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UID:meeting-3715@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240925
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's Human Relations Commission meets monthly on fair housing\, county equity work and its own subcommittees on policies and procedures\, outreach and engagement\, and community events. The September meeting's agenda covered county updates on the FY2025 budget and the One Orange racial history project\, an executive committee report on board vacancies\, and elections for chair and vice chair.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09242024-2251\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3715
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09242024-2251
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3670@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240926
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Board of Health
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nThe Orange County Board of Health's September 25 agenda covered dental fee policy\, refugee health screening\, and children's screen time\, alongside the county's Community Health Improvement Plans for access to care\, behavioral health\, and connections to community support.\n\nThe board also planned to approve minutes from its August 28 meeting and hear the health director's monthly report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252024-2112\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3670
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252024-2112
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3671@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240926
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Minutes of
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nThe Orange County Board of Health met September 25 to consider Community Health Improvement Plans for the county's three priority areas: access to care\, behavioral health\, and connections to community support. Members also reviewed proposed updates to the board's own policy and procedures manual\, including a dental fee schedule that stops sliding at the 20% pay level and a shorter window\, 10 days instead of 30\, for verifying a client's income.\n\nTwo annual staff reports were also on the agenda: health screening for refugees and asylees arriving in the county\, and research on how screen time affects children's mental health. The board also planned to approve its August 28 minutes and hear the health director's monthly report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252024-2121\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3671
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252024-2121
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3737@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241003
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's Parks and Recreation Council advises the Board of County Commissioners on parkland\, trails and recreation facilities. At its October 2 meeting the council took up two vacant seats on its own board\, the county's progress connecting to the Mountains to Sea Trail\, a letter asking the state to add pedestrian signals to the Dimmock's Mill bridge\, and whether the county should build a public pool or splash pad.\n\nStaff also briefed the council on construction at Perry Hills Mini Park and a coming vote by the commissioners on a bid for pickleball and tennis courts at Fairview Park.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10022024-2098\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3737
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10022024-2098
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3626@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241009
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nThe Orange County Advisory Board on Aging is ending free takeaway lunches for seniors on October 31\, once the federal ARPA funding that pays for them runs out. The board also tracks county staffing for aging services and the county's Multisector Plan for Aging.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10082024-2174\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3626
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10082024-2174
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3613@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241009
SUMMARY:Orange County: Joint Meeting with the Orange County Chiefs' Association and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners met with the county's fire and rescue chiefs\, then held a work session on a draft policy for spending bond and other capital money on school construction ahead of the November 5 bond referendum. The board also took up nine appointments to advisory boards\, from the Planning Board to the Historic Preservation Commission.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10082024-2100\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1757?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3613
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10082024-2100
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3691@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241015
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment met to keep scoring its fourth round of Community Climate Action Grant applications: 25 requests totaling $1\,151\,873 against $262\,500 available. The commission also planned routine business\, including reappointments for four members whose terms end December 31 and updates on county environmental programs.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142024-2101\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3691
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142024-2101
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3612@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241016
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on the county's first Short Range Transit Plan\, a five-year plan for same-day demand-response service\, a new Mebane circulator and two phases each of Hillsborough circulator consolidation and improvements. The board also weighed $275\,000 in added debt financing for an all-electric heat pump system and LED lighting at the Durham Tech Orange County campus expansion.\n\nThe rest of the agenda held four proclamations\, an Arts Commission economic-impact report\, and a 12-item consent agenda covering the 2025 property reappraisal schedule\, construction contracts for the Fairview Park pickleball courts and the Efland-Cheeks Community Center\, and board and commission appointments.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152024-2103\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1763?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3612
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152024-2103
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3714@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241023
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's Human Relations Commission runs subcommittees on policies and procedures\, outreach and engagement\, and community events\, and oversees the county's One Orange equity policy and the Pauli Murray Awards. Its October meeting covered commission vacancies\, subcommittee structure\, meeting format and the timing of next year's Pauli Murray Awards.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222024-2252\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3714
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222024-2252
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3669@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241024
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes of
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's dental clinic logged 100 satisfaction-survey responses out of roughly 5\,000 appointments this year\, and environmental health drew 120 out of more than 10\,000 clients served\, results the Board of Health reviewed alongside its annual policy manual update. The board tightened its income-verification window from 30 days to 10 and locked in monthly billing statements.\n\nMembers also began setting up next year's leadership\, with Alison Stuebe agreeing to become chair in 2025\, and closed part of the meeting to review Health Director Quintana Stewart's annual performance.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10232024-2122\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3669
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10232024-2122
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3736@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241107
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nA splash pad or other water feature at an Orange County park was on the agenda for the county's Parks and Recreation Council\, along with a letter backing a state trails grant and updates on the council's 2025 work plan. Members also reviewed construction progress at three parks and results from the county's yearly nature photography contest.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062024-2119\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3736
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062024-2119
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3611@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241108
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners were set to decide whether to raise the pay cap for the county's ABC General Manager from $132\,000 to as much as $150\,000\, and whether to raise ABC board member stipends for the first time since 2004. The agenda also carried an updated Safe Routes to School plan recommending crosswalks\, sidewalks and reduced speed zones near schools across the county.\n\nHousing staff planned to report on the first quarter under new Emergency Housing Assistance rules\, including a rising share of denied applications. A 20-item consent agenda covered property tax releases\, vehicle and equipment purchases for Solid Waste and Emergency Services\, two donated conservation easements\, and a $2 regional vehicle registration tax increase for GoTriangle.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072024-2126\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1767?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3611
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072024-2126
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3690@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241112
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nSeven proposals for the county's Community Climate Action Grant\, a chair and vice-chair contest\, and a first look at results from the county's nature photo contest made up the agenda. The commission also had its October summary to approve and started drafting the annual report and work plan it sends to county commissioners.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11112024-2127\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3690
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11112024-2127
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3610@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241113
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's Board of Commissioners spent its November 12 work session on three long-range planning items and nine advisory board appointments\, taking no formal vote on the substance of any of them. Consultants from Clarion Associates presented results from the second round of public engagement on the county's Land Use Plan 2050: 420 completed surveys testing four modeled growth alternatives\, split closely on extending water and sewer service to rural areas. The board also reviewed a revised scoring matrix for the Affordable Housing Bond and Capital Investment Plan\, and a School Capital Funding Policy shaped by the Woolpert facilities report and the school construction bond voters approved November 5.\n\nAppointments were up for the Advisory Board on Aging\, the Animal Services Hearing Panel Pool\, the Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board\, the Commission for the Environment\, the Human Relations Commission and the Orange County Parks and Recreation Council. The board also added a Jury Commission appointment to the agenda after it convened.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2132\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1769?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3610
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2132
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3695@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241113
