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Town of Chapel Hill · Town Council
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 6:00 pm · RM 110 | Council Chamber

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityBudget and appropriationsFaith and cultural communitiesHistoric preservationLGBTQ+ policyTax rate and revaluationTransit

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What was decided

  1. Received [26-0204]Public Hearing: Downtown Municipal Services District (MSD) Contracted Services closed the public hearing · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member McMahon, seconded by Mayor pro tem Berry to close the public hearing. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.

Another 8 items passed on the consent agenda, which is a single motion covering routine business. See the list.

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

Chapel Hill's Town Council unanimously enacted its FY 2026-27 budget on June 10, and advanced the Homestead Gardens affordable housing development further by authorizing development contracts and ground leases with CASA for both the Horizons Building and a Supportive Housing Building -- alongside the Community Home Trust and Habitat for Humanity agreements the council had approved for the same development a week earlier. The council also opened and closed a public hearing on contracted services for the Downtown Municipal Services District, and extended board member terms to preserve quorum and continuity: Historic District Commission member Josh Gurlitz through June 30, 2027, and Planning Commission members Jonathan Mitchell and Elizabeth Losos through the same date, specifically to see the LUMO rewrite through to completion.

The council also proclaimed Pride Month and National Immigrant Heritage Month. Every recorded vote passed unanimously.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Chapel Hill's council enacted its FY 2026-27 budget, $170,013,308, without changing the property tax rate. Two late additions, a $20,000 AARP grant for a Legion Road crosswalk and $274,500 in finalized transit funding, raised the total slightly above the manager's proposal, and employees get a 4% pay increase. Staff said they would hold off hiring an added library historian position until Orange County settles its own funding.

On the consent agenda, council authorized development contracts and ground leases with CASA for the Horizons and Supportive Housing buildings at Homestead Gardens, extended Historic District Commission member Josh Gurlitz's term and two Planning Commission members' terms through June 2027, and cleared two years of backlogged minutes. Council also opened and closed a public hearing on downtown cleaning services, a roughly $220,000 contract that Economic Development Director David Putnam said would go to the Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership and its subcontractor Block by Block; the town manager can now finalize that contract under delegated authority.

How the votes went

Every recorded vote passed unanimously with eight members present: the consent agenda, the FY27 budget, and opening and closing the MSD public hearing. Council Member Elizabeth Sharp was absent.

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  1. WELCOME to a COUNCIL MEETING!
  2. ROLL CALL
  3. OPENING
  4. 1.Proclamation: Pride Month
  5. 2.Proclamation: National Immigrant Heritage Month
  6. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
  7. PUBLIC COMMENTS
  8. 3.Authorization to Execute Development Contracts with CASA for the Hori…
  9. 4.Authorization to Execute a Ground Lease with CASA for the Horizons Bu…
  10. 5.Authorization to Execute a Ground Lease with CASA for the Supportive…
  11. 6.Approve Extension of Historic District Commission Member Term to Supp…
  12. 7.Approve Extension of Town Planning Commission Member Terms to Support…
  13. 8.Past Work Session Minutes
  14. 9.May 13 and 20, 2026 Meeting Minutes
  15. DISCUSSION
  16. 10.Consider the Final Budget and Related Items for FY 2026-27
  17. 11.Public Hearing: Downtown Municipal Services District (MSD) Contracted…
  18. CLOSED SESSION (AS NEEDED)
  19. ADJOURNMENT
  20. 2.1Mayor Jessica Anderson
  21. 2.2Mayor pro-tem Camille Berry
  22. OTHER ATTENDEES
  23. Approval of the Consent Agenda
  24. [26-0204]Public Hearing: Downtown Municipal Services District (MSD) Contracted…

Agenda items (24)

Consent agenda · 8Other · 5Procedural · 4Proclamation or recognition · 2Discussion item · 2Public hearing · 2Closed session · 1
  1. WELCOME to a COUNCIL MEETING!
    Other
  2. ROLL CALL
    Procedural
  3. OPENING
    Other
  4. 1. Proclamation: Pride Month
    Proclamation or recognition LGBTQ+ policy
  5. 2. Proclamation: National Immigrant Heritage Month
    Proclamation or recognition Faith and cultural communities
  6. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
    Procedural
  7. PUBLIC COMMENTS
    Procedural
  1. DISCUSSION
    Discussion item
  2. 10. Consider the Final Budget and Related Items for FY 2026-27
    Discussion item Budget and appropriationsTax rate and revaluationTransit
    Council enacted the $170,013,308 FY27 budget on a unanimous vote, holding the property tax rate flat and adding a 4% employee pay increase. Two late grants, for an AARP crosswalk project and transit support, raised the total slightly from the manager's proposal.
    enacted · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member Miller-Foushee, seconded by Mayor pro tem Berry to enact O-1 approving the FY27 budget. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
  3. 11. Public Hearing: Downtown Municipal Services District (MSD) Contracted Services
    Public hearing
    Economic Development Director David Putnam outlined a roughly $220,000 contract for downtown cleaning services, recommended to go to the Downtown Chapel Hill Partnership with Block by Block as subcontractor. Council opened and closed the public hearing without voting on the contract itself, which the town manager can finalize under delegated authority.
    opened the hearing · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member Ryan, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee to open the public hearing. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.
  4. CLOSED SESSION (AS NEEDED)
    Closed session
  5. ADJOURNMENT
    Procedural
  6. 2.1 Mayor Jessica Anderson
    Other
  7. 2.2 Mayor pro-tem Camille Berry
    Other
  8. OTHER ATTENDEES
    Other
  9. [26-0204] Public Hearing: Downtown Municipal Services District (MSD) Contracted Services
    Public hearing
    closed the public hearing · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member McMahon, seconded by Mayor pro tem Berry to close the public hearing. The motion carried by a unanimous vote.

Agenda changes

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