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 may represent the busiest slate of local government meetings remaining in 2023. Between regularly-schedule meetings for the second week in a month, and others rescheduled due to Election Day in the prior week, there’s a flurry of action as elected officials are trying to knock out projects and items before an holiday week and extended winter break.
The 2022-2023 Chapel Hill Town Council. (Photo via the Town of Chapel Hill.)
Orange County
Monday began with two local government meetings in Orange County — with one being of elected leaders who don’t often meeting at the beginning of the week. The Chapel Hill Town Council held a work session at the Chapel Hill Public Library, largely focused on discussing updates around its Land Use Management Ordinance and an assessment of its advisory boards and commissions’ roles in providing feedback. Video of the meeting can be watched here. The town council is set to meet again on Wednesday, and its agenda includes discussion on whether extending water and sewer services to the southern part of Chapel Hill is feasible. Find those materials here.
Meanwhile, the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners met like normal on Monday night. The group passed a resolution to adopt the “Vision Zero” pledge that says the town will use pedestrian and bicycle safety policies to eliminate traffic fatalities and series injuries by 2040. The board also passed an Arbor Day proclamation and the event permit for Hillsborough’s 2023 holiday parade and tree lighting in its consent agenda. The full meeting can be watched on the town’s YouTube page.
On Tuesday, the Orange County Board of Commissioners will meet in the Southern Human Services Center for a regular business meeting — the board’s first time in the facility in nearly four years. Among its other items, the commissioners will receive reports on Medicaid expansion for county residents and details from a recent multi-modal corridor plan for U.S. 70. The full agenda can be found here. Similarly, the Carrboro Town Council will meet like it regularly does on Tuesday evening. The elected body will hear final recommendations from Carrboro’s Community Safety Task Force, plus discuss an affordable housing component of the subdivision at 904 Homestead Road and hear a first quarter budget update. The full agenda can be found here and looking for Tuesday’s date.
Lastly, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education is set to meet on Thursday night. Board members are expected to vote on a financial audit for the end of the past fiscal year, plus new and revised course proposals for students. Superintendent Nyah Hamlett will also provide reports on a recent assessment of the high school schedule and an audit of curriculum and instruction. The agenda for the meeting at the Lincoln Center can be found here.
Chatham and Durham Counties
One week after holding a work session, the Durham County Commissioners held a regular business meeting on Monday night. But this latest meeting was much shorter, lasting only 24 minutes as the board considered agenda adjustments, an extensive consent agenda of financial items, and a recognition of a statewide proclamation of Family Caregiver Month. The meeting video and agenda can be found here.
South in Chatham County, the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners also met on Monday — and held a much longer meeting due to a variety of public hearings. The town board continued the public hearing on the Turkey Creek Conditional Rezoning Request while it opened the hearings on Reeves Farm Conditional Zoning Request, Chatham Park’s potential annexation of 1,455 acres and several other projects. Plus, the Pittsboro commissioners heard updates on a Boys & Girls club local initiative and health insurance information for the elected officials. Watch the full meeting on the Town of Pittsboro’s YouTube page.
Photo via the Town of Chapel Hill.
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