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Board of County Commissioners on 2026-08-03 9:00 AM - Work Session

Durham County · Board of County Commissioners on 2026-08-03 9:00 AM - Work Session
Monday, August 3, 2026

Work session Appointments and personnelBudget and appropriationsComprehensive planData centers and large loadsPublic facilitiesState legislative agenda

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What's on this agenda

Durham County commissioners spend most of this work session giving staff guidance on a draft moratorium on new or expanded data centers, data processing facilities, and cryptocurrency mining operations, ahead of a public hearing tentatively set for August 24. Staff say the county's development ordinance has no definitions for these high-impact uses and needs time to study their effect on infrastructure, the environment, and rising utility costs before writing real rules. The board also gets a check-in on the Capital Improvement Plan covering projects underway and under consideration, with a follow-up update planned for the September 7 work session, and begins identifying items to submit to the NC Association of County Commissioners' 2027 legislative goals process, ahead of a state deadline; a final list comes back for a vote at the August 10 regular meeting.

The board also reviews the same package of consent-agenda items headed to its regular meeting the following week, covering capital project and budget amendments, service and construction contracts, and a donated conservation easement, and takes an early look at proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan's Evaluation and Assessment Report. The session closes with an appointment of a voting delegate to the NCACC annual conference and a closed session.

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Agenda items (6)

Discussion item · 3Staff or committee report · 1Appointment · 1Closed session · 1
  1. 26-0396 Ordinance - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - A2500002 Evaluation and Assessment Report
    Discussion item Comprehensive plan
    Early discussion of proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan's Evaluation and Assessment Report, ahead of the public hearing scheduled for the board's next regular meeting.
  2. 26-0404 Data Center Moratorium Discussion
    Discussion item Data centers and large loads
    Board gives staff guidance on a draft nine-month moratorium on new or expanded data centers, data processing facilities, and cryptocurrency mining operations, ahead of a public hearing tentatively scheduled for August 24, 2026.
  3. 26-0405 Update on the Capital Improvement Plan
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsPublic facilities
    Staff check-in with the board on Capital Improvement Plan projects underway or under consideration, with a follow-up update planned for September 7.
  4. 26-0403 Initial Discussion of Proposed Items for 2027 NCACC Legislative Process
    Discussion item State legislative agenda
    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.
  5. 26-0407 Appoint Voting Delegate - 2026 NCACC 119th Annual Conference
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    Appointment of the county's voting delegate for the 2026 NC Association of County Commissioners annual conference.
  6. 26-0408 Closed Session
    Closed session
    Closed session.