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nGrant rules\, a pending economic development strategy\, and a Chapel Hill nonprofit's work with disabled adults filled most of the agenda. Orange County's Economic Development Advisory Board planned to review revised guidelines for the Business and Agricultural Investment grant programs\, including a new requirement that recipients report the jobs and sales their grants generate. The board also expected updates on a countywide Economic Development Strategic Plan\, for which the county fielded 11 proposals\, and on revised performance targets headed to the Board of Commissioners under the county's Vibrant & Diverse Economy strategic-plan goal.\n\nAlso on the agenda: a presentation from the Blue Hill Event Center's executive director on the venue's programs for employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities\, and the board's own annual report and work plan\, due to the county clerk by January 17\, 2025.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2129\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3695
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2129
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3637@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Adjustment
DESCRIPTION:Board of Adjustment\n\nOrange County's Board of Adjustment heard one case on November 13\, 2024: a special use permit for Canine Adventures to run a Class II kennel off Monotropa Trail in Efland\, in Bingham Township. A second case\, a watershed variance\, came off the agenda when the applicant withdrew it.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132024-2130\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3637
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132024-2130
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3728@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241119
SUMMARY:Orange County: Outboard
DESCRIPTION:Orange Unified Transportation Board\n\nOrange County's Unified Transportation Board took comments on the county's first bicycle and pedestrian plan on November 18\, 2024\, elected officers for the coming year\, and approved the annual report it sends to commissioners.\n\nStantec is writing the plan\, which covers the unincorporated county and will feed into an update of the county's multimodal transportation plan. The board's own year\, as its report tells it\, went into recommending the NC 54 multimodal corridor study\, getting NC 10 and a regional transit center in Hillsborough named county priorities in the state's Strategic Prioritization process\, and pressing for grant money for three mobility-on-demand vans. For 2025 it lists finishing the US 70 multimodal corridor study\, expanding mobility on demand\, advancing the Hillsborough regional transit center\, and widening Safe Routes to School to cover every school in the county. No minutes are on file for this meeting\, so how the board voted is not recorded here.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182024-2128\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3728
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182024-2128
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3609@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241120
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners received an independent assessment of the detention center on November 19\, 2024\, commissioned after a petition from Commissioner Anna Richards\, whom the board honored the same night as she left office. They also adopted the county's Transportation Multimodal Plan and held a public hearing on the annual report of federal housing spending.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192024-2136\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1771?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3609
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192024-2136
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3713@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241120
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's Human Relations Commission met November 19\, 2024 short of members. A resignation took effect immediately\, leaving the outreach and engagement chair and the secretary's seat open and the commission struggling for a quorum.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192024-2249\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3713
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192024-2249
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3668@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241121
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Board of Health Agenda and
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's Board of Health adopted revisions to the county wastewater rules on November 20\, 2024\, elected officers for 2025\, and set its annual work plan. Members asked that concerns about federal public health policy under the incoming administration be added to that plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202024-2147\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3668
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202024-2147
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3678@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241121
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nUNC's athletics department told the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau advisory board on November 20\, 2024 that it is weighing seven options for the Dean E. Smith Center\, including building a new arena at one of five sites. Simply repairing and maintaining the existing building would cost $150 million over twenty years.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202024-2135\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3678
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202024-2135
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3608@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241203
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners organized for a new term on December 2\, 2024. Four members took the oath of office\, Jamezetta Bedford was re-elected chair and Jean Hamilton elected vice-chair\, and the board named its delegates to the state and national county associations.\n\nThe only regular item was the Global Agreement for Capital\, the document each member government must sign under the transit tax governance the board adopted with GoTriangle in June 2023.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022024-2138\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1773?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3608
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022024-2138
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3735@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241205
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's Parks and Recreation Council learned on December 4\, 2024 that it will steer the county trails plan\, its main work for 2025. The council also recommended appointments to three of its own seats and heard the transportation director open a year-long bicycle and pedestrian plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12042024-2140\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3735
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12042024-2140
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3624@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's Advisory Board on Aging closed 2024 with a working meeting at the Seymour Center: first-quarter reports on year three of the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan\, staffing changes at the Department on Aging\, and talks with Mebane about serving its older residents.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102024-2176\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3624
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102024-2176
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3607@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners opened work on the 2025-2029 consolidated plan\, the document that steers federal housing money through the county's HOME Consortium with Chapel Hill\, Carrboro and Hillsborough. They also decided how the county will count future students\, awarded a year of climate grants\, and gave a broadband contractor another twelve months.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102024-2143\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1775?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3607
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102024-2143
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3712@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241218
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's Human Relations Commission met virtually on December 17\, 2024\, for a short business meeting: subcommittee reports\, planning for its February retreat\, and filling seats within its own leadership.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12172024-2250\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3712
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12172024-2250
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3688@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment decided to write its own State of the Environment report this year and\, on 13 January 2025\, brought in four people who had worked on earlier editions to ask how it is done. It also ranked three applicants for membership.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132025-2148\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3688
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132025-2148
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3699@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250130
SUMMARY:Orange County: Historic Preservation Commission
DESCRIPTION:Historic Preservation Commission\n\nThe Orange County Historic Preservation Commission took a redrafted landmark evaluation form on 29 January 2025 and started work on a new website. There were no decision items. The commission also discussed how to find and map historic Black cemeteries and Indian stone mounds.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01292025-2182\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3699
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01292025-2182
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3743@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250206
SUMMARY:Orange County: Planning Board
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nThe Orange County Planning Board elected its chair and vice chair on 5 February 2025 and approved minutes. It had no cases before it\, and the meeting closed with tributes to a departing member.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02052025-2183\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3743
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02052025-2183
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3687@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment settled how it will produce its State of the Environment report on 10 February 2025: no outside consultant\, a shared folder\, subcommittees meeting between regular meetings\, and a target of finishing by 2026.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102025-2187\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3687
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102025-2187
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3603@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250212
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners heard ten advisory boards present annual work plans on 11 February 2025 and discussed the state of the county's homelessness partnership. Two of the partnership's guiding documents are years out of date.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02112025-2188\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1783?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3603
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02112025-2188
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3630@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250214
SUMMARY:Orange County: AHAB Regular Monthly Meeting\, Agenda and
DESCRIPTION:Affordable Housing Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's Affordable Housing Advisory Board heard on 13 February 2025 that homelessness in the county rose 22 percent\, with unsheltered homelessness up 17 percent\, and that cold weather cot services ran 23 nights out of 40.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02132025-2221\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3630
