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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.

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meetings in the window
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agenda items
562
items tagged with a topic
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topics seen

The story so far

Hillsborough adopted a 60-day data center moratorium on 27 May and extended it to a full year on 22 June, under a state law that gives a town twelve months to study a use before regulating it. No application prompted it.

On 24 November the board began shrinking the urban services boundary, citing wastewater capacity and Falls Lake nutrient limits. In August it authorized water and sewer for the Orange County Crisis Diversion Facility, a 16-room mental health hospital on Waterstone Drive.

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The board adopted its 2027 budget on 8 June and took a draft affordable housing strategy on 24 August. Of two rezonings heard jointly on 19 February, 202 Holiday Park Road passed and 715 US Highway 70 East, a 67-unit multifamily conversion, was tabled.

The Tourism Board held a hearing on its fiscal 2027 budget, which the food and beverage tax funds.

Drawn from 59 summarized meetings, last revised 8 days ago.

Most active topics

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

Ranked bar chart of the 12 busiest topics. Budget and appropriations leads with 84 agenda items, 14 percent of everything tagged in the window. The same numbers appear in the topics table below.

Budget and appropriations84Parks and recreation54Environment and sustainab…47Historic preservation47Appointments and personnel35Water and sewer30Grants and outside funding26Housing and affordability21Police and public safety15Rezoning15Zoning text amendment15Intergovernmental agreeme…14

All topics

Every topic seen in the window, with its share of tagged agenda items
TopicAreaItemsShareMeetings
Budget and appropriations Money 84 14% browse
Parks and recreation Services 54 9% browse
Environment and sustainability Services 47 8% browse
Historic preservation Land use 47 8% browse
Appointments and personnel Governance 35 6% browse
Water and sewer Infrastructure 30 5% browse
Grants and outside funding Money 26 4% browse
Housing and affordability Land use 21 3% browse
Police and public safety Services 15 2% browse
Rezoning Land use 15 2% browse
Zoning text amendment Land use 15 2% browse
Intergovernmental agreements Governance 14 2% browse
Public facilities Infrastructure 14 2% browse
Contracts and procurement Money 13 2% browse
Arts and public art Services 11 1% browse
Faith and cultural communities Services 10 1% browse
Health and human services Services 10 1% browse
Roads and transportation Infrastructure 10 1% browse
Stormwater and flooding Infrastructure 10 1% browse
Data centers and large loads Land use 9 1% browse
Schools and education Services 9 1% browse
Tax rate and revaluation Money 8 1% browse
Broadband and technology Infrastructure 7 1% browse
Land conversion and large development Land use 7 1% browse
Annexation Land use 6 1% browse
Subdivision and site plans Land use 6 1% browse
Comprehensive plan Land use 5 0% browse
Elections and districts Governance 5 0% browse
Litigation and settlements Governance 4 0% browse
Civil rights and nondiscrimination Governance 3 0% browse
Fees and utility rates Money 3 0% browse
Bonds and debt Money 2 0% browse
Homelessness and shelter Services 2 0% browse
Economic development incentives Money 1 0% browse
Fire and EMS Services 1 0% browse
LGBTQ+ policy Governance 1 0% browse
State legislative agenda Governance 1 0% browse
Surveillance and cameras Governance 1 0% browse