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.
It’s almost budget season for local government, and several boards are continuing that discussion this week: Orange County Commissioners will meet with the county’s two school boards on Thursday, while the Durham City Council hears from the public. The budget’s not on the agenda for the Chapel Hill Town Council this week, but development is: council members will discuss proposals for apartment buildings and mixed-use projects on Elliott Road and MLK Boulevard – as well as a prominent spot in the heart of downtown.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
Orange County Commissioners meet twice this week. First, the board will convene for their regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, with an agenda that includes an update on the Greene Tract and a look ahead at transportation priorities through the year 2035. Then on Thursday, March 9, the board will reconvene at 7 p.m. for a joint meeting with the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school boards, in advance of the coming budget discussion. Click here for links to both agendas.
The Orange County School Board also meets twice this week: in addition to Thursday’s meeting with county commissioners, the board will also hold its regular meeting on Monday, March 6. After a closed session at 6 p.m., the board will convene in open session at 7:00 for a work session on topics ranging from upcoming capital investment to next year’s academic calendar – as well as land banking for future school construction. Get the full agenda here.
Like county commissioners, the Carrboro Town Council also meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 7. This week, the council will appoint members to three town boards and vote to accept a grant to add a social worker to the Carrboro police department. Get the full agenda at this link.
And the Chapel Hill Town Council meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8. Like county commissioners, council members will also get an update on the Greene Tract, but that’s only part of a long agenda. The council will also discuss the ongoing plan to develop a new Municipal Service Center; they’ll hear plans for new apartment buildings on MLK Boulevard and South Elliott Road; and they’ll reopen the discussion of a proposed seven-story multiuse building on the corner of Rosemary and Columbia Streets. Click here for the full agenda.
Chatham and Durham Counties
Chatham County Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, March 6. This week’s top agenda item is a discussion of the ongoing process of developing a new Unified Development Ordinance for the county. Get the full agenda at this link.
Durham County Commissioners also meet on Monday, March 6, at 9 a.m. in commissioners’ chambers. Commissioners will review results of last year’s resident survey; they’ll hear presentations on gun safety and creating community “mental well-being hubs”; and they’ll discuss local and regional transit and transportation. Click here for the full agenda.
The Durham City Council meets twice this week, at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 6, and then again at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 9. The top agenda item is Thursday: a public hearing on next year’s budget and the city’s five-year capital improvement plan. Get the agendas for both meetings at this link.
Finally, the Durham Public Schools board of education meets twice the week: a special meeting at 5:30 on Tuesday, March 7, followed by a work session at 5:30 on Thursday, March 9. The agendas for those meetings have not yet been made public, but will be available at this link.
Photo via the Town of Chapel Hill.
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