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02132025-2221
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3676@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250220
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met at the Carolina Inn on 19 February 2025 for a budget overview and a presentation on drawing more meetings business to the area. The bureau's director was absent for surgery and the sales director stood in.\n\nNo minutes have been published for this meeting\, so what the board decided is not on the record here. The agenda packet carries the January minutes\, which record a presentation from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association at its own headquarters.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02192025-2192\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3676
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02192025-2192
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3704@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250222
SUMMARY:Orange County: OCHA Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Housing Authority Board\n\nThe Orange County Housing Authority advisory board elected a chair and vice chair on 21 February 2025 and heard the programme manager's monthly report. Nobody spoke in public comment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02212025-2201\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3704
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02212025-2201
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3666@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250227
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nThe Orange County Board of Health approved a $9\,152\,248 budget request for 2025-26 on 26 February 2025\, plus a $74\,071 increase in the personnel budget\, and sent it and a set of fee changes to the county commissioners. It also heard from Chapel Hill's Vision Zero coordinator on traffic deaths.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02262025-2234\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3666
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02262025-2234
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3733@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250306
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nThe Orange County Parks and Recreation Council heard the consultants' opening presentation on the county trails plan on 5 March 2025\, and recommended a new member to fill a vacancy left by its vice chair's resignation.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03052025-2195\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3733
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03052025-2195
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3686@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250311
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment recommended two applicants for membership on 10 March 2025\, voted to pursue a youth delegate seat\, and set up how its subcommittees will divide the State of the Environment report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102025-2196\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3686
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102025-2196
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3599@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250311
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250312
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners heard nine advisory boards present their annual work plans on 11 March 2025\, took the consultant's presentation on the draft 2050 land use plan\, worked through appointments to six boards\, and added a letter to their congressional delegation about federal budget reconciliation.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03112025-2203\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1793?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3599
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03112025-2203
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3597@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250319
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners spent 18 March 2025 on three long discussions: the annual update from the Orange Water and Sewer Authority\, where Medicaid expansion stands a year on\, and two accumulated fund balances the board has to decide what to do with. Nobody spoke in public comment.\n\nThe agenda document could not be retrieved\; this account is written from the approved minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182025-2208\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1795?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3597
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182025-2208
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3632@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250320
SUMMARY:Orange County: Agricultural Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Agricultural Preservation Board\n\nThe Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board endorsed the draft Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan on 19 March 2025\, ahead of presenting it to the county commissioners on 8 April. It also approved one new voluntary agricultural district application and heard where the 2050 land use plan stands.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03192025-2210\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3632
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03192025-2210
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3595@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250402
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe county manager presented the recommended 2025-35 capital investment plan to Orange County commissioners on 1 April 2025. Its tax estimates are built on the FY2025-26 valuation from the revaluation rather than the current one\, it assumes 2 percent property tax growth and 4 percent sales tax growth\, and it relies substantially on debt.\n\nThe board also approved the county's transportation priority list for the state's SPOT 8 prioritisation round\, which feeds the 2027-2036 state transportation improvement program\, and eleven consent items.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04012025-2214\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1799?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3595
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04012025-2214
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3732@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250402
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250403
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nThe Orange County Parks and Recreation Council heard consultants set out four possible priority trail connections for the county trails plan on 2 April 2025\, and planned the community vision workshops for May. It also re-elected its chair and vice chair and reviewed a capital plan that puts county money into schools and defers park projects.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04022025-2213\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3732
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04022025-2213
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3620@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250409
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's Advisory Board on Aging heard from the county tax administrator about the 2025 revaluation on 8 April 2025\, and worked through its budget requests for the coming year. About 42 percent of the department's budget is federal\, and the board was told the Administration for Community Living is being dismantled with the consequences unknown.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082025-2263\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3620
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082025-2263
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3594@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250409
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners took four subjects at their 8 April 2025 work session\, then worked through appointments to five advisory boards. The most consequential is the 2050 comprehensive land use plan: the board asked for more background before it will review the draft\, and the third community engagement window\, scheduled for May through July\, has been postponed with the consultant's work paused.\n\nThe board also reviewed performance measures for the countywide strategic plan\, the draft Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan\, and a status report on the Soccer.com Center.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082025-2217\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1803?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3594
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082025-2217
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3685@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250415
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment welcomed two newly appointed members on 14 April 2025 and spent most of the meeting in subcommittee\, working on the State of the Environment report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04142025-2218\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3685
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04142025-2218
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3593@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners published the revenue neutral tax rate for 2025-26 on 15 April 2025: 63.84 cents per $100\, down from 86.29 cents\, after the revaluation raised the tax base by $9 billion to $32.6 billion\, an increase of 38.6 percent. They also approved buying a five-acre site off Waterstone Drive in Hillsborough for a crisis diversion facility and hired its construction manager.\n\nThe agenda document could not be retrieved\; this account is written from the approved minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152025-2225\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1806?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3593
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152025-2225
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3709@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250423
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nThe Orange County Human Relations Commission met on 22 April 2025 to fill four of its own vacancies\, hold executive board elections\, and vote on an honorarium. The commission also took an update on the Blackwood Farms marker and its headstone\, and prepared invitations for the Pauli Murray Awards.\n\nIts three subcommittees reported: strategic advisory nominations and governance\, outreach and engagement\, and community events. County equity and inclusion staff brought updates on upcoming events\, support for board diversity\, and a community dinner.\n\nNo minutes have been published for this meeting\, so what the commission decided is not on the record here.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04222025-2257\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3709
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04222025-2257
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3664@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250423
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250424
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nThe Orange County Board of Health heard two educational sessions on 23 April 2025: results of a Photovoice study on how formerly incarcerated people get healthcare\, and a measles briefing from the medical director. It also formed a committee to fill a vacant at-large seat and considered whether to oppose a bill in the General Assembly.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04232025-2314\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3664
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04232025-2314
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3590@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250507
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe county manager presented his recommended 2025-26 operating budget to Orange County commissioners on 6 May 2025\, a plan carrying a 6 percent increase. The board also held the statutory public hearing on financing up to $78 million for capital projects\, and took recommendations from the Opioid Advisory Committee on five community grants.\n\nThe agenda document could not be retrieved\; this account is written from the approved minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05062025-2243\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1815?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3590
