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Orange County · Board of County Commissioners
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Regular meeting Health and human servicesTax rate and revaluationAppointments and personnelBudget and appropriationsContracts and procurementGrants and outside fundingFire and EMSPublic facilitiesBroadband and technologyComprehensive planDrugs and addictionElections and districtsEnvironment and sustainabilityEthics and transparencyHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentPolice and public safetySubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment

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What's on this agenda

The one public hearing is the consequential item. A county-initiated text amendment would take by-right subdivisions of fewer than 21 lots out of Planning Board and commissioner review entirely and hand them to staff, on the reasoning that state law requires the county to approve plats meeting its own criteria anyway. It also drops the separate concept plan application, widens the expedited track to parcels between two and five acres, and deletes three subdivision categories that have never been used. The Planning Board recommended approval unanimously with one change: doubling the mailing notice before a neighborhood meeting from 14 days to 30.

The board also fills the Register of Deeds vacancy left by a resignation in mid-August, and honors Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford, who died in June, by naming the crisis diversion facility now under construction after her. Consent carries $350,000 in tourism marketing contracts, a $37,783 opioid settlement award, and ratification of a $123,500 inspections contract the county manager had already signed to keep construction moving.

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Jump to an item (25 on this agenda)
  1. 1Additions or Changes to the Agenda
  2. 2Public Comments (Limited to One Hour)
  3. 3Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members
  4. 4.aResolution of Commendation for Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford and Nam…
  5. 4.bDiscussion and Appointment for the Vacant Position of Orange County R…
  6. 4.cOrange County Preparedness Month Proclamation
  7. 5.aPublic Hearing: Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment – Subdiv…
  8. 7.aResults of the 2026 Community Survey
  9. 8Consent Agenda
  10. 8.bMotor Vehicle Property Tax Releases/Refunds
  11. 8.cProperty Tax Releases/Refunds
  12. 8.dLate Applications for Property Tax Exemption/Exclusion
  13. 8.eFiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Amendment #2
  14. 8.fApproval of Alliance Tailored Plan Emergency Medical Services Agreeme…
  15. 8.gApproval of Media Two Interactive, LLC Agreement
  16. 8.hApproval of FY 2026-27 Contract with Elsewhere Idea & Design Shop, In…
  17. 8.iOpioid Settlement Funding Request and Approval of an Amended Spending…
  18. 8.jApproval to Reallocate Returned Community Climate Action Grant Funds…
  19. 8.kApproval of a Professional Services Contract with Timmons Group for t…
  20. 9County Manager's Report
  21. 10County Attorney's Report
  22. 11.aUpdating BOCC Boards and Commissions Assignments for 2026
  23. 12Information Items
  24. 13Closed Session
  25. 14Adjournment

Agenda items (25)

Procedural · 4Consent agenda · 4Contract or award · 4Resolution · 3Staff or committee report · 3Appointment · 2Proclamation or recognition · 1Public hearing · 1Presentation · 1Budget action · 1Closed session · 1
  1. 1 Additions or Changes to the Agenda
    Procedural
    Changes to the agenda, followed by the standing public charge on conduct.
  2. 2 Public Comments (Limited to One Hour)
    Procedural
    Up to an hour of public comment, three minutes a speaker, on matters not on the printed agenda. Requests submitted by the public are not acted on when presented; they are referred for review.
  3. 3 Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members
    Procedural
    Three minutes per commissioner.
  4. 4.a Resolution of Commendation for Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford and Naming of the Crisis Diversion Facility
    Resolution Health and human servicesPublic facilities
    A resolution commending the late Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford, who died on 21 June, and naming the county's Crisis Diversion Facility for her.
  5. 4.b Discussion and Appointment for the Vacant Position of Orange County Register of Deeds
    Appointment Appointments and personnelElections and districts
    Filling the vacant Register of Deeds post. This is the second vacancy the board has filled in five weeks; it appointed Rani Dasi to the District 1 commissioner seat on 28 July.
  6. 4.c Orange County Preparedness Month Proclamation
    Proclamation or recognition Fire and EMSPolice and public safety
    A proclamation marking Preparedness Month.
  7. 5.a Public Hearing: Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment – Subdivision Administration
    Public hearing Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentSubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment
    A public hearing on amending the Unified Development Ordinance's subdivision administration provisions.
  8. 7.a Results of the 2026 Community Survey
    Presentation Ethics and transparency
    Staff present what the 2026 community survey found.
  1. 8.e Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Amendment #2
    Budget action Budget and appropriationsGrants and outside funding
    The second budget amendment of the fiscal year.
  2. 8.f Approval of Alliance Tailored Plan Emergency Medical Services Agreement
    Contract or award Fire and EMSHealth and human services
    An emergency medical services agreement with Alliance under its tailored plan.
  3. 8.g Approval of Media Two Interactive, LLC Agreement
    Contract or award Contracts and procurement
    An agreement with Media Two Interactive, LLC.
  4. 8.h Approval of FY 2026-27 Contract with Elsewhere Idea & Design Shop, Inc.
    Contract or award Budget and appropriationsContracts and procurement
    A fiscal year 2026-27 contract with Elsewhere Idea & Design Shop, Inc.
  5. 8.i Opioid Settlement Funding Request and Approval of an Amended Spending Authorization Resolution and Budget Amendment #2-A
    Resolution Budget and appropriationsDrugs and addictionGrants and outside fundingHealth and human services
    A funding request against the county's opioid settlement money, with an amended spending authorization resolution and a matching budget amendment.
  6. 8.j Approval to Reallocate Returned Community Climate Action Grant Funds to the FY 2026-2027 Grant Cycle
    Resolution Environment and sustainabilityGrants and outside funding
    Moving climate action grant money that was returned unspent into the 2026-27 grant cycle.
  7. 8.k Approval of a Professional Services Contract with Timmons Group for the Performance of Special Inspections Services During the Construction of the Crisis Diversion Facility
    Contract or award Contracts and procurementHealth and human servicesPublic facilities
    A professional services contract with Timmons Group for special inspections during construction of the Crisis Diversion Facility, the building being named for Commissioner Bedford earlier in the same meeting.
  8. 9 County Manager's Report
    Staff or committee report Appointments and personnelComprehensive plan
    Ahead: a 10 September work session on the FY 2025-26 strategic plan progress report, a draft strategic communications and civic partnership plan, and upcoming board appointments; then a half-day retreat on 14 September on the Orange County Land Use Plan 2050.
  9. 10 County Attorney's Report
    Staff or committee report
    The county attorney's report.
  10. 11.a Updating BOCC Boards and Commissions Assignments for 2026
    Appointment Appointments and personnel
    Updating which commissioner sits on which board or commission for 2026.
  11. 12 Information Items
    Staff or committee report Broadband and technologyTax rate and revaluation
    The follow-up actions list from the 25 August meeting, three tax collector's reports, the tax assessor's releases and refunds under $100, and a memorandum on the broadband project.
  12. 13 Closed Session
    Closed session
    Closed session.
  13. 14 Adjournment
    Procedural
    Adjournment.

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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