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Board of Commissioners — Work Session

Wake County · Board of Commissioners
Monday, September 14, 2026 at 2:00 pm · Wake County Justice Center

Work session Budget and appropriationsHealth and human servicesHousing and affordabilityPublic facilitiesRezoningState legislative agendaTax rate and revaluation

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What's on this agenda

Commissioners open the work session with the schematic design for a new $214 million campus at the Wake County Office Park, combining General Services, Library Administration and Corporate Training space with a three-tier parking deck. The board is set to vote on the design at its September 21 meeting.

The board also revisits its priorities for the 2027-2028 legislative session, weighing pending state bills that would cap property tax increases and shift SNAP administrative costs onto the county, and returns to retreat discussions on a possible new strategic-plan goal for aging services.

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Agenda items (6)

Procedural · 3Discussion item · 3
  1. Call Meeting to Order
    Procedural
  2. 16-7383 Agenda
    Procedural
  3. 16-7382 Legislative Advocacy: Recapping 2025/2026, Priorities for 2027/2028
    Discussion item Budget and appropriationsState legislative agendaTax rate and revaluation
    Commissioners review how the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions affected the county and set priorities for 2027 and 2028. Pending state bills discussed include one capping property tax increases through a November 2026 ballot measure and one shifting SNAP administrative costs to counties, which the presentation estimates at roughly $3 million a year for Wake.
  4. 16-7384 Schematic Design for New Office Park Campus
    Discussion item Budget and appropriationsPublic facilitiesRezoning
    Architects present the schematic design for a new General Services, Library Administration and Corporate Training campus at the Wake County Office Park, with a total project cost of $214 million through fiscal 2029. The design cuts about 19,400 square feet and 544 parking spaces from the March 2026 plan, and the board is scheduled to vote on approval September 21.
  5. 16-7385 Wake County Strategic Plan: Continuation of Retreat Discussions
    Discussion item Health and human servicesHousing and affordability
    Commissioners continue retreat discussion of the county's strategic plan, weighing a possible new goal for aging services. Wake is among the fastest-growing counties in the country for residents 65 and older, and staff have drafted goal language to raise, by 2029, the share of seniors who report having the resources to live independently.
  6. Adjourn
    Procedural

Agenda changes

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