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Board of Commissioners — Special Meeting Agenda Between the Town of Siler City Board of Commissioners and the Chatham County Board of Commissioners

Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
Monday, September 22, 2025 at 6:00 pm · Siler City Center for Active Living located at 112 Village Lake Road in Siler City

Special or emergency meeting Drugs and addictionHealth and human servicesParks and recreationPublic facilitiesTax rate and revaluationTransit

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What was decided

  1. Received 25-0429Receive a presentation on 2024 Chatham County Health Community Assessment received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  2. Received 25-0485Receive a presentation from Siler City Parks and Recreation received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  3. Received 25-0488Receive an overview of Chatham Transit services and future initiatives received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  4. Received 25-0486Receive a presentation about the Siler City Main Street Program received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  5. Received 25-0487Receive an update on the Chatham County low-income tax program received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.

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

Chatham County's Board of Commissioners and the Siler City Board of Commissioners held a joint special meeting for five informational updates: the 2024 Chatham County Community Health Assessment, a Siler City Parks and Recreation overview, a Chatham Transit briefing on a proposed micro transit pilot, an update on Siler City's Main Street revitalization program, and a rundown of the county's low-income property tax relief program. No votes were taken on any of the substantive items; each was received and filed.

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Meeting recap

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

Public health staff presented the 2024 Community Health Assessment, covering key findings, community priorities, youth activities, health care access, and substance use treatment; commissioners asked questions and thanked the presenters. Siler City's parks and recreation director gave an overview of the town's facilities and programming. Chatham Transit's executive director described a proposed micro transit pilot, an on-demand service bridging fixed-route buses and ride-hailing apps, that would put two vehicles in Siler City and one in Pittsboro running six days a week, and shared cost estimates. A Siler City planner updated the boards on the town's North Carolina Main Street program, including an upcoming kickoff event. The county manager explained the Low-Income Tax Relief Program, a $200,000 fund offering up to $500 in property tax assistance to qualifying residents who have owned and lived in their home at least five years, are current on taxes, and earn at or under 80% of the area median income. Both boards adjourned with separate unanimous votes.

How the votes went

No votes were taken on the substantive presentations, all of which were received and filed. Each board separately and unanimously approved a motion to adjourn.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (11)

Procedural · 6Presentation · 3Other · 2
  1. CALL TO ORDER - Siler City
    Procedural
  2. CALL TO ORDER - Chatham County
    Procedural
  3. INVOCATION and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
    Procedural
  4. BOARD PRIORITIES
    Procedural
  5. 25-0429 Receive a presentation on 2024 Chatham County Health Community Assessment
    Presentation Drugs and addictionHealth and human services
    Public health staff presented the 2024 Community Health Assessment's key findings, community priorities, and strategic plan for youth activities, health care access, and substance use treatment.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  6. 25-0485 Receive a presentation from Siler City Parks and Recreation
    Presentation Parks and recreation
    Siler City's parks and recreation director gave an overview of the town's facilities and programming.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  7. 25-0488 Receive an overview of Chatham Transit services and future initiatives
    Other Transit
    Chatham Transit's executive director described a proposed on-demand micro transit pilot that would place two vehicles in Siler City and one in Pittsboro, running six days a week, and shared cost estimates.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  8. 25-0486 Receive a presentation about the Siler City Main Street Program
    Presentation Public facilities
    A Siler City planner updated the boards on the town's North Carolina Main Street revitalization program, including an upcoming kickoff event.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  9. 25-0487 Receive an update on the Chatham County low-income tax program
    Other Tax rate and revaluation
    The county manager described the Low-Income Tax Relief Program, a $200,000 fund offering up to $500 in property tax assistance to qualifying residents who have owned and lived in their home at least five years and earn at or under 80% of the area median income.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  10. ADJOURNMENT - Siler City
    Procedural
    A motion was made by Commissioner Lewis Fadely, seconded by Commissioner Curtis Brown, that the Siler City meeting was adjourned. The motion was unanimously approved.
  11. ADJOURNMENT - Chatham County
    Procedural
    adjourned · Pass · A motion was made by Vice Chair Katie Kenlan, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the meeting was adjourned. The motion carried by the following vote:

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