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| Drugs and addiction | 44 |
| Health and human services | 43 |
| Budget and appropriations | 18 |
| Police and public safety | 8 |
| Contracts and procurement | 7 |
| Grants and outside funding | 6 |
| Litigation and settlements | 6 |
| Public facilities | 5 |
| Environment and sustainability | 4 |
| Farmland and open space | 3 |
| Housing and affordability | 3 |
| Water and sewer | 3 |
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Two halves. The first draws drug-free zones 100 to 300 feet around homeless shelters and service facilities, making sale or possession of a controlled substance inside one a felony, adding penalties for operators who knowingly allow offences on their premises, and requiring signs marking the zones. The second bars loc…Filed by Rhyne, Chesser, and Pickett. Last action: placed on the calendar for 4 August 2026. Changes Chapters 160D (local planning and development regulation) and 90 (medicine and controlled substanc…
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Three minutes per speaker. One submission on a fentanyl awareness initiative is attached to the agenda.
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A funding request against the county's opioid settlement money, with an amended spending authorization resolution and a matching budget amendment.
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Would make a drug offense within 300 feet of a homeless shelter or a publicly funded homeless service provider a Class E felony for anyone 21 or older, and would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for the operator of such a facility to knowingly allow one. A separate part restricts camping and sleeping in public spaces: a…Filed by Rhyne, Chesser, and Pickett. Last action: placed on the calendar for 4 August 2026. Changes Chapters 160D (local planning and development regulation) and 90 (medicine and controlled substanc…
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Appointments to the Durham-Wake Counties Research and Production Service District Advisory Committee and the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee.
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Redirects previously committed opioid-settlement funds to new appropriation.
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Adopts a project ordinance governing how opioid-settlement funds will be spent.
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The fiscal 2027 operating budget, the county fee schedule, an opioid settlement fund spending authorization the state requires, and a resolution defining how occupancy tax is used. Built from decisions the board reached at a 4 June work session after a January retreat where the manager described an unprecedented $21 m…A motion to send the budget back to the manager for another 0.47 cents in cuts failed 3-3. The budget then passed 5-1, McKee opposed, saying he feared the beginning of a long line of tax increases.
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How to spend the county's share of the national opioid settlement. Orange County expects $12,748,445 over eighteen years from the $26 billion agreement all 100 North Carolina counties joined.Recommendations received unanimously; staff directed to bring a final spending authorization resolution on 16 June, where it passed on the consent agenda.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsDrugs and addictionGrants and outside fundingHealth and human services
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Thu, May 28 Durham County · Board of County Commissioners on 2026-05-28 9:00 AM - Budget Work Session - Day Three26-0304 Opioid FundThe county's Opioid Settlement Program presented FY2027 funding recommendations for how opioid settlement dollars should be spent.
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A department-by-department walk through the public safety and human services budgets: courts, criminal justice resources, emergency services and the sheriff; then aging, Alliance Health, child support services, civil rights and civic life, the health department, housing, library services, social services and the opioi…
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The city directs how it will spend its opioid-settlement funds and joins a combined settlement with remaining defendants.
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Authorising the town manager to sign the participation and release form joining the national opioid settlement with six remaining distributor defendants, which brings a one-time payment for eligible abatement and prevention.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Mayor pro tem Berry, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee, to adopt R-4 authorizing the Town Manager to execute an agreement to participate in the National…
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Would add the town to a multi-jurisdiction settlement covering six remaining opioid-litigation defendants, bringing in additional remediation funds.
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Authorizes the county's participation in a national opioid settlement with additional defendants, bringing in settlement funds for opioid response.
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Authorizes the town manager to sign onto a national opioid settlement with six regional distributors (the 'Remnant Defendants') ahead of a May 4, 2026 opt-in deadline.
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An update on the campus community coalition, which works on alcohol and substance use around the university.
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Staff update the committee on county programs addressing the opioid crisis, including efforts funded by opioid settlement dollars.
