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Ethics and transparency199
Appointments and personnel37
Schools and education34
Budget and appropriations23
Contracts and procurement11
Tax rate and revaluation11
Zoning text amendment11
Civil rights and nondiscrimination10
Elections and districts8
Parks and recreation5
Transit5
Bonds and debt4
  1. Mon, Nov 9 Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
    Recommended Board Actions: The following actions are recommended for the Board's consideration, in sequence: 1. Excuse Commissioner Bonitz from Voting Consider and vote on a motion to excuse Commissioner Bonitz from voting on matters concerning the allegations involving his official conduct, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 160…
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  2. Thu, Nov 5 City of Durham · Durham City Council Work Session
    The council receives the city's fiscal year-end inventory audit, which the Audit Services Oversight Committee approved September 28.
  3. Wed, Nov 4 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
  4. Tue, Oct 27 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    Staff or committee report Ethics and transparency
  5. Tue, Oct 27 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    Staff walk through the town's financial and personnel policies on fiscal controls, which the memo says was prompted by State Auditor investigations and findings in other Wake County municipalities.
    Postponed to January
  6. Tue, Oct 27 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
  7. Tue, Oct 27 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
  8. Mon, Oct 26 Wake County · Board of Commissioners
    Chief Information Security Officer Lisa Jones describes fraudulent emails sent from September 16, 2026 to contractors with active permit applications, carrying accurate application details and fake fee invoices. The county says it never emails invoices and that it can be impersonated without its systems being compromi…
  9. Tue, Oct 20 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The revised rules would limit public comment on items on the printed agenda to three minutes per speaker.
  10. Thu, Oct 15 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    Staff reviewed how the town already uses geospatial analysis, for example to site a public safety station, and what it would cost to do more. They also critiqued the Strong Towns Finance Decoder's seven metrics as a poor fit for North Carolina reporting, with data anyone can edit. Staff offered a wider quarterly finan…
  11. Wed, Oct 14 Town of Chapel Hill · Town Council
    Staff ask for direction on highlighted sections of a draft rewrite of the council's procedures manual, among them tie votes, public comment periods, the order of business and how items reach the agenda. Staff also ask how often the manual should be reviewed, and will return with a final version for approval.
    received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  12. Tue, Oct 13 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    GAR Associates presented 30 recommendations on the Tax Office's assessment process on October 6. The manager offers three oversight options: extend the Tax Assessment Work Group for a year with a new charge, form a new group with residents and commissioners, or appoint a sub-committee of two or three commissioners. St…
  13. Mon, Oct 12 Town of Hillsborough · Board of Commissioners
    The clerk's quarterly report of commissioners' travel and professional development spending.
  14. Thu, Oct 8 Town of Cary · Town Council
    The interim town manager's update covered fuel costs projected roughly $370,000 over budget and a new state law allowing apartments by right on some commercial land. It also covered changes to the town's Moving Forward dashboard. Public Works Director Jimmy Simpson presented the fuel figures.
  15. Wed, Oct 7 Town of Cary · Senior Advisory Board
    Speaker: Michelle Barrett, Staff Liaison
    Reddy Malledi appointed to the Advisory Task Force unanimously
  16. Mon, Oct 5 Town of Fuquay-Varina · Board of Commissioners
    Sets the Town Board's 2027 regular meetings on the first Monday and the Tuesday after the third Monday of each month. July has one meeting, on July 12, and September's first meeting moves to Tuesday, September 7, for Labor Day.
    Consent agenda Ethics and transparency
  17. Thu, Sep 24 City of Durham · Durham City Council Work Session
    Amendments to the Citizens Advisory Committee's bylaws.
  18. Thu, Sep 24 City of Durham · Durham City Council Work Session
    The Neighborhood Compass data portal contract moves from Neighborhood Data Works, which is dissolving, to UNC Chapel Hill. The ceiling stays $581,624.45 and the remaining $243,010 goes to the university.
  19. Tue, Sep 22 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    Would set deadlines for the mayor's recommendations to four resident advisory boards, and let the council appoint another applicant when a recommendation is rejected or late. The clerk asks whether to defer it to 13 October alongside the matching UDO change.