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05062025-2243
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3684@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250513
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment took up two things on 12 May 2025: whether to create county environmental awards\, and how its subcommittees are progressing on the State of the Environment report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122025-2245\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3684
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122025-2245
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3619@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250514
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's Advisory Board on Aging reviewed the county manager's recommended 2025-26 budget on 13 May 2025 and the third-quarter reports on year three of the Master Aging Plan. The manager is recommending that the takeaway lunch programme end\, with funding for July and August so participants can be told.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132025-2264\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3619
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132025-2264
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3589@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250514
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Public Hearing and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners held the public hearing on the county manager's recommended 2025-26 budget and capital investment plan on 13 May 2025\, then turned to appointments for five advisory boards.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132025-2247\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1818?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3589
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132025-2247
CATEGORIES:Public hearing
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3692@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250514
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nThe Orange County Economic Development Advisory Board picked three names for its own vacancies on 13 May 2025\, elected new officers\, and reviewed the county's small business grant programme. The county manager has decided to drop the start-up grant from the programme.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132025-2246\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3692
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132025-2246
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3587@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250521
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners held two public hearings on 20 May 2025 on how the county will spend its HOME housing money: the five-year 2025-29 consolidated plan\, and the annual action plan that carries it out. The consortium of Carrboro\, Chapel Hill\, Hillsborough and the county is allocated $367\,013.59 for the coming programme year\, and staff proposed concentrating it on home repair and tenant-based rental assistance for households under 30 percent and between 30 and 50 percent of area median income.\n\nThe board also adopted the final financing resolution for up to $78 million in installment financing for capital projects and equipment\, secured against county and school properties\, and a twelve-item consent agenda.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202025-2265\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1823?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3587
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202025-2265
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3673@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250522
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nA ninety-minute board meeting at the Hyatt Place in Southern Village. On the agenda: the university's local relations director as guest speaker\, preparations for an international football match at Kenan Stadium in June\, summer events\, a meeting planning partnership\, and officers for the coming fiscal year.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05212025-2266\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3673
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05212025-2266
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3584@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250530
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Public Hearing and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe formal public hearing on the county manager's recommended 2025-26 budget and the ten-year capital plan\, followed by a work session. The manager presented the recommended budget on 6 May\; this is the last hearing before the board decides amendments on 5 June. Four board appointment discussions follow the hearing.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05292025-2273\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1830?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3584
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05292025-2273
CATEGORIES:Public hearing
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3683@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250610
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nThe Commission for the Environment's last meeting before its summer break\, at the Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agriculture Center and on Teams. The agenda runs to a schedule by the minute: membership and candidate introductions at 7:04\, an environmental awards proposal at 7:15\, progress on the State of the Environment report at 7:35\, and fifty minutes of subcommittee breakouts before the room reconvenes to report back. The commission advises the county commissioners and does most of its work through three subcommittees: air and energy\, water\, and land.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06092025-2282\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3683
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06092025-2282
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3618@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250611
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nThe Advisory Board on Aging's quarterly working meeting at the Seymour Center\, running two hours and also on Teams\, which the county switched to from Zoom for this meeting. The agenda covers the aging director's report\, third-quarter reports against year three of the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan\, the new county budget\, and board appointments.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06102025-2302\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3618
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06102025-2302
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3581@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250618
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners adopted the 2025-26 budget on 17 June 2025\, setting the countywide tax rate at 63.83 cents per $100 of value\, and accepted a ten-year capital investment plan totalling $75.3 million with $75.3 million of first-year projects across county\, school and proprietary funds. The evening also held a public hearing on changes to the Hillsborough Circulator bus route and a report on the January point-in-time count of homelessness.\n\nThe agenda document could not be retrieved\; this account is written from the approved minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06172025-2293\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/6?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3581
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06172025-2293
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2063@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250723
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections opens its 2025-2027 term at a special meeting: members take the oath of office and elect a secretary\, then adopt the director of elections' duties. The board also considers an early voting schedule for the October 7 Durham municipal primary and a resolution moving Eno precinct voters to the Patterson precinct for that primary and the November 4 Durham election.\n\nThe agenda also carries the director's year-to-date budget and voter registration reports and adoption of the board's 2025 meeting schedule.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07222025-2324\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2063
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07222025-2324
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2038@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250731
SUMMARY:Orange County: Agricultural Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Agricultural Preservation Board\n\nOrange County's Agricultural Preservation Board debates revisions to its draft Ag Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan ahead of a future presentation to the Board of County Commissioners\, recommends new and returning members to fill five vacancies\, and plans its fall Voluntary Agricultural District breakfast.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07302025-2319\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2038
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07302025-2319
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2164@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250812
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment plans to recommend a new member for county commissioner appointment\, refine its proposed Environmental Award program\, and review 18 pending applications for this year's $262\,500 Climate Action Grant round. The commission also plans to continue work on its State of the Environment Report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112025-2320\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2164
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112025-2320
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2024@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250813
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's Advisory Board on Aging's August 12 agenda notes that Chair Ann Bradford has resigned. Members are set to elect a new chair and vice-chair\, hear FY 2025-26 budget updates\, update the Senior Center Registration Form and Code of Conduct\, and review Year 3 reports on the county's 2022-27 Master Aging Plan covering communications\, transportation\, health services and employment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122025-2539\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2024
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08122025-2539
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2061@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250820
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections considers appointing precinct officials for the 2025-2027 term. The rest of the agenda is routine: approving prior minutes\, scheduling the next meeting\, and updating board time and travel records.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192025-2527\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2061
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192025-2527
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2181@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250822
SUMMARY:Orange County: OCHA Regular Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Housing Authority Board\n\nOrange County Housing Authority's advisory board takes up a vote on the Project Based Voucher program's admin plan and considers a new board member. The program manager reports on voucher utilization\, issuance\, terminations and informal hearings for May\, June and July. The agenda also sets aside time for member updates and public comment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08212025-2333\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2181
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08212025-2333
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2229@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250904
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's Parks and Recreation Council considers what to prioritize for discussion between October and December. It also hears an update on next month's Trails Plan workshops and weighs whether to host a hike for the state's Great Trails Day. The council takes up its one board vacancy and hears the director's report on park projects.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09032025-2339\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2229
