This series of posts will be made weekly on Chapelboro to help inform our community about local government meetings. All meeting days, locations and times may be subject to change. Check town, county, and school district websites for additional information.
This week in local government: Orange County Commissioners discuss the outcome of last year’s property revaluation; Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools superintendent Rodney Trice unveils his budget proposal for next year; and Durham County Commissioners hear a proposal for a townhome project in the northeastern part of the county. Also, the Durham City Council gets public feedback on next year’s budget, and Chatham County officials get together to discuss future growth – and how that will affect the schools.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
Orange County Commissioners meet Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in the Whitted Building in Hillsborough. Commissioners will discuss their legislative priorities for this year’s short session of the North Carolina General Assembly, and they’ll receive a final report on the outcome of appeals from last year’s contentious property revaluation. Click here for the full agenda.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 5, to receive Superintendent Rodney Trice’s budget recommendation for the upcoming year. The full agenda will be available at this link.
Chatham and Durham Counties
Chatham County Commissioners are meeting jointly with the Chatham school board Monday, March 2, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Central Services meeting rooms in Pittsboro. Board members will look ahead at future growth in Chatham County (including Chatham Park) and how county government and the school district can plan now to accommodate that growth. Get the full agenda here.
The Durham City Council meets twice this week: their regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 2, followed by a work session at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5. Monday’s agenda is light, but Thursday’s work session features several key items: the council will hold a public hearing on next year’s budget and 5-year capital improvement plan; they’ll hear a presentation on the city’s wastewater system capacity; and they’ll receive a report on the implementation of the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project. Click here for links to both agendas.
And Durham County Commissioners hold a work session at 9 a.m. Monday, March 2. Commissioners will discuss an annexation request to build 190 new townhomes off Cheek Road in northeast Durham, and they’ll hear presentations on capital improvement, environmental sustainability efforts, and economic development, with a focus on future upgrades to the county’s utilities infrastructure. Click here for the full agenda.
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