  20. Tue, Sep 22 Town of Cary · Town Council
    Two council priorities: an update from the recommendations committee, and a discussion of town real estate. At its own meeting the day before, the committee said it would use this slot to ask the council whether to form a resident commission to recommend council salary and allowances, and whether benefits should be in…
    Three motions approved 6-0: Fire Administration Building appraisal and options; options to preserve 600 and 604 Kildaire Farm Road as open space; resident committee on council compensation
  21. Tue, Sep 22 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    Policy 6420, contracts with the board. The district publishes the title only.
  22. Tue, Sep 22 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    Policy 2120, code of ethics and responsibilities for school board members. The district publishes the title only.
  23. Wed, Sep 16 Town of Knightdale · Knightdale Town Council Meeting
    A text amendment to the Code of Ordinances covering the town's advisory boards. The portal publishes no document for this item.
  24. Wed, Sep 16 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    Quarterly compliance reporting on FY27 Orange transit projects. No action.
    Staff or committee report Ethics and transparencyTransit
  25. Tue, Sep 15 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Emily Meeker, the county attorney and a partner at Poyner & Spruill, discusses the procedures the planning board observes and its role in them.
  26. Tue, Sep 15 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    The town clerk returns with the ballot-style voting presentation for advisory board appointments, continued from the council's August 18 and August 25 work sessions after members ran out of time on both dates.
    Discussed at length. The mayor withdrew his recommendations before the meeting, so no appointment could proceed. Council members said the ordinance amendment now before the planning board does not fi…
  27. Mon, Sep 14 Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
    Appropriating $25,000 of Eno fire tax district fund balance so Eno Fire and Emergency Services can buy a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 as a response and utility vehicle.
    Approved on the consent agenda, unanimously.
  28. Mon, Sep 14 Town of Apex · Planning Board
    Assistant Planning Director Amanda Bunce presents amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance that would change how the town appoints members to its boards.
    Postponed to the 12 October meeting, two members opposed. A motion to recommend the amendments with the first sentence of sections 2.1.2(F) and 2.1.3(E) struck failed for lack of a second.
  29. Thu, Sep 10 Town of Cary · Town Council
    Training on fund balance, taken as one of the recommendations from the state auditor's report on the town.
  30. Thu, Sep 10 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The manager's office reports twice a year on progress against the six goals of the countywide strategic plan. No financial impact.
  31. Thu, Sep 10 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A county-wide framework for communication and engagement with residents and staff, framed as a core public service. The board is asked for feedback and direction on the draft.
  32. Wed, Sep 9 Town of Chapel Hill · Town Council
    enacted · Pass · Council enacted O-3, amending the Disclosure Exemption and Maximum Contribution Limits in Chapter 2, Article IV of the Town Code of Ordinances.
  33. Tue, Sep 1 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    First reading of policy 6420 on contracts with the board, which governs board members' own financial dealings with the district.
  34. Tue, Sep 1 Town of Pittsboro · 5. Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board (PDAB)
    Members to bring recommended changes in October
  35. Tue, Sep 1 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Staff present what the 2026 community survey found.
  36. Thu, Aug 27 Town of Cary · Town Council
    Council discusses proposed amendments to Policy 143 and creation of a new Policy 191; the one-page agenda lists the item by title only, without describing the policies' subject matter.
    Approved 7-0 with redlined changes
  37. Tue, Aug 25 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    Policy 6420 on contracts with the board.
  38. Tue, Aug 25 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    A revised process for how the county disposes of land and buildings it owns. The only item on the regular agenda.
  39. Tue, Aug 25 Orange County · Human Relations Commission
    Ten minutes. Speakers are asked not to share personal identifying information or details of an active complaint, investigation or case; the chair may pause or redirect anyone who does and refer them to the complaint process, to protect the rights of all parties and the integrity of any review.
  40. Sat, Aug 22 Orange County · Human Relations Commission
    The outreach and engagement subcommittee's FY27 priorities are outreach to Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County schools, wider awareness of the commission's mission, and messaging around its events.
  41. Wed, Aug 19 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    Nine sets at once, from 31 October 2025 through 20 May 2026: October, December, January, February, two in March, two in April and May. Fifteen minutes allotted.
  42. Tue, Aug 18 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Work Session
    Back to school readiness, taken through the student code of conduct.
  43. Tue, Aug 18 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    How residents will be appointed to the town's advisory boards.
  44. Mon, Aug 10 Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
    Contract for fire, rescue, and first responder services in the Mangum Fire Protection Service District.
