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.
Budget season continues this week in local government. Orange County Commissioners and the Pittsboro town board will hold public hearings on their respective budget proposals; Durham County and the town of Hillsborough will get their proposals for the first time; and the Chatham County school board will hold a vote on their own budget – which will also require approval from county commissioners. But the board that’s spending the most time together this week isn’t focusing much on the budget at all: the Chapel Hill Town Council meets on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, with agendas that include the search for a new town manager and a master plan for Parks & Recreation.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners meets at 7 p.m. Monday, May 12. Town manager Eric Peterson will deliver his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, and the board will hold a public hearing on plans to borrow $4.5 million to renovate the town’s 86 North facility. Town commissioners also meet jointly with the Hillsborough Planning Board at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, with an agenda that includes public hearings on housing density and a proposed 333-unit housing development off Route 70. Click here for links to both agendas.
The Carrboro Town Council has a work session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 13. Only two items on the agenda: council members will discuss the latest draft of the Downtown Area Plan and get an update on efforts to update the town’s Unified Development Ordinance. Get the full agenda here.
Orange County Commissioners meet twice this week: Tuesday, May 13, at 7 p.m. in the Southern Human Services Center, and Thursday, May 15, also at 7 p.m. in the Whitted Building. Both meetings are budget-focused: Tuesday’s meeting features a public hearing on County Manager Travis Myren’s budget proposal; Thursday’s meeting is a budget work session. Get links to both agendas here.
Not to be outdone, the Chapel Hill Town Council actually meets three times this week. Their regular meeting is Wednesday, May 14, at 6 p.m. in the Chapel Hill Public Library; council members will get updates on the town’s staff pay structure and the town’s master plan for Parks and Recreation. The council also meets Tuesday, May 13, at 5 p.m. in the library to follow up on a retreat – and then again Friday, May 16, at 2:30 p.m. in Town Hall for a closed-session discussion on the search for a new town manager. Click here for links to all three agendas.
And the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Board members will vote on a food-service contract for the upcoming school year, as well as a plan for the district’s AIG (Academically/Intellectually Gifted) program. Get the full agenda here.
Chatham and Durham Counties
The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners meets at 6 p.m. Monday, May 12. Board members will hold a public hearing on next year’s budget; they’ll consider a Downtown Work Plan for the upcoming fiscal year; and town manager Jonathan Franklin will present his recommended 8-year capital improvement plan. Click here for the full agenda.
The Chatham County school board meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 12. Tops on their agenda: board members will likely vote on a $53.3 million budget for next year, which is up 3.8 percent from the current school year. Get the full agenda at this link.
Finally, Durham County Commissioners meet twice this week. Their regular meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday, May 12: county manager Claudia Odom-Hager will present her budget recommendation for the next fiscal year.
Click here for a link to the full agenda.
County commissioners also meet jointly with the Durham school board on Tuesday, May 13, to discuss the school district’s budget request. Get a link to the agenda here.
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