NC govwatch

What local government has been working on

Every agenda item collected over the past 12 months, tagged against one shared topic list so a rezoning in Apex counts the same as a rezoning in Cary. Counts are agenda items, not meetings.

198
meetings in the window
686
agenda items
476
items tagged with a topic
32
topics seen

No written rollup yet. The counts below come straight from the tagged agenda items and stand on their own; the narrative appears once the summarization worker has run. 2 summarized meetings are waiting to be folded in.

Most active topics

Agenda items per topic in Town of Cary, past 12 months.

Ranked bar chart of the 12 busiest topics. Rezoning leads with 64 agenda items, 13 percent of everything tagged in the window. The same numbers appear in the topics table below.

Rezoning64Parks and recreation53Budget and appropriations46Annexation42Stormwater and flooding31Roads and transportation30Fire and EMS28Contracts and procurement23Grants and outside funding21Land conversion and large…18Public facilities18Transit16

Month by month

Each topic is drawn on its own scale, so a small topic's shape stays readable next to a large one. The number is the window total.

Rezoning
64
Parks and recreation
53
Budget and appropriations
46
Annexation
42
Stormwater and flooding
31
Roads and transportation
30
Fire and EMS
28
Contracts and procurement
23

All topics

Every topic seen in the window, with its share of tagged agenda items
TopicAreaItemsShareMeetings
Rezoning Land use 64 13% browse
Parks and recreation Services 53 11% browse
Budget and appropriations Money 46 9% browse
Annexation Land use 42 8% browse
Stormwater and flooding Infrastructure 31 6% browse
Roads and transportation Infrastructure 30 6% browse
Fire and EMS Services 28 5% browse
Contracts and procurement Money 23 4% browse
Grants and outside funding Money 21 4% browse
Land conversion and large development Land use 18 3% browse
Public facilities Infrastructure 18 3% browse
Transit Infrastructure 16 3% browse
Bonds and debt Money 13 2% browse
Elections and districts Governance 11 2% browse
Water and sewer Infrastructure 10 2% browse
Comprehensive plan Land use 7 1% browse
Police and public safety Services 6 1% browse
Faith and cultural communities Services 5 1% browse
Intergovernmental agreements Governance 5 1% browse
Appointments and personnel Governance 3 0% browse
Broadband and technology Infrastructure 3 0% browse
Data centers and large loads Land use 3 0% browse
Litigation and settlements Governance 3 0% browse
Schools and education Services 3 0% browse
Civil rights and nondiscrimination Governance 2 0% browse
Equity and inclusion Governance 2 0% browse
Health and human services Services 2 0% browse
Historic preservation Land use 2 0% browse
Solid waste and recycling Infrastructure 2 0% browse
Zoning text amendment Land use 2 0% browse
Economic development incentives Money 1 0% browse
Environment and sustainability Services 1 0% browse