  45. Mon, Aug 10 Town of Fuquay-Varina · Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
    V Bylaws
    The board reviewed a note from the town attorney on roles and responsibilities and asked staff when the bylaws were last changed and adopted. An update is due in September.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  46. Tue, Aug 4 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Whether the county should adopt a Community Bill of Rights. Members concluded much of it is already in the development ordinance.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  47. Tue, Aug 4 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    First reading of policy 2010 on relations between the board and the superintendent.
  48. Tue, Aug 4 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    First reading of policy 2300 on board meetings.
  49. Tue, Aug 4 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    First reading of policy 2330 on the board meeting agenda.
  50. Mon, Jul 27 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Howard, seconded by Vice Chair Gomez Flores, to approve an auto renewal contract with Civic Plus for the social media archiving for public records…
    Contract or award Ethics and transparency
  51. Thu, Jul 23 Town of Cary · Town Council
    The Cary Town Council Special Commission report, presented to the council.
  52. Thu, Jul 23 Town of Cary · Town Council
    Speaker : Virginia Johnson, Town C lerk ’ s Office Executive Summary : To promote consistency, transparency, and clarity in the preparation and approval of meeting minutes, the Town Clerk’s Office has developed procedures that will be incorporated into Policy 143: Rules of Procedure for the Cary Town Council. The prop…
    Approved 7-0 on consent
  53. Thu, Jul 23 Town of Cary · Town Council
    Speaker: Russ Overton, Town Manager’s Office Executive Summary: The Town does not have a formal anti-retaliation policy that provides clear, consistent protections for employees who report, in good faith, misconduct or policy violations by employees or elected officials. Earlier this year, the Town's independent audit…
    Adopted 7-0
  54. Tue, Jul 21 Town of Cary · Town Council
    Staff previewed policy statement 143, a rules of order update covering live streaming of council meetings, minutes expectations and quorum notice, headed for Thursday's consent agenda. They also previewed policy statement 190, a new anti-retaliation and reporting protection policy with a confidential employee tip line…
  55. Tue, Jul 21 Chatham County · Board of Elections
    Releasing the closed session minutes of 19 May as a public record.
  56. Tue, Jul 21 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    Board governance, the first of two sessions.
  57. Tue, Jul 21 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    Master Board training on building governance leadership, a programme the state school boards association runs for boards and their superintendents together.
  58. Tue, Jul 21 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    Board governance, continued.
  59. Mon, Jul 13 Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
    Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends adopting the Advisory Body Policy. Suggested Motion: “ … a motion to adopt the Advisory Body Policy.”
  60. Mon, Jul 13 Town of Fuquay-Varina · Board of Adjustment
    An amendment to Section VII.B of the board's by-laws moving its regular meeting start from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. The board voted in June to have staff prepare it, after reviewing when peer boards meet.
    Recommended for approval 6-0, effective with the August 2026 meeting
  61. Thu, Jul 9 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Appointment to the Board of Health. An optometrist seat, vacant since January 2026, stays open.
    Approved unanimously.
  62. Thu, Jul 9 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Updating commissioners' assignments to boards and commissions for the rest of 2026, which the vacancy forced.
    Approved unanimously.
  63. Tue, Jul 7 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Deferred for want of time
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  64. Mon, Jul 6 Wake County · Board of Commissioners
    Consent agenda Ethics and transparency
  65. Tue, Jun 23 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    The annual financial audit and compliance review for the year ending 30 June 2026, construction of the western transmission main phase 2, public records software through June 2029, and a five-year janitorial contract from 1 July 2026.
  66. Tue, Jun 23 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    Amendments to the administrative policy and to the council's own rules of procedure, both governing how residents are appointed to advisory boards.
  67. Tue, Jun 23 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    Appointments to the board of adjustment including a vice-chair, the culture and arts advisory board including chair and vice-chair, the environmental advisory board, the multimodal transportation advisory board, the parks and recreation advisory board, and the planning board.
  68. Tue, Jun 23 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    Three separate closed sessions: to consult the town attorney under privilege, to consider the qualifications, performance or conditions of employment of an individual officer or employee or hear a complaint against one, and to prevent disclosure of privileged or confidential information.
  69. Tue, Jun 23 Orange County · Human Relations Commission
    Outreach and engagement, including tabling at events and outreach to county organizations, and community events.
