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 is a busy one for the Chapel Hill Town Council, with two meetings in a three-day stretch and packed agendas for both. Beyond that, most local government boards have lighter agendas – but Orange County Commissioners will continue their discussion of school safety, and the Carrboro Town Council will keep tackling affordable housing.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
The Chapel Hill Town Council has meetings scheduled on Monday and Wednesday. On Monday, November 14, the council will meet in the Chapel Hill Public Library; after a closed session at 5 p.m., council members will gather in open session at 6:30. On the agenda: the council will get an update on the town’s five-year budget strategy; they’ll hear a presentation on stormwater regulations; and they’ll work to develop a master plan for replacing Chapel Hill fire stations.
Then on Wednesday, November 16, the Town Council will reconvene at 7 p.m. in Town Hall, with a long agenda that includes a request to increase funding for construction of the Rosemary Street parking garage, a proposed funding plan for affordable housing, and a possible affordable-housing amendment to the town’s Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO). Council members will also hear a resident’s request to turn the entire former American Legion property into a public park, and they’ll appoint UNC student Cortland Gilliam as the town’s next poet laureate.
Click here for links to the agendas for both Chapel Hill Town Council meetings.
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners meets on Monday, November 14, at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. Commissioners will get an update on Orange County’s transit plan, consider a pair of annexation requests, and look ahead to their work session later this month. Click here for the board’s full agenda.
Orange County Commissioners meet on Tuesday, November 15, at 7 p.m. in the Whitted Building. Commissioners will discuss next steps for the county’s new task force on school safety, and they’ll receive a report from the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness. Click here for the full agenda.
The Carrboro Town Council also meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, in Carrboro Town Hall. The council will get an update on affordable housing and discuss whether to apply for federal funds for various transportation projects. Get the full agenda at this link.
And the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board meets at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 17. The agenda for the meeting had not been posted as of Sunday, but it will be available at this link.
Chatham and Durham Counties
The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners is holding a work session on Monday, November 14, at 7 p.m. in the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center. The bulk of the meeting will be devoted to a discussion of the town’s water and sewer systems. Get the full agenda here.
Durham County Commissioners meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 14. Their agenda is light, but it does include a vote to adopt a new interlocal transit agreement with the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority. Click here for the full agenda.
And the Durham Public School Board is meeting Thursday, November 17, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda for the meeting had not been posted as of Sunday, but will be available at this link.
Photo via the Town of Chapel Hill.
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