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09032025-2339
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2163@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250909
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment plans to vote on a new environmental recognition award and forward it to the Board of County Commissioners. It also expects to consider recommending a new appointee to the commission.\n\nThe commission will review the timeline for scoring this year's Climate Action Grant applications on a new platform\, Submittable. It will also discuss progress on the State of the Environment Report and break into air\, water and land subcommittees.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082025-2375\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2163
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09082025-2375
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2013@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250910
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Orange County Board of Commissioners hears the first of several staff presentations answering its own questions about the Land Use Plan 2050 update. This one covers the plan's data sources and how watersheds limit development. It also covers the county's joint planning agreements with its towns\, including the Water and Sewer Management\, Planning and Boundary Agreement. The board also takes up reappointments to seven advisory boards\, discusses where closed sessions fall on future meeting agendas\, and weighs the future of its Strategic Communications Work Group.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2377\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/12?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2013
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2377
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2012@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250917
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners take up a contested amendment to the county's 2022 broadband deployment contract with Lumos\, now T-Fiber and owned by T-Mobile. It would cut the number of homes to be connected from 6\,370 to 5\,852 and push the deadline to July 2026. The board also considers a proposed ten-year\, rent-free ground lease with UNC for a building at 2700 Homestead Road to house the county's cold weather cots program and a future day center for unhoused residents. It holds its required annual public hearing on HOME program housing funds and works through a lengthy consent agenda covering ordinance amendments\, equipment purchases and appointments.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09162025-2384\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/16?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2012
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09162025-2384
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2037@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250918
SUMMARY:Orange County: Agricultural Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Agricultural Preservation Board\n\nThe Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board plans to elect a vice chair and consider a Voluntary Agricultural District application for a small horticulture operation on Erwin Road. Preserve Rural Orange is set to present on the county's land use plan update\, and staff plan to brief the board on a Cost of Community Services study grant and possible improvements to the board's website.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09172025-2389\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2037
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09172025-2389
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2149@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250918
SUMMARY:Orange County: September 17\,2025 Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau's advisory board takes up two officer nominations\, for vice chair and treasurer. It also hears from tourism consultant Chris Cavanaugh of Magellan Strategy Group\, who is studying where the bureau should focus over the long term\, plus updates from the executive director and from Media Two\, the bureau's advertising buyer.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09172025-2388\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2149
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09172025-2388
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2140@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250925
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's Board of Health considers two draft resolutions\, one on access to public health resources amid immigration enforcement and one on affordable housing\, and reviews a set of Board of Health policy updates that would apply directly to the health department. An educational session covers the fallout from a court reversal of one of the board's own permit denials over a well setback. The board also discusses a vacant at-large seat and meets in closed session on the health director's annual performance review.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09242025-2424\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2140
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09242025-2424
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2228@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251002
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's Parks and Recreation Council takes up a recreation division annual update\, an update on Fairview Park improvements\, and the status of one board vacancy for a Carrboro resident. The council also reviews progress on the county's Trails Plan workshops.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10012025-2397\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2228
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10012025-2397
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2010@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251008
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners hold a public hearing on rezoning about 61 acres at 3531 NC Highway 54 W in Chapel Hill's Bingham Township\, from rural residential to a conditional district for a 43-lot conservation-cluster subdivision. The applicant\, Forestar Group on behalf of Carolyn Rigsbee\, needs the change after the Planning Board recommended approval 6-3 in August.\n\nThe board also considers reviving its Broadband Task Force with an expanded charge\, a resolution letting commercial property owners in the county finance energy upgrades through the state's new C-PACE program\, and a resolution naming a Cedar Grove Park athletic field for softball coach and civil rights advocate Willie Lawrence Vanhook. The consent agenda covers a two-year Granicus contract for the Visitors Bureau website\, animal control contracts with three towns\, a chiller replacement at the Whitted Building\, and a budget amendment funding a second year of the CARE mobile crisis team.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10072025-2399\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/20?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2010
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10072025-2399
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2059@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251008
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections handles routine business tied to two elections at once: certifying absentee and early-voting results for the City of Durham's October 7 municipal primary\, and preparing for the county's own November 4 municipal election. The board considers buffer zone rules for early voting sites\, precinct assistant appointments\, and a report on voter registration repairs.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10072025-2525\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2059
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10072025-2525
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2162@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251014
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment reviews the design of its new environmental recognition award\, works through applications for the 2025 Climate Action Grant\, and meets in subcommittees on the State of the Environment report. The commission also welcomes two new members and takes up reappointments for four members whose terms expire at year's end.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10132025-2405\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2162
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10132025-2405
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2009@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251015
SUMMARY:Orange County: Joint Meeting with the Orange County Chiefs' Association and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners met jointly with the county's fire chiefs and rescue squad leaders\, who described the unprecedented flooding and rescues during Tropical Storm Chantal\, staffing levels ranging from volunteer-heavy rural departments to career staff\, and requests for continued county support. After the joint session\, commissioners moved into a work session covering the Land Use Plan 2050 process\, including a presentation on Hillsborough's water and sewer boundary constraints\, and voted to have county staff rather than an outside consultant facilitate the board's November 21 retreat.\n\nCommissioners also worked through several advisory board appointments\, reappointing members to the Affordable Housing Advisory Board and Parks and Recreation Council and filling seats on the Opioid Advisory Committee.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2409\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/22?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2009
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2409
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2008@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251022
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners hold a public hearing on joining the state's C-PACE program\, which lets commercial property owners finance energy and resiliency upgrades through a voluntary assessment rather than county funds. The board also reviews cost-cutting design options for the Crisis Diversion Facility\, whose original $28.2 million design came in over budget\, and discusses a draft interlocal agreement setting up joint oversight of school construction projects with both school districts.\n\nConsent items include a solar feasibility study agreement with the Town of Hillsborough\, a six-month extension of an opioid-funding contract with Freedom House Recovery Center\, and a $97\,503 state arts grant.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2412\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/26?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2008
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2412
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2139@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251030
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's Board of Health considers options for its Groundwater Protection Rules after a recent adjudication appeal invalidated part of its well-setback requirements\, ranging from case-by-case enforcement to repealing the local rules entirely. The board also takes up resolutions on affordable housing and on immigration enforcement's effect on access to public health resources\, plus a proposed Chair/Vice-Chair slate for 2026.\n\nThe board goes into closed session to discuss the health director's annual performance review.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292025-2462\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2139
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292025-2462
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2007@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251107
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners are set to consider releasing $54\,000 from the Social Justice Reserve to help food providers after the federal shutdown cut November SNAP benefits in half. About 4\,700 county households — 8\,700 people — received SNAP in September\, and all of them face a 50 percent reduction until the program is fully funded again.\n\nThe county manager proposes splitting the money four ways: $15\,000 each to the Interfaith Council in Chapel Hill and Orange Congregations in Mission in Hillsborough to stock their pantries\, and $12\,000 each to Porch Chapel Hill and Porch Hillsborough for food distributions two days later\, on November 8. Orange Congregations in Mission has agreed to waive its referral requirement for new clients until benefits are restored in full.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062025-2427\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/29?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2007