  70. Mon, Jun 22 Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
    Consent agenda Ethics and transparency
  71. Wed, Jun 17 Town of Chapel Hill · Town Council
    Whether to keep setting campaign contribution limits by a formula using both the consumer price index and voter registration, or move to a price index adjustment alone. Members favored the index alone, citing predictability and fairness, and discussed what it means for self-funding candidates. Staff will bring an ordi…
    received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
  72. Wed, Jun 17 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
  73. Wed, Jun 17 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    Policy 2120, the school board code of ethics.
  74. Wed, Jun 17 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
  75. Wed, Jun 17 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
  76. Wed, Jun 17 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
  77. Tue, Jun 9 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    A condition of receiving federal financial assistance.
  78. Tue, Jun 9 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
  79. Thu, Jun 4 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    How the board would take amendments: each named with the funding source it draws on, so a staff-proposed cut could not be claimed as a commissioner's own.
    Agreed unanimously after an amended first vote carried 4-3.
  80. Thu, May 28 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    A text correction to the previously approved Salem Street Townhomes planned unit development rezoning.
  81. Tue, May 26 Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
    A $210,225 contract with Simply Staffed LLC to implement a mandatory upgrade to the county's employee onboarding software, needed because the current system is reaching end-of-life, as a bridge until the county's planned move to Oracle as its enterprise system.
  82. Tue, May 26 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    The committee reviews policy 2010, on board and superintendent relations.
  83. Tue, May 26 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    The committee reviews policy 2120, the school board's code of ethics.
  84. Tue, May 26 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    The committee reviews policy 2300, on board meetings.
  85. Tue, May 26 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    The committee reviews policy 2330, on the board meeting agenda.
  86. Tue, May 26 Orange County · Human Relations Commission
    Ten minutes. Speakers are asked not to share personal identifying information or details of an active complaint, investigation or case, and the chair may redirect anyone who does to the complaint process.
  87. Wed, May 20 Town of Knightdale · Knightdale Town Council Meeting
    A consent update to the town's fiscal policies.
  88. Wed, May 20 Town of Knightdale · Knightdale Town Council Meeting
    Adopts a procurement card policy for town purchases, on consent.
  89. Wed, May 20 Town of Knightdale · Knightdale Town Council Meeting
    Staff outlined a communication strategy for informing residents about the upcoming bond referendum.
    Presented
  90. Wed, May 20 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    Revised policies and procedures for the working group.
  91. Tue, May 19 Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
    The Director of Organizational Effectiveness presented the department's FY2027 budget request alongside a performance review.
  92. Mon, May 18 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    Consultants set out a review built on four principles - comprehensive, statistically rigorous, focused on vertical inequity, and operational - with a formal report due September 2026. Work group members raised overvaluation of lower-income properties against undervaluation of higher-income ones, how lower-income owner…
  93. Mon, May 18 Orange County · Tax Assessment Work Group
    An executive search firm gathering what the next tax administrator will face, for the recruitment brochure, interview questions and a finalist skills assessment. The group named rebuilding trust after the revaluation, consistency and accountability in the office, readiness for scrutiny at the next cycle, workload from…
  94. Wed, May 13 Orange County · Board of Adjustment
    Modifications and clarifications on attendance policy and tenure.
  95. Mon, May 11 Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
    A first look at a policy governing the town's advisory bodies. The board asked staff about member training, remote participation and term limits.
  96. Thu, May 7 Chatham County · Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
    Lincoln Frye was elected vice chair 9-0. The chair disclosed a new position at Chatham County Habitat for Humanity and will recuse herself from housing trust fund meetings.
    Elected 9-0
  97. Wed, May 6 Orange County · Planning Board
    Amendments to subdivision review processes and classifications, twice through the ordinance review committee before reaching the board. A friendly amendment extending neighbourhood information meeting notification from 14 days to 30, applied uniformly to every type of notification, carried 5-4 on a show of hands.
    Approved unanimously
  98. Tue, May 5 Town of Pittsboro · 5. Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board (PDAB)
    Staff reported the MONDAY.COM purchase with training to follow and an outstanding request for a downtown division position. The deputy town clerk said the advisory body policy was going to the commissioners on 11 May, alongside board orientations and an annual board survey.
  99. Tue, May 5 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Consultants engaged to evaluate the county's reappraisal and assessment process and recommend improvements, following community feedback and board concerns about deficiencies after the 2025 revaluation. The tax assessment work group that recommended the firm includes three commissioners and county officers alongside r…
  100. Thu, Apr 30 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    How the town itself should use artificial intelligence.
