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Board of Commissioners — Special Meeting

Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
Monday, October 5, 2026 at 3:00 pm · Historic Courthouse Courtroom

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Chatham County commissioners decide Monday evening on a special use permit for Lockley Holdings, which wants to extend its contractor's storage yard onto 3.9 acres of pasture at 1656 Campbell Road in Bear Creek. The company withdrew a heavy industrial rezoning of the whole 10-acre tract in 2025 after neighbors objected. Five residents spoke against this narrower request at the June hearing, citing noise from steel materials and semi-truck traffic at the Vernie Phillips Road turn. Staff find all five required findings met. The board also takes up a policy for moving remains from abandoned cemeteries, which the county has never had.

The 3 p.m. session opens with a staff presentation on how to choose a new county attorney, because the current one plans to step down. The board then goes into closed session on ECO TIP West LLC v. Chatham County. The evening consent agenda approves the space needs study and master plan for a future government campus on 277 acres near US 64 West and Renaissance Drive. It also approves a parking deal with Pittsboro for Lewis Freeman Park and a $55,249 contract change on Parker's Ridge Park that does not raise the project's total cost.

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  1. Special Session - 3:00 PM - Historic Courthouse Courtroom
  2. CALL TO ORDER
  3. SPECIAL PRESENTATION
  4. 26-0578Vote to adopt a resolution recognizing the Friends of the Library Gro…
  5. 26-0579Vote to adopt a resolution recognizing Operation Green Light for Vete…
  6. RECESS
  7. BOARD PRIORITIES
  8. 26-0583Receive a presentation on the options for the selection of a county a…
  9. CLOSED SESSION
  10. 26-0581Vote to go into closed session pursuant to § 143-318.11(a)(3) to cons…
  11. 26-0587Vote to go into closed session pursuant to § 143-318.11(a)(3) to cons…
  12. End of Work Session
  13. RECESS
  14. Special Session - 6:00 PM - Historic Courthouse Courtroom
  15. CALL TO ORDER
  16. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
  17. 26-0582Vote to adopt the interlocal resolution approving the Memorandum of U…
  18. 26-0592Vote to adopt a resolution certifying Chatham Transit Network as the…
  19. 26-0569Vote to approve the Chatham County Space Needs Study and Master Plan…
  20. 26-0584Vote to appoint Philip Daniels as requested by the Town of Pittsboro…
  21. 26-0585Vote to appoint Cassandra Shirlle Lee as an ETJ member of the Town of…
  22. 26-0573Vote to accept $2,081 in additional Maternal Health funds from NC DHH…
  23. 26-0577Vote to approve an a contract amendment with Frank L. Blum Constructi…
  24. End of Consent Agenda
  25. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION
  26. 26-0580The Public Comment Session is held to give residents an opportunity t…
  27. BOARD PRIORITIES
  28. 26-0574Vote to approve a quasi-judicial request by Lockley Holdings, LLC for…
  29. 26-0576Receive a presentation and adopt a resolution approving the Chatham C…
  30. ADJOURNMENT

Agenda items (30)

Procedural · 16Consent agenda · 7Proclamation or recognition · 2Closed session · 2Presentation · 1Other · 1Resolution · 1
  1. Special Session - 3:00 PM - Historic Courthouse Courtroom
    Procedural
  2. CALL TO ORDER
    Procedural
  3. SPECIAL PRESENTATION
    Procedural
  4. 26-0578 Vote to adopt a resolution recognizing the Friends of the Library Groups
    Proclamation or recognition
    A resolution recognizing the county's Friends of the Library groups.
  5. 26-0579 Vote to adopt a resolution recognizing Operation Green Light for Veterans for November 2 through 11, 2026
    Proclamation or recognition
    A resolution recognizing Operation Green Light for Veterans, 2 to 11 November 2026.
  6. RECESS
    Procedural
  7. BOARD PRIORITIES
    Procedural
  8. 26-0583 Receive a presentation on the options for the selection of a county attorney
    Presentation Appointments and personnel
    The current county attorney plans to leave the post, and staff present the options for selecting a successor. No vote is scheduled.
  9. CLOSED SESSION
    Procedural
  10. 26-0581 Vote to go into closed session pursuant to § 143-318.11(a)(3) to consult with an attorney retained by the County in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege
    Closed session
    Closed session to consult with the county's attorney.
  11. 26-0587 Vote to go into closed session pursuant to § 143-318.11(a)(3) to consult with an attorney retained by the County in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege and to consider and give instructions to an attorney concerning the handling or settlement of ECO TIP West LLC v. Chatham County
    Closed session Litigation and settlements
    Closed session to instruct the county's attorney on handling or settling ECO TIP West LLC v. Chatham County.
  12. End of Work Session
    Procedural
  13. RECESS
    Procedural
  14. Special Session - 6:00 PM - Historic Courthouse Courtroom
    Procedural
  15. CALL TO ORDER
    Procedural
  16. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
    Procedural
  1. End of Consent Agenda
    Procedural
  2. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION
    Procedural
  3. 26-0580 The Public Comment Session is held to give residents an opportunity to speak on any item. The session is no more than thirty minutes long to allow as many as possible to speak. Speakers are limited to no more than three minutes each and may not give their time to another speaker. Speakers are asked to sign up in advance. Comments are always welcome in writing
    Procedural
    Up to 30 minutes of public comment on any subject, three minutes per speaker.
  4. BOARD PRIORITIES
    Procedural
  5. 26-0574 Vote to approve a quasi-judicial request by Lockley Holdings, LLC for a Special Use Permit for a contractor’s storage yard and staging area on parcel 9390, located at 1656 Campbell Road, Bear Creek, NC, being an area of 3.9 acres out of the 10.02-acre tract
    Other Rezoning
    Lockley Holdings seeks a special use permit to extend its steel fabrication laydown yard onto 3.9 acres of a 10.02-acre R-1 tract at 1656 Campbell Road, beside the heavy industrial parcel where it operates now. The board held the evidentiary hearing on 15 June, when five neighbors opposed it over noise and truck traffic. The applicant's two expert witnesses testified that property values and traffic would not be harmed, and staff find the five required findings met.
    • 1656 Campbell Rd · no matching parcel on file
  6. 26-0576 Receive a presentation and adopt a resolution approving the Chatham County Abandoned Cemetery Disinterment and Reinterment Policy
    Resolution Health and human servicesHistoric preservation
    A first county policy for requests under GS 65-106 to move remains from abandoned graves in unincorporated Chatham County. It sets out notice to next of kin and the public, archaeological review where needed, and board approval. Applicants pay all costs.
  7. ADJOURNMENT
    Procedural

Agenda changes

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