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062025-2427
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2161@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251111
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment will close out this year's Climate Action Grant review. It will vote on how to divide $267\,750 among sixteen applications that together requested $619\,095.\n\nThe commission will also introduce new member Leto Copeley and elect a chair and vice chair for the coming year. It will begin work on its 2025 annual report and work plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11102025-2428\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2161
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11102025-2428
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2332@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251112
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's economic development advisory board hears from the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro and from Carrboro's economic development staff on November 11. The meeting is at Bru's Public House in Carrboro. The agenda also lists a vacancy in the board's agriculture seat and the 2026 meeting calendar. Board members' disclosure statements are due December 31\, and the annual report and work plan are due January 16.\n\nThe board also takes up minutes from its September 9 meeting and hears a director's update on commercial and industrial projects. No minutes have been published for this meeting\, so what the board actually did is not on the record.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11112025-2429\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2332
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11112025-2429
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2004@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251119
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners continue a public hearing on a conditional rezoning of 78.11 acres at 1039-UT NC 86 North\, Hillsborough\, for a 49-lot conservation cluster subdivision of single-family homes. Forestar Group filed the application on behalf of the property's owners. The hearing carried over from November 6. The planning board split 4-4 in September\, then voted 9-0 in October to recommend approval with conditions. The planning director recommends the board either approve the rezoning and its statement of consistency or deny it as not in the public interest.\n\nCommissioners also hold a public hearing on planning-director-initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance covering impervious surfaces\, watershed protection overlay districts and stream buffers. The changes would simplify impervious-surface limits across the county's thirteen watershed overlay districts\, drop an obsolete sliding-scale table\, and adjust reservoir buffer widths near Lake Orange. Other business includes a Native American Heritage Month proclamation\, a discussion of when closed sessions appear on meeting agendas\, and a fifteen-item consent agenda.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182025-2448\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/33?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2004
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11182025-2448
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2138@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251120
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nThe Orange County Board of Health considers its 2026 chair and vice-chair slate\, then a recommendation to fill the board's vacant at-large seat. Members also take up a debt write-off and set-off\, an amended 2026 meeting schedule\, and the annual workplan. A policy review and a fee update for COVID vaccines\, which would go to the county commissioners\, are also on the agenda.\n\nThe board also hears client satisfaction survey results from dental\, environmental and personal health services\, plus committee updates on behavioral health and well rules. It meets in closed session afterward on the health director's annual review.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2463\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2138
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2463
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2002@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251202
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness's annual report to the board flags a new HUD funding notice that could cut money for permanent housing by 70 percent and cap annual renewal funding at 30 percent. Commissioners also elect a new chair and vice-chair for the year\, name voting delegates to the state and national county associations\, and review which outside boards still need a commissioner to serve on them in 2026.\n\nThe consent agenda covers routine property tax releases\, a five-year renewal of the county's Fairview Park agreement with the Town of Hillsborough\, and a school enrollment forecasting contract with UNC's Carolina Demography.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12012025-2461\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/35?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2002
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12012025-2461
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2049@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251203
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections adopted its early voting plan for the March 3 primary on December 2\, setting six sites and hours running February 12 through 28. It also heard\, after a closed session on personnel\, that the board chair is moving out of the county and resigning effective January 1.\n\nThe board acknowledged reports of safety concerns at the Drakeford Library\, one of the six early voting sites\, and the director said she would raise them with library leadership.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022025-2515\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2049
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022025-2515
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2246@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251204
SUMMARY:Orange County: Planning Board
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nOrange County's planning board takes up its 2025 annual report and 2026 work plan on December 3. The report lists the year's work — five conditional-district rezoning reviews\, three text-amendment recommendations\, one subdivision plat — and sets 2026 priorities led by the county's land use plan update. Members can amend the draft before it goes to the clerk's office by January 16 and on to county commissioners early next year.\n\nThe board also approves minutes from its October 1 meeting\, reviews the planning board and commissioners' December and January meeting calendars\, and hears chair comments on the attendance rules for county advisory boards.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12032025-2460\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2246
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12032025-2460
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2020@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251210
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nThe county's advisory board on aging discusses how to serve unsheltered people using the Seymour Center. The agenda also has a technology budget request for a Rec Trac software upgrade and a report on new SNAP work requirements for older adults.\n\nWorkgroup leaders give first-quarter reports on the county's current master aging plan. The board also opens planning for the plan that follows it\, covering 2027 through 2032.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2543\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2020
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2543
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2001@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251210
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nProperty tax appeals have cut $232\,489\,448 from Orange County's assessed value this year. The tax office reports to commissioners on the count so far: 3\,346 informal appeals and 1\,109 formal ones across 3\,966 properties. A separate review of assessment neighborhoods has already adjusted 1\,460 properties downward by nearly $61 million.\n\nThe board also considers a $100\,433 incentive to move CITEL America's US headquarters and manufacturing from Florida to Hillsborough. Also on the agenda: more money for the Longtime Homeowner Assistance Program\, a fare-free pilot for county bus routes\, and two Juvenile Crime Prevention Council appointments.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2471\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/36?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2001
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092025-2471
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2019@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nThe area agency on aging visits Orange County February 3 and 4 for its annual monitoring visit. The review covers health promotion programs\, senior center operations\, information and assistance\, options counseling\, and two grants.\n\nThe board also plans to take up the FY 2026-27 budget\, which kicked off January 8. It also owes its annual report to the county commissioners by January 16\, to be presented in February or March.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2544\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2019
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2544
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2048@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections considers moving the Efland precinct's Election Day polling place from the Efland Ruritan Club to the Efland-Cheeks Community Center\, 1.8 miles away. The director's case rests on facility consistency\, cost savings and voter familiarity\, plus turnout comparisons showing the new site can handle the volume. Voters there would get an orange postcard and a newspaper notice.\n\nThe board also takes up a slate of early voting officials for the March 3 primary and the Orange County Schools Board of Education election\, drawn from party recommendations and a survey of officials who worked the 2024 and 2025 elections. The director's report covers voter registration\, absentee ballots and the budget.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2514\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2048
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2514
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2331@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's Economic Development Advisory Board takes up a grant program update on January 13\, covering guideline changes and a vacant seat on the grant review committee. The board also hears from Scott Czechlewski\, CEO of the Hillsborough Orange County Chamber of Commerce\, and gets the director's report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2486\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2331
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01132026-2486
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2000@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260117
SUMMARY:Orange County: BOCC Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners were told at their January 16 retreat that the county faces a $21.5 million gap to close in the FY 2026-27 budget\, and that the same model puts the gap at $37.6 million the following year and $53.6 million the year after that. Closing this year's would take about seven cents on the property tax rate\; one penny raises roughly $3.37 million on a $33.9 billion tax base.\n\nThe drivers are debt service\, the phase-in of school capital pay-as-you-go\, non-discretionary personnel costs like health insurance and retirement\, and the county's practice of never cutting education funding. Commissioner McKee said across-the-board reductions may be needed and asked staff to look at how the county balanced its FY 2010-11 budget.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01162026-2488\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2000