  101. Thu, Apr 30 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    Continued discussion of how the town names facilities and streets.
  102. Thu, Apr 30 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    Eight questions of procedure: guidelines for good cause in accepting untimely appeals; hour blocks against fifteen-minute appointments; displaying evidence in the board room; requiring evidence to be submitted by a date; qualified representatives of property-owning entities; use of non-attorney consultants; calling wi…
    Consent agenda accepted
  103. Tue, Apr 28 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    Meeting opening; invocation drawn from local faith communities on a rotating basis.
  104. Tue, Apr 28 Orange County · Human Relations Commission
    Ten minutes on human relations, civil rights and community conditions, with speakers asked not to raise active complaints or identifying details.
  105. Mon, Apr 27 Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
    The board was set to meet Shirley McFadden, who became Durham County's Internal Audit Director on April 13 after serving as Deputy Director of Internal Audit for Guilford County.
  106. Tue, Apr 21 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    Discussion covering council financial policy, press release/social media policy, community town halls and special events hosted by individual council members, and public forum/public hearing standards; also touches research into forming council committees, a resident advisory board, and naming practices requested by e…
  107. Mon, Apr 20 Orange County · Orange Unified Transportation Board
    Try Transit Week and conflict of interest statements from public transit; the county bicycle and pedestrian plan, work with the metropolitan and rural planning organisations and the state transport department, and the board's own packets.
  108. Tue, Apr 7 Town of Pittsboro · 5. Pittsboro Downtown Advisory Board (PDAB)
    Action Item #2
  109. Tue, Apr 7 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Work Session
  110. Tue, Apr 7 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Work Session
  111. Tue, Apr 7 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Work Session
  112. Tue, Apr 7 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Work Session
  113. Mon, Apr 6 Wake County · Board of Commissioners
    Updates the Board of Commissioners' internal rules of procedure and its appointments policy.
  114. Tue, Mar 24 Town of Apex · Town Council and advisory boards
    The clerk reported demos scheduled for centralized public records request software, with a recommendation expected by May 30.
    Staff or committee report Ethics and transparency
  115. Wed, Mar 18 Town of Knightdale · Knightdale Town Council Meeting
    Adopts Resolution #26-03-18-004 pledging the council's commitment to civil discourse, completing the NC League of Municipalities' Commit to Civility program after at least 75% of the elected body attended the required training.
  116. Tue, Mar 17 Town of Garner · Town Council Regular Meeting
    Proposed updates to the Code of Conduct and Ethics for the mayor and council, last adopted in September 2024. Pulled from consent for separate discussion under New/Old Business.
  117. Thu, Mar 12 Chatham County · Environmental Review Advisory Committee
  118. Tue, Feb 3 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
    Adoption of the agenda, and a motion waiving board policy 2310 so that no public comment would be taken at this meeting. The board cited the state of emergency and the fact that the meeting was virtual.
  119. Thu, Jan 15 Town of Cary · Greenway Committee
    The parks advisory board liaison reported on the interim town manager transition, a new town website for public records requests, more than three million visits across Thomas Brooks, Bond and Downtown parks in 2025, an approved land dedication near Thomas Brooks Park, public input on the system plan's ENGAGE and MOVE…
    Staff or committee report Bonds and debtEthics and transparency
  120. Dec 2, 2025 Town of Garner · Town Council Regular Meeting
    Discussion of possible amendments to the town's Code of Conduct and Ethics for the mayor and council, adopted in September 2024.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  121. Nov 20, 2025 Town of Cary · Town Council
    A council-initiated item on televising the meetings the town does not currently broadcast: work sessions, quarterly meetings, retreats and district meetings. Staff costed a lower option at $400 to $500 a meeting using existing equipment with webcams and staff support, against about $8,000 for a fully produced setup.
  122. Nov 19, 2025 Chatham County · Recreation Advisory Committee
  123. Nov 19, 2025 Wake County Public School System · Board of Education Meeting
  124. Nov 12, 2025 Town of Chapel Hill · Town Council
    The council unanimously adopted an amendment to its procedures manual.
    adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member McCullough, seconded by Council Member Sharp, that the Council adopt R-4. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
  125. Nov 10, 2025 Town of Holly Springs · Town Council
    Staff update the council on public records request trends and ask the council to indicate a float preference for the Happy Holly Days Parade.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  126. Nov 10, 2025 Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
    The board adopted a revised code of ethics and conduct, incorporating edits to previously flagged vague language on conflicts of interest and communications with staff and advisory boards.
