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.

Orange County Commissioners get the spotlight this week in local government, with an agenda that includes an update on plans to regulate data centers – as well as a presentation on last year’s property revaluation, which drew significant pushback from residents. Also this week, the Carrboro Town Council will consider a subscription-based town-wide composting program, which would be the first of its kind in North Carolina – and the Chapel Hill Town Council will consider plans for a new fire station (and dozens of new affordable housing units) on Weaver Dairy Road Extension.

Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.

Orange County

Orange County Commissioners meet Tuesday, October 6, at 7 p.m. in the Whitted Building. Commissioners will get the final results of an audit on last year’s controversial property revaluation; they’ll also get an update from staff on their work to develop a long-term ordinance governing data centers in Orange County. Read the full agenda here.

The Carrboro Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 6. Council members will consider launching a town-wide curbside composting service, in conjunction with a Raleigh-based company called CompostNow; it would be the first of its kind in North Carolina. Click here for the full agenda, which also includes a discussion of plans for the next two phases of the Bolin Creek Greenway.

The Chapel Hill Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 7. Tops on the agenda: the council will consider a proposal for a new fire station plus 105 affordable housing units on Weaver Dairy Road Extension. Click here for the agenda, which also includes a plan to add 12 more housing units at the Cedars in Meadowmont.

Chatham and Durham Counties

Chatham County Commissioners meet in the Pittsboro courthouse Monday, October 5. They’ll begin at 3 p.m. with a special meeting to receive a presentation on the process of selecting a new county attorney; then they’ll reconvene at 6 p.m. for another special meeting to consider a new policy governing the reinterment of bodies buried in abandoned cemeteries. Click here for the board’s full agenda.

Durham County Commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Monday, October 5. Click here for the agenda, which includes updates on a pair of efforts to provide services and support for Durham’s homeless population.

The Durham City Council meets twice this week, at 7 p.m. Monday, October 5, and again at 1 p.m. Thursday, October 8. Monday’s agenda includes two annexation proposals; Thursday’s agenda includes a presentation on the reconfiguration of Durham’s City Hall. Click here for links to both agendas.

And the Durham school board is slated to meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 8. Their agenda will be available at this link.

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