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Board of Commissioners Work Session and Budget Workshop

Town of Hillsborough · Board of Commissioners
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Work session Data centers and large loadsBudget and appropriationsBroadband and technologyCivil rights and nondiscriminationPolice and public safety

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What's on this agenda

Hillsborough's board holds a public hearing and then decides whether to impose a 60-day development moratorium on data centers as a land use -- an ordinance that would temporarily block new development approvals for data centers, cryptocurrency mining operations, and any use tied to data center processing facilities in town. The board also gets a briefing on a SecureNC partnership with the state Department of Information Technology, which is likely related to the same data-center policy question, and holds its second FY2027 budget workshop.

On the consent agenda: miscellaneous budget amendments and transfers, a Pride Month proclamation, and a Gun Violence Awareness Day proclamation.

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Agenda items (11)

Procedural · 3Budget action · 2Proclamation or recognition · 2Public hearing · 1Ordinance · 1Discussion item · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. 1 Opening of the work session
    Procedural
  2. 2 Agenda changes and approval
    Procedural
  3. 3.A Public Hearing to Receive Public Comment on Adoption of an Ordinance Imposing a 60-day Development Moratoria on Data Centers as a Land Use
    Public hearing Data centers and large loads
    A public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would temporarily halt new development approvals for data centers as a land use in Hillsborough for 60 days.
  4. 4.A Miscellaneous budget amendments and transfers
    Budget action Budget and appropriations
  5. 4.B Proclamation – LGBTQ+ Pride Month
    Proclamation or recognition Civil rights and nondiscrimination
  6. 4.C Proclamation – Gun Violence Awareness Day
    Proclamation or recognition Police and public safety
  7. 5.A Ordinance Imposing a Temporary Moratoria on Development Approvals for Data Centers, Cryptocurrency Mining Operations, and Any Use Associated with Data Center Processing Facilities within the Town of Hillsborough
    Ordinance Data centers and large loads
    In-depth discussion of the proposed 60-day moratorium ordinance covering data centers, cryptocurrency mining, and related processing facilities, following the earlier public hearing on the same item.
  8. 5.B SecureNC Partnership with the North Carolina Department of Information Technology
    Discussion item Broadband and technologyData centers and large loads
    A discussion of a SecureNC partnership with the state Department of Information Technology, presented alongside the town's data center moratorium discussion.
  9. 5.C Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Workshop #2
    Budget action Budget and appropriations
  10. 6 Committee updates and reports
    Staff or committee report
  11. 7 Adjournment
    Procedural

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