    Adopted 5-0
  127. Nov 10, 2025 Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
    A resolution revising the board's code of ethics and conduct.
    Adopted 5-0
  128. Oct 20, 2025 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, that the Public Libraries Records Retention and Disposition Schedule for Public Libraries we…
  129. Oct 13, 2025 Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
    The board reviewed a proposed rewrite of its code of ethics and conduct, first adopted in 2010. One commissioner objected to vague terms such as "bias" and "appearance of impropriety" and asked that the document be reviewed by the North Carolina League of Municipalities' legal department before adoption.
    Tabled 4-1, with Commissioner Farrell opposed.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  130. Oct 13, 2025 Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
    A resolution revising the board's own Code of Ethics and Conduct. Commissioners raised concerns about specific sections and asked for a review by the League of Municipalities' legal team.
    Tabled 4-1, with Commissioner Farrell opposed.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  131. Sep 23, 2025 Wake County Public School System · Policy Committee Meeting
    The regulations on confidentiality of personal identifying information.
  132. Sep 9, 2025 Chatham County · Agriculture Advisory Board
    The commissioners now take applications and pick appointees directly, and county employees may no longer serve on county advisory boards.
    Discussed; member Lamont Horton must leave the board under the new policy
  133. Sep 9, 2025 Town of Holly Springs · Town Council
    The town attorney reviewed the current ethics policy against statutory requirements and discussed possible additions on enforcement mechanisms, social media conduct and training records, noting one unsubstantiated ethics complaint in the past ten years. Revised policy language will return to a future meeting.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  134. Sep 2, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Recommended for approval 10-0
  135. Aug 28, 2025 Chatham County · Climate Change Advisory Committee
    Six applicants go to the commissioners in September under a new policy that removes the committee from the selection.
    Members objected to the change in process
  136. Aug 26, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The board approved the FY2024-25 Tax Collector's annual settlement, a $1,650 excise tax refund, updated records retention schedules, a $343,920 contract with Tyler Technologies to move the county's MUNIS financial system to the cloud, a $149,933.54 backup system contract with Data Network Solutions, and purchases of e…
    Approved unanimously
  137. Aug 12, 2025 Orange County · Advisory Board on Aging
    The board adopted the updated Code of Conduct for the senior centers.
    Approved
  138. Aug 5, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Mayer said the legislature's revocation of the county's development ordinance made the process illegitimate, and that voting would endorse it.
  139. Jul 24, 2025 Town of Cary · Town Council
    The town manager and attorney briefed the council on the staff time and cost of fulfilling public records requests, including body-camera video requests driven by true-crime social media, and discussed using the town's open data portal to reduce repeat requests.
  140. Jul 1, 2025 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
    The close of the project rewriting the town code, with the adopting ordinance attached.
    Staff or committee report Ethics and transparency
  141. Jul 1, 2025 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
  142. Jun 26, 2025 Chatham County · Climate Change Advisory Committee
    New terms running March through February, reapplication required for reappointment, and appointments left to the commissioners.
  143. Jun 24, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    A member moved that appellants be given a printed copy of the county's evidence at their hearing.
    Motion carried without objection
  144. Jun 18, 2025 Chatham County · Recreation Advisory Committee
    The revised county policy cuts the committee from ten members to nine, caps absences at 25 percent of meetings, and lets people who work but do not live in the county serve.
  145. Jun 16, 2025 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    A resolution recognizing Accounts Payable Day on June 17.
    adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, that this 25-33 Resolution recognizing Accounts Payable Day on June 17, 2025 in Chatham Count…
    Proclamation or recognition Ethics and transparency
  146. Jun 16, 2025 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    A rewrite covering committee formation and dissolution, membership standards, appointment procedures, committee and staff roles, voting and meeting rules, public access, ethics and conduct, and oversight.
    adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, seconded by Commissioner David Delaney, that this 25-35 Resolution Amending the Chatham County Advisory Committee Policy was adopt…
  147. Jun 11, 2025 Orange County · Board of Adjustment
    The state standard on impartial decision makers: a member may not participate where doing so would violate an affected person's right to an impartial decision maker, which covers a fixed opinion, undisclosed ex parte contact, a close relationship with an affected person, or a financial interest. No member declared one.
