Ferguson Group for federal.
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Text amendments to the zoning ordinance to keep it in step with G.S. 160D. They update the bona fide farm exemption, remove off-street parking requirements, add townships to the title, add uses to the permitted table, change how staff take part in legislative processes, and drop the waiting period before an applicatio…
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Listed for information only. Staff presented the city's federal legislative priorities at the September 10 work session and no vote was needed.Staff or committee report State legislative agenda
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The mayor pro tem reported on the P2055 land use plan, the North Salem PUD, and development ordinance amendments coming from state law changes.
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The council would discuss which proposed priorities in the League's 2027-28 legislative goal-setting survey to emphasize, without adopting the full agenda or taking a position on every item. It could also nominate Mayor Pro Tem Terry Mahaffey, who sits on the League, to submit the town's response.Council ranked the league's eight categories by phone survey and designated the mayor pro tem to submit the town's answers. Staff also outlined a government relations program built around a standing…
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The quarterly's main block: an account of the NC 55 water main break, unaudited fourth-quarter financials, a debt and credit rating discussion with Davenport, a legislative update on the session just ended, and a prioritization exercise on the council's work plan for the rest of the fiscal year.
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Commissioners review how the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions affected the county and set priorities for 2027 and 2028. Pending state bills discussed include one capping property tax increases through a November 2026 ballot measure and one shifting SNAP administrative costs to counties, which the presentation estima…
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A hybrid meeting at 10 a.m. in room 1228/1327 of the Legislative Building, with remote participation by Webex and a public audio livestream. No agenda was published with the notice.Procedural State legislative agenda
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The strategic performance manager recaps what the 2026 General Assembly session did.
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A 30-minute briefing on the city's federal legislative priorities.
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Listed for information only. The presentation on the General Assembly's 2026 short session was given at the 20 August work session and needs no vote.Staff or committee report State legislative agenda
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Planning director-initiated amendments to several sections of the Unified Development Ordinance, which staff say are required by changes in state law. The board makes a recommendation to the county commissioners.
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Authorizes the county manager to accept easement conveyances for the Whispering Pines Stream Restoration Project and execute related documents.
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Approval of statewide legislative priorities the county will submit to the NC Association of County Commissioners for the 2027 General Assembly session.
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Authorizes the town manager to settle claims against the town up to $10,000, as newly permitted by Session Law 2026-29.Resolution State legislative agenda
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Resolution State legislative agenda
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Board review of the Sheriff's Office's $171,408 Byrne JAG grant application, split 50/50 with the Durham Police Department, to fund a virtual reality training tool among other uses.
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Sends a letter to Durham's congressional delegation asking for more time before new SNAP cost-sharing requirements in H.R. 1 take effect, citing impacts on the Department of Social Services.
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Board reviews initial proposed statewide legislative goals for the 2027 NCACC process and is asked to add items ahead of a final vote at the August 10 meeting, to meet NCACC's August 14 submission deadline.
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26-0408 Closed SessionClosed session.
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Consent agenda State legislative agenda
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Resolution State legislative agenda
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The planning department asks to push the new development ordinance's effective date back a year, a consequence of Senate Bill 382.Recommended for approval 8-2; consistency statement adopted 10-0
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approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Karen Howard, to approve the Chatham County ABC Board’s recommendation to exceed the salary authorized by th…Proclamation or recognition State legislative agenda
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Adopts a resolution opposing any state constitutional amendment or legislation that would cap, restrict, or otherwise limit county property tax authority.accepted · Pass · Commissioner Thomas moved, seconded by Vice-Chair Jackson, that the Board of Commissioners adopts a resolution opposing any constitutional amendment or legislative action that would…
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Adopts a resolution opposing any state modification that would limit county property tax authority.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner David Delaney, that the 26-20 resolution opposing modifications to the county property tax authority w…
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A public hearing to push back the effective date of the county's Unified Development Ordinance from June 2026 to June 2027, a change required by state legislation (S382).referred · This Agenda Item was referred to the Planning Board.
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Council adopts its legislative priorities to advocate for at the state legislature's 2026 short session.Resolution State legislative agenda
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[26-0113] Legislative Breakfast Handout(s)Council distributed its 2026 legislative priorities handout to the attending state legislators.
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Town manager updates the group on legislative priorities and federal funding.
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State legislators from the Orange County delegation discuss General Assembly priorities and updates.
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County and city transportation staff present the draft FY27 work program for the Durham County Transit Plan, the half-cent sales tax plan voters approved in 2011. The draft is a status quo budget plus one new project, an update of the transit plan itself, and leaves $68.1 million in city construction requests unfunded…
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A county resolution opposing any constitutional amendment that would cap, freeze or otherwise limit county property tax authority, presented with a property tax primer from the tax administrator. The resolution says the commissioners adopted it on 13 April.
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Resolution opposing one of four proposals before the NC House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform that would restrict municipal property tax authority; the committee was slated to vote on recommendations April 15.
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A resolution opposing the General Assembly's proposed changes to county property tax authority, on the ground that property taxes fund public safety, emergency response, schools and public health.Adopted unanimously (voice vote, per the recording)
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The board's legislative priorities for 2026.
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A resolution urging the General Assembly to pass a state budget.
