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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.

14
meetings in the window
173
agenda items
243
items tagged with a topic
35
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. 9 summarized meetings are waiting to be folded in.

Most active topics

Agenda items per topic in City of Durham, past 12 months.

Ranked bar chart of the 12 busiest topics. Water and sewer leads with 25 agenda items, 10 percent of everything tagged in the window. The same numbers appear in the topics table below.

Water and sewer25Contracts and procurement18Housing and affordability18Grants and outside funding16Public facilities16Appointments and personnel15Annexation14Rezoning14Roads and transportation14Budget and appropriations12Health and human services10Parks and recreation7

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.

Water and sewer
25
Contracts and procurement
18
Housing and affordability
18
Grants and outside funding
16
Public facilities
16
Appointments and personnel
15
Annexation
14
Rezoning
14

All topics

Every topic seen in the window, with its share of tagged agenda items
TopicAreaItemsShareMeetings
Water and sewer Infrastructure 25 10% browse
Contracts and procurement Money 18 7% browse
Housing and affordability Land use 18 7% browse
Grants and outside funding Money 16 6% browse
Public facilities Infrastructure 16 6% browse
Appointments and personnel Governance 15 6% browse
Annexation Land use 14 5% browse
Rezoning Land use 14 5% browse
Roads and transportation Infrastructure 14 5% browse
Budget and appropriations Money 12 4% browse
Health and human services Services 10 4% browse
Parks and recreation Services 7 2% browse
Transit Infrastructure 7 2% browse
Environment and sustainability Services 6 2% browse
Intergovernmental agreements Governance 6 2% browse
Stormwater and flooding Infrastructure 6 2% browse
Land conversion and large development Land use 5 2% browse
Police and public safety Services 5 2% browse
Historic preservation Land use 4 1% browse
Fire and EMS Services 3 1% browse
Solid waste and recycling Infrastructure 3 1% browse
Zoning text amendment Land use 3 1% browse
Bonds and debt Money 2 0% browse
Economic development incentives Money 2 0% browse
Equity and inclusion Governance 2 0% browse
Broadband and technology Infrastructure 1 0% browse
Civil rights and nondiscrimination Governance 1 0% browse
Comprehensive plan Land use 1 0% browse
Data centers and large loads Land use 1 0% browse
Elections and districts Governance 1 0% browse
Faith and cultural communities Services 1 0% browse
Farmland and open space Land use 1 0% browse
Fees and utility rates Money 1 0% browse
Schools and education Services 1 0% browse
State legislative agenda Governance 1 0% browse