  148. Jun 3, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The chair recused himself from one appeal because of a personal relationship with the family. Four letters from property owners about tax rates and assessment were presented as information, the board having no authority over rates.
  149. Jun 2, 2025 City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
    A revised code of ethics for the council.
  150. May 27, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The chair asked that appeals of the same type be scheduled together where possible. Discussion of letters from appellants and property owners about the 2025 tax rate was postponed to a later meeting.
  151. May 22, 2025 Chatham County · Climate Change Advisory Committee
  152. May 21, 2025 Orange County · Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
    A hotelier owning about half of Chapel Hill's hotel inventory has said publicly that the bureau is ineffective and not aligned with hotel interests, and should act as a hotel-focused sales arm. The bureau answered that its statutory mission, set by state legislation and county and town direction, is to promote the who…
  153. May 21, 2025 Orange County · OCPT Staff Working Group
    A revision that would shift coordination off the four municipalities onto the county and GoTriangle, naming the county primary coordinator on tax district and work programme administration and expanding its capital plan role. Members objected that it arrived without a work session or pre-read, that GoTriangle holds ta…
    Postponed unanimously
  154. May 6, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Adopted 10-0
  155. May 6, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Amendments drafted by a working group and reviewed by the county attorney, forwarded to the commissioners.
    Approved 10-0
  156. May 5, 2025 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    Direction on the advisory committee rewrite: seven or eleven voting members, commissioners nominating and the full board appointing, non-resident owners still eligible, service on more than one committee allowed, staggered three-year terms with no limits, and the term year moved to March. On remote meetings the county…
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed
  157. May 5, 2025 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    The board's declared associations with non-profits that receive county funding.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  158. May 5, 2025 Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
    The commissioners have delegated the power to compromise taxes to this board. A 2016 policy advisory sets the circumstances. Staff noted a member who violates the statute can be personally liable for the taxes compromised.
  159. Apr 21, 2025 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    The advisory committee policy rewrite ran out of time and was held to a later meeting.
    tabled · This Agenda Item was tabled.
  160. Apr 8, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    Performance measures for the six goals in the 2024-29 countywide strategic plan, to be tracked quarterly with a report to the board twice a year.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  161. Apr 7, 2025 City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
    A revised code of ethics for the council.
  162. Apr 1, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Work on amendments to the ordinance the commissioners had asked the board to review, pending the county attorney's review.
  163. Mar 18, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The first review since November 2022 of the policy governing the county's advisory boards, their composition, terms and appointment requirements.
    Approved unanimously
  164. Mar 17, 2025 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    The Planning Board asked to amend the ordinance that establishes it. Staff described the changes as housekeeping, and the board's consensus was for staff to work with the Planning Board and bring back a redline for approval.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
    Proclamation or recognition Ethics and transparencyZoning text amendment
  165. Mar 4, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    A redline worked up by a three-member group covering the timing of officer elections, the timing of terms, and the annual report to the commissioners.
    Approved 7-0
  166. Feb 25, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    An unmodified audit opinion for the year ended 30 June 2024, with results indicating compliance with county financial policies. The Sportsplex report is included as the management contract requires.
    Contract amendment approved unanimously
  167. Feb 11, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    The ten-year plan has not been updated since 2020 and the gaps analysis not since 2021, which staff attributed to losing key staff and leadership changes; both are due by January 2026. Monthly data reporting starts in April, covering helpline contacts, coordinated entry intakes, exits from homelessness, street outreac…
  168. Feb 4, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    The board can amend its own rules and code of ethics, but can only recommend changes to the ordinance that establishes it. Open questions were the timing of officer elections, the timing of terms, and the annual report to the commissioners.
  169. Feb 4, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  170. Jan 29, 2025 Orange County · Historic Preservation Commission
    The commission's old web content is no longer visible. Staff were directed to ask the county webmaster team for help building a new site.
    Motion carried
  171. Jan 21, 2025 Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
    One speaker
  172. Jan 13, 2025 Chatham County Schools · Board of Education
    First reading of updates to the 1000-series of the board's policy manual, which covers the board's own governance.
    First reading; no vote taken
  173. Jan 7, 2025 Chatham County · Planning Board
  174. Dec 16, 2024 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    The county manager retired on December 27 after twenty-four years in state and local government, fourteen of them in Chatham. He joined in 2010 as solid waste director, created the environmental quality department in 2011, became assistant manager in 2015 and manager in 2019.
