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.
With the holidays fast approaching, it’s a busy week in local government as town and county boards look to wrap up their business for the fall. In Carrboro, the town council will consider a Downtown Area Plan, while the Durham City Council hears a presentation on their own downtown plans. Chatham County Commissioners will hear a state-of-the-county report for 2025, while Orange County Commissioners look ahead to the next 25 years. And Orange County’s two school boards will tackle several critical issues – including financial health and sustainability, as well as the use (and abuse) of AI in education.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
The Carrboro Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 18. Tops on this week’s agenda: council members will consider approving a Downtown Area Plan. (An earlier scheduled vote on the plan was postponed to give residents more time to read and comment on the 171-page document.)
Click here to read the proposed Downtown Area Plan in full.
Also on Tuesday, the council will hear a report on the town’s partnership with the Center for Policing Equity, and they’ll consider annexing 37 acres of land along Old NC-86 for the Jade Creek development. Get the full agenda here.
Orange County Commissioners meet twice this week. Their regular meeting is Tuesday, November 18, at 7 p.m. in the Southern Human Services Center, with an agenda that includes future bus rapid transit in Chapel Hill and a proposed 49-lot subdivision along NC-86 north of Hillsborough Then the board will reconvene Friday, November 21, at 1 p.m. in the Whitted Building for a mini-retreat on the county’s 2050 Land Use Plan. Click here for links to both agendas.
The Chapel Hill Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 19. Council members will consider a proposal to modify plans for a housing development at 146 Stancell Drive along NC-54, to allow fewer affordable units in exchange for a contribution to the town’s affordable housing fund. The council will also consider amendments to the town’s Land Use Management Ordinance, primarily to streamline the process of reviewing and approving development applications – including amendments to ease parking requirements and make it easier to subdivide individual lots. Click here for a link to the full agenda.
The Orange County school board meets Monday, November 17, at 7 p.m. in the Whitted Building. This week’s agenda includes a work session on AI in the schools, plus updates on school nutrition and YMCA afterschool programs. Read the full agenda here.
And the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 20. Board members will consider a budget resolution for the current fiscal year and a financial audit from the previous fiscal year; superintendent Rodney Trice will also provide an update on sustainability efforts. Click here for the full agenda.
Chatham and Durham Counties
Chatham County Commissioners meet Monday, November 17, in the Pittsboro courthouse. After a 2 p.m. work session, the board will reconvene at 6:00 for their regular meeting; board chair Karen Howard will deliver the annual State of the County report and the board will hold a public hearing on a proposed seven-year Capital Improvements Plan. (County commissioners will then reconvene at 9 a.m. Tuesday, November 18, for a work session on that plan.) Click here for links to both agendas.
The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, to consider an application from the Haw River Christian Academy for a K-12 Christian charter school. Click here for the full agenda.
Finally, the Durham City Council meets twice this week, at 7 p.m. Monday, November 17, and again at 1 p.m. Thursday, November 20. Monday’s meeting includes a public hearing on a request to close Hayti Lane east of Old Fayetteville Street; Thursday’s work session includes a presentation on a 10-year blueprint for Downtown Durham. Click here for links to both agendas.
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