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01162026-2488
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1999@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260121
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners consider $267\,750 in Community Climate Action Grants\, recommended for eight of sixteen applications requesting $619\,095 combined. The other eight applicants\, including Habitat for Humanity's $150\,000 weatherization proposal\, ranked third\, would get nothing.\n\nThe agenda also carries the county's clean audit opinion for the year ended June 30\, 2025\, plus a $15\,000 increase in the audit services contract. Commissioners also consider a condominium agreement that would put the Drakeford Library Complex under shared ownership with the Town of Carrboro.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2492\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/37?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1999
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2492
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2137@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260122
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's Board of Health takes up a second-quarter financial and billing report on January 21. It also weighs a change to the delinquent-account policy\, stretching the write-off window from twelve to twenty-four months and sending accounts to the state twice a year instead of once. Two presentations follow: a request that the board back adding two rare diseases\, metachromatic leukodystrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy\, to the state's newborn-screening panel\, and the department's yearly update on immigrant and refugee health services.\n\nThe rest of the agenda is routine. The board takes up November's minutes\, a possible change to its spring meeting schedule\, priority-committee updates and board comments\, the health director's report and the month's media items.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01212026-2575\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2137
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01212026-2575
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2146@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260122
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board's January 21 agenda calls for a report from the executive director\, a finance report\, and updates from members\, along with approval of the November 19 minutes. No new business is listed.\n\nThe finance report attached to the agenda puts the bureau 69 percent through its annual budget as of December\, with 84 percent of its sales and marketing line and about half its arts commission budget already spent.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01212026-2494\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2146
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01212026-2494
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2910@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260128
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's Human Relations Commission takes up a commemorative marker for the Blackwood Farms gravesite\, vacancies on its own board\, and its events for February through April. Staff bring an update on the marker\, which is meant to mark a cemetery on the former farm property.\n\nThe rest of the ninety-minute agenda is reports. The executive committee has the secretary post and the open commissioner seats on its slate\, the outreach and community events subcommittees report back\, and new business covers what the commission calls its social justice vision and any emerging issues members want to raise.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01272026-2638\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2910
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01272026-2638
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2225@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260205
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's parks and recreation council spent most of February 4 planning a joint meeting with the Orange Unified Transportation Board set for March 11. That meeting did not happen: the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan was still stalled awaiting a state transportation department contract amendment\, and the joint session was eventually held on June 3.\n\nThe council also worked through its own vacancies\, terms expiring\, and a Trails Plan update.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02042026-2508\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2225
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02042026-2508
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2243@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260205
SUMMARY:Orange County: Planning Board
DESCRIPTION:Planning Board\n\nOrange County's planning board elects its chair and vice chair for 2026\, then takes up a county-initiated zoning atlas amendment moving a watershed overlay boundary. The parcel is about 19.4 acres\, unaddressed\, off Dodson's Crossroads at Arden Estate Court in Bingham Township.\n\nThe amendment shifts the line between the Jordan Lake unprotected watershed overlay and the University Lake protected watershed overlay. Watershed protection overlays are part of the zoning atlas\, so moving one takes a zoning atlas amendment and a full hearing.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02042026-2503\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2243
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02042026-2503
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2018@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's advisory board on aging met February 10 at the Passmore Center\, a building still being restored after a water event. Quarterly reports for year four of the Master Aging Plan were due on community supports and health services\, outdoor spaces and buildings\, and housing.\n\nThe board also took the FY 2026-27 budget\, appointments\, and a report on Medicare Part D open enrollment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2545\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2018
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2545
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1997@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners gave an hour and 45 minutes on February 10 to the first group of county boards and commissions presenting their annual work plans\, then 45 minutes to a fee study covering emergency services\, planning and inspections\, and the environment\, agriculture\, parks and recreation department.\n\nA fee study is where a county works out what its services cost and what it charges for them. The commissioners adopted the resulting FY 2026-27 fee schedule in June.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2512\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/39?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1997
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02102026-2512
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2188@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260225
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's human relations commission took an open meetings law refresher from the county attorney on February 24\, thirteen minutes of the ninety-minute agenda. That is unusual enough on an advisory board agenda to be worth noting.\n\nThe commission also worked its secretary and membership vacancies\, recapped its community conversations\, and took subcommittee reports on a youth initiative\, tabling\, and the Pauli Murray Awards.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02242026-2639\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2188
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02242026-2639
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2136@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260226
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nOrange County's board of health took the health department's FY 2026-27 budget request on February 25\, built to stay flat. The department is aiming to add no new spending without matching new revenue\, and its request nets out at authorized expenditures minus service revenue\, about $10.1 million on the prior year's figures.\n\nThe board also welcomed two new members\, including a county commissioner\, and heard that a resolution in support of expedited newborn screening was coming.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02252026-2576\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2136
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02252026-2576
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2224@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260304
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260305
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's parks and recreation council filled three of its own seats on March 4 and said goodbye to a member finishing his second term after more than five years. It also took an update on the county Trails Plan\, which had spent months tied to a second plan that was not moving.\n\nThe joint meeting with the Orange Unified Transportation Board\, scheduled for March 11\, was called off.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03042026-2546\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2224
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03042026-2546
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1995@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260306
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners received the final report on neighborhood reviews and revaluation appeals on March 5\, closing out the assessment cycle that had occupied the board of equalization and review and a separate work group for months. They also renewed employee health and dental insurance and continued the county's participation in the state health insurance pool.\n\nThe board took up its proposed 2026 priority legislative issues\, which it adopted later in March\, and adopted a Women's History Month proclamation.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03052026-2537\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/41?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1995
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03052026-2537
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2157@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260310
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's commission for the environment finalized its Community Environmental Excellence Award on March 9\, reviewing the tallies from the previous meeting and settling on winners to be notified ahead of an Earth Day ceremony in April. Commission members were needed to present them.\n\nThe chair introduced two new applicants and the commission discussed how to make orientation smoother and a new attendance procedure. Subcommittees then swapped sections of the State of the Environment Report\, each group reviewing another's work and giving feedback\, with all emerging-issue topics to be assigned.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03092026-2538\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2157
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03092026-2538
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2017@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260311
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's advisory board on aging met March 10 with a full slate of program news and its own reporting obligations. Quarterly reports for year four of the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan were due on transportation\, social participation and inclusion\, employment\, and communication\, and the board discussed the survey and next steps for the 2027-32 plan.\n\nThe board also gave its report to the county commissioners that same evening\, and took up appointments\, its attendance policy and the FY 2026-27 budget.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2569\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2017
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2569
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1994@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260311