  175. Dec 10, 2024 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    A resolution unsealing closed session minutes.
  176. Dec 10, 2024 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    An amended policy governing the town's appointed boards and commissions, worked through at a November 12 work session and briefed November 26.
  177. Dec 2, 2024 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    The bonds for the finance director, deputy finance director, sheriff, register of deeds and tax collector.
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, to approve the bonds for the Finance Director, Deputy Finance Director, Sheriff,…
  178. Dec 2, 2024 City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
    The external auditor's annual financial report for FY2024, presented to the November 21 work session and formally received here.
  179. Dec 2, 2024 City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
    A data use agreement giving Harvard Kennedy School researchers access to city employee personnel files, subject to limits set in the agreement.
  180. Nov 26, 2024 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    A briefing on the revised policy governing the town's appointed boards and commissions, with redline and clean versions in the packet. The vote follows on December 10.
  181. Nov 20, 2024 Orange County · Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
    Staff proposed moving from ten meetings a year to every other month, arguing for fuller reports, lower costs and better attendance. Members raised the lack of a plan for matters arising between meetings, loss of collaboration momentum, longer meetings, and a possible requirement for monthly budget reports. A motion to…
    Motion withdrawn; alternative to be proposed in January
  182. Nov 19, 2024 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners
    The town's annual financial report for the year ended June 30, 2024.
  183. Nov 19, 2024 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners
    A policy prohibiting viewing pornography on town networks and devices.
  184. Nov 14, 2024 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    A draft 2025 council meeting schedule with proposed retreat topics attached. The council voted on it November 26.
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
  185. Oct 7, 2024 Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
    A three-year website hosting contract with Granicus from October 15, 2024.
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Karen Howard, seconded by Commissioner Katie Kenlan, that the contract with Granicus for a three-year term beginning on October 15, 2024 for website…
  186. Mar 26, 2024 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    A resolution would adopt updates to the town's cash management, conflict-of-interest and nondiscrimination policies, including a higher deposit threshold to match a revised state law and new language on accepting gifts and favors.
  187. Feb 19, 2024 City of Durham · Durham City Council
    Proclamation or recognition Ethics and transparency
  188. Jan 18, 2024 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Adjustment
    The town attorney trained the board and suggested members obtain the Quasi-Judicial book. A board of adjustment sits quasi-judicially, meaning it swears witnesses and decides on findings of fact rather than on policy preference.
  189. Dec 12, 2023 Town of Morrisville · Town Council
    A resolution would unseal closed session minutes from January 2022 through late 2023, covering topics that include a new high school, Duke Energy negotiations, and evaluations of the town manager and other department heads.
  190. Nov 16, 2023 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Adjustment
    The board set its meeting dates for 2024.
    Approved 4-0
  191. Nov 6, 2023 City of Durham · Durham City Council
    Proclamation or recognition Ethics and transparency
  192. Nov 6, 2023 City of Durham · Durham City Council
    Proclamation or recognition Ethics and transparency
  193. Jun 6, 2022 City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
    The council would adopt the 2021 state records retention schedules for local government agencies and program records, with an accompanying resolution.
  194. Apr 19, 2022 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners
    The consent agenda includes an update to the town's record retention policy adopting the 2021 program records schedule.
    Consent agenda Ethics and transparency
  195. Mar 21, 2022 City of Durham · Regular City Council Meeting
    The council would receive the Audit Services Oversight Committee's 2021 annual report.
    Staff or committee report Ethics and transparency
  196. Dec 21, 2021 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners
    A resolution would adopt the state's updated 2021 municipal records retention schedule, replacing one the town adopted in 2009, along with a digital records policy allowing paper records to be scanned and destroyed under set procedures.
  197. Dec 21, 2021 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners
    A resolution would update the code of ethics for the town's advisory boards and commissioners, last revised in 2019, to reflect changes to state law.
  198. Dec 7, 2021 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
    The board considers a resolution adopting the 2021 Municipal Records Retention and Disposition Schedule and a related digital records procedure.
  199. Dec 7, 2021 Town of Wake Forest · Board of Commissioners Work Session
    The board considers a resolution adopting an updated Code of Ethics for members of the town's advisory boards, committees and commissions, and for the Board of Commissioners itself.

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