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Adds a half-time position in the behavioral health department, funded by opioid settlement dollars.
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IX.A Media ItemsThe media packet covered local families avoiding food bank services out of fear of immigration enforcement, federal funding for Hillsborough water treatment, a pediatric flu death in western North Carolina, a Medicaid change letting foster children stay enrolled across county moves, a measles exposure at RDU airport i…
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Thirteen items approved together: five sets of minutes; motor vehicle and property tax releases for eighteen taxpayers; sixteen late exemption applications; a March 25 tax lien advertisement date; the 2026 listing period extended to February 13; budget amendment #6; ordinance execution for the impervious surface, wate…Approved unanimously
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Largest items: a $1,690,296 ARPA reallocation that pauses the DCo Thrives guaranteed income pilot amid pending state legislation and cuts $199,590 from an East Durham Market SNAP pilot, redirecting the funds to raise the Early Years childcare grant to $4,090,296; a $182,173 FST Technical Services commissioning contrac…
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Largest items: a $293,300 farmland conservation easement from Wesley and Cristan Poole, funded in part by $213,000 from the Army National Guard's Readiness and Environmental Protection program; a $142,415 sole-source SimuLab purchase for difficult-airway training equipment; creation of three new Sewer Utility Enterpri…
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The consent agenda includes a capital project and budget amendment moving $80,300 to the General Fund and recognizing $213,000 from the Army National Guard's REPI program to complete a $293,300 purchase of a 25-acre conservation easement on Tilley Farm; a $14,470 amendment to RND Architects' contract (to $242,669) for…
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County public health staff presented the 2024 Community Health Assessment, covering key findings and strategic priorities including youth activities, healthcare access, and substance use treatment.
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County public health staff presented the 2024 Community Health Assessment, covering key findings, community priorities, and strategic plans on health impact areas including youth activities, healthcare access, and substance use treatment.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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County public health staff presented the 2024 Community Health Assessment, covering key findings and strategic priorities including youth activities, healthcare access, and substance use treatment.
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Authorizes the town manager or attorney to sign opioid settlement agreements with secondary manufacturer defendants and to participate in the Purdue Pharma/Sackler bankruptcy settlement.adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member Berry, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee, that the Council adopt the resolution. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
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Public health staff presented the 2024 Community Health Assessment's key findings, community priorities, and strategic plan for youth activities, health care access, and substance use treatment.received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
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The consent agenda includes a $6,173,542 contract with Alliance Health to manage mental health, developmental disability and substance use services; a $932,221 Home and Community Care Block Grant funding plan for Social Services; three conservation easements totaling about $1.8 million on 119 acres from the Wrightenbe…
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Authorizes the town manager to execute supplemental opioid-settlement agreements. Pulled from consent for discussion; Commissioner Harris proposed a local community advisory committee on substance abuse, which staff said the board could create independently even though Wake County controls fund disbursement.Approved unanimously, 5-0
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approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, to authorize the County Manager to execute and submit all necessary participation forms and…
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The consent agenda includes a $1,500,000 budget amendment to fund the Durham Affordable Housing Loan Fund, part of a $5 million push by the county, city and Duke University to grow the revolving loan fund to $30 million; a $656,331.78 purchase of Sheriff's Office FY26 vehicle equipment; a $562,240.31 EMS billing and c…
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Alliance Health's CEO and finance leadership will update the board on its FY 2025-26 budget, including how recent federal policy shifts may affect funding and service delivery for mental health, developmental disability and substance use services.
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The board is asked to fill seats by ballot on eleven boards, including the ABC Board, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Durham Convention Center Authority, Durham County Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, Library Board of Trustees and Opioid Settlement Advisory Committ…
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adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, that the 25-40 resolution recognizing Overdose Awareness Day was adopted. The motion car…Proclamation or recognition Drugs and addiction
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approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, that a three-year contract with Chatham Recovery for $246,018.75 for the treatment of o…
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