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A resolution opposing changes to counties' property tax authority, which is where the district's local operating money comes from.
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Commissioner Marilyn Carter said a House committee may send voters a constitutional amendment limiting county tax levy increases, while the Senate is weighing separate rate limits privately.
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Adopts the town's 2026 legislative agenda, previously discussed at the March 31 work session, to share with Garner's state legislative delegation.Consent agenda State legislative agenda
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The town's lobbyist and staff present recommendations for Garner's 2026 state legislative agenda ahead of the upcoming General Assembly session; staff propose adding a final version to the April 7 consent agenda.Discussion item State legislative agenda
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The county's 2026 priority legislative issues, matched to the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners' 2025-26 advocacy goals and the county's FY 2025-29 strategic plan. Farmland preservation is a top-six goal. Others include protecting clean water supplies and watersheds, state funding for disaster mitigat…
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Special joint meeting where county and municipal bodies present their 2026 state legislative priorities to Chatham's delegation.Other State legislative agenda
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Section header introducing each participating body's legislative priorities presentation.Other State legislative agenda
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County staff present Chatham County's 2026 legislative priorities to the state delegation.
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The Town of Pittsboro presents its 2026 legislative priorities.
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The Town of Siler City presents its 2026 legislative priorities.
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Chatham County Schools presents its 2026 legislative priorities.
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Central Carolina Community College presents its 2026 legislative priorities.
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Members of the state legislative delegation respond with remarks.Other State legislative agenda
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The district's legislative agenda for the General Assembly's 2026 short session.
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Commissioners expanded the county's top legislative priorities from five to six, adding public education alongside farmland preservation, housing, behavioral health, detention facilities and fiscal stability. The full amended list of 21 priorities goes to Orange County's legislative delegation at a March 23 breakfast.
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Council reviews the town's legislative priorities for the 2026 state and federal sessions.Discussion item State legislative agenda
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An update on what the General Assembly is doing that affects the district.
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A resolution to Governor Stein and a letter asking the Utilities Commission to weigh local government views on Duke Energy's carbon plan and nuclear proposals.Letter approved; an alternative resolution recommended 8-1-1
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The board takes up a resolution backing state funding requests for Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils, crisis and residential programs, and mental-health and firearms-safety initiatives.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Karen Howard, that the 26-9 Resolution to support the legislative requests made by NCDPS Juvenile Just…
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Council reviews and brainstorms priorities for its state legislative agenda with its government relations consultants.Discussion item State legislative agenda
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Second reading of the state school boards association's board policy manual update.
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Town Attorney Adcock reviewed municipal authority under GS 160A and 160D and the town's exposure to litigation risk.
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These were informational updates only, with no votes taken. Topics covered the 911 dispatch consolidation and H.E.A.R.T. crisis-response study, the draft Durham Bike and Walk Plan, an update from the Greater Durham Black Chamber of Commerce, and the county's legislative priorities for the General Assembly's short sess…
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A request that the board resolve in support of adding metachromatic leukodystrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the state newborn screening panel. MLD occurs in roughly 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 160,000 births and DMD in 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 9,000. Both cause irreversible damage before diagnosis, and both have validated…
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A report on a state legislative committee hearing on property taxes, where members discussed limiting annual property tax increases to 2 or 3 percent and reviewing how counties conduct revaluations.
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The alternate delegate said advocacy matters more going forward. At monthly tabling in the county's senior centers, participants will be offered a paper form to write to their state legislators by hand, with the letters sent in bulk on their behalf.
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Staff will brief the Board on the county's outlook for the 2026 North Carolina General Assembly session; no further detail is given on the agenda itself.
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Second reading of the North Carolina School Boards Association's fall 2025 policy and legal services update, which is the association's periodic revision of model policy the district adopts.
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Second reading of the district's policy manual update, tracking the association's model language.
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Commissioners reported on a new North Carolina House special committee on property taxes meeting December 17, warned by the state association that Florida and California moves to cap or eliminate property taxes may influence the conversation here. They also updated the board on the tax assessment work group, which has…
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The delegation is promoting food collection and distribution using the senior centers as collection points. The alternate delegate proposed handwritten, signed letters from center participants to state legislators on letterhead, collected at an information table and mailed in bulk; staff offered to create a template.
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Assistant Town Manager John Hodges previews topics for the town's draft 2026 legislative agenda.Presentation State legislative agenda
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State legislative changes affecting the town. New rules make flag size limits hard to enforce and may permit any flag to be flown, with practical questions unresolved. The one-year waiting period after a failed rezoning attaches to the property rather than the applicant, so a new owner may reapply; only three waivers…
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Regional delegates met online in October and discussed a newsletter to follow major meetings, to be shared at tabling events in the county's senior centers. Bill information is on the delegation's website.
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Second reading of the district's policy manual update, tracking the school boards association's model language.
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First reading of the school boards association's fall 2025 policy and legal services update.
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Staff briefed the board on carrying out House Bill 805, enacted over the Governor's veto in July 2025 as Session Law 2025-84. The parts that reach a district are an excusal for students with religious objections to certain classroom discussions or activities, parent access to school library books, restrictions on slee…
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First reading of the district's policy manual update; the vote comes at the second reading.
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