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners heard the second group of county boards and commissions present their annual work plans on March 10\, a yearly exercise in which each board reports what it did and what it plans\, measured against the commissioners' strategic goals. The first group presented on February 10.\nThe board then returned to the Land Use Plan 2050 information request and closed with appointment discussions for eight advisory bodies.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2549\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/42?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1994
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2549
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1993@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260318
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners take up a one-year moratorium on data centers as a land use. Staff present the impacts of large-scale data centers - power and water demand\, environmental effects\, and costs that could shift onto other ratepayers. The county attorney lays out two moratorium options and a possible amendment to the development ordinance regulating the use. The board decides which\, if any\, to pursue.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03172026-2553\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/44?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1993
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03172026-2553
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2330@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260318
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's economic development advisory board gave 45 minutes on March 17 to a staff presentation on the county's economic development goals\, successes and challenges\, the longest item on the agenda. The director's report followed.\nUnder new business the board welcomed a new member and heard about an updated attendance policy.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03172026-2550\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2330
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03172026-2550
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2034@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319
SUMMARY:Orange County: Agricultural Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Agricultural Preservation Board\n\nOrange County's agricultural preservation board reviewed and approved new farms for the voluntary agricultural district on March 18\, the one decision on its agenda. Voluntary agricultural districts give farms some protection from nuisance complaints and a formal signal that the land is meant to stay in agriculture.\n\nThe board also discussed the single membership application it had on file and how to recruit more\, took an update on the Land Use Plan 2050\, and looked for agriculture-themed photographs to illustrate the final draft of its Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182026-2556\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2034
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182026-2556
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2223@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260402
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's parks and recreation council elected its chair and vice chair on April 1 and spent more than an hour reviewing the draft county Trails Plan. The plan proposes nine trail connections with a priority ranking\, and it came back to this council repeatedly through the spring and summer.\n\nUnder old business the council took up the joint meeting with the Orange Unified Transportation Board\, which was held on June 3.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04012026-2563\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2223
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04012026-2563
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2156@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260414
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's commission for the environment worked on its State of the Environment Report on April 13\, settling the top three to five recommendations for each section along with formatting\, editing and images\, and taking a tree canopy study update from the chair.\n\nMembers also planned the Earth Day event at Blackwood Farm Park and the first Ripple Awards\, where commissioners were needed to present. Recruitment and retention came up with no vote on new members this month.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04132026-2568\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2156
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04132026-2568
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1988@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260415
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners spent April 14 on three substantive items and then an hour of appointments. Durham Technical Community College's president presented on the college's goals\, its K-12 partnerships in the county\, county-supported workforce initiatives and the Orange County campus addition and renovation project.\n\nThe board then discussed the 2026 Longtime Homeowners Assistance Program\, which the chair later cited as evidence the county has taken deliberate steps to protect low-wealth residents from property tax increases\, and took the draft county Trails Plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04142026-2578\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/48?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1988
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04142026-2578
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2042@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260416
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County NC Animal Services Advisory Board meeting agenda for
DESCRIPTION:Animal Services Advisory Board\n\nOrange County's animal services advisory board took up a survey sent to county residents on April 15\, and reported on the vacancies it was carrying at that point. The director gave developments from the shelter and introduced a new business officer.\n\nOld business ran to the board's 2026 goals\, including a proposal to seat a youth delegate and plans for a staff appreciation day.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152026-2588\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2042
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152026-2588
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2167@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260423
SUMMARY:Orange County: Historic Preservation Commission
DESCRIPTION:Historic Preservation Commission\n\nNo items for decision. The substantive discussion is a staff presentation on preserving Black tenant farm history - a farmstead and associated sites in the Carr community of northwest Cedar Grove Township. Updates cover a tour\, two preservation problems\, revised cost estimates for the historic courthouse\, and the marker subcommittee.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04222026-2589\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2167
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04222026-2589
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2186@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260429
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nThe longest item on the agenda is forty-five minutes for all commissioners to score submissions for the Pauli Murray Awards. The commission also takes the Blackwood Farms marker\, sets its August retreat date\, and hears committee reports on outreach and community events.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04282026-2590\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2186
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04282026-2590
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2071@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260501
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board Of Equalization and Review
DESCRIPTION:Board of Equalization & Review\n\nNo appeals. The Board of Equalization and Review sets its hearing calendar for the year and spends the meeting on how it will conduct itself - eight questions of process\, from what counts as good cause for a late appeal to whether a property owner can be represented by someone who is not a lawyer.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04302026-2611\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2071
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04302026-2611
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2222@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260507
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nThe ten-year capital investment plan is the substantive item\, alongside an update on where the county trails plan stood after going to the commissioners on 14 April\, and the proposed 2026-27 budget from the director.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05062026-2598\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2222
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05062026-2598
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2155@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260512
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nThe commission introduces a new applicant but takes no membership vote this month\, discusses its Earth Day event and the first of a new award\, and works through the final drafts of the State of the Environment report. Each subcommittee needs to supply one person to help with final edits.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05112026-2599\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2155
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05112026-2599
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2329@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260513
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nElections for chair\, vice-chair and secretary\, then a vacancy on the core business and grant committee\, a review of the attendance policy\, and a discussion about changing the meeting schedule. A guest appearance from the planning and inspections director.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122026-2600\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2329
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05122026-2600
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-2043@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260514
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Adjustment
DESCRIPTION:Board of Adjustment\n\nNo cases. The Board of Adjustment spends this meeting on itself: oaths of office\, its rules of procedure\, annual legal training including guidance on standing\, the year's calendar\, and elections for chair and vice-chair.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132026-2601\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2043
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132026-2601
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2214@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260519
SUMMARY:Orange County: Outboard
DESCRIPTION:Orange Unified Transportation Board\n\nForty minutes of new business: an attendance policy\, chair and vice-chair\, an update on fare-free service\, and the transit scheduling software. Then a staff report covering the annual work plan\, conflict of interest statements\, the county's bike and pedestrian plan\, and the three transport planning bodies the county has to work with.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05182026-2605\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2214
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05182026-2605
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2252@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260519
SUMMARY:Orange County: Tax Assessment Work Group Special Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Tax Assessment Work Group\n\nA ninety-minute virtual meeting with two outside firms: consultants engaged to review the 2025 revaluation\, and an executive search firm hired to recruit the county's next tax administrator. The tax administrator's post is currently held on an interim basis.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05182026-2606\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2252
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05182026-2606
CATEGORIES:Special or emergency meeting
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UID:meeting-1981@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260520
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThree regular agenda items\, each about housing or the money behind it: up to $32 million of installment financing for capital projects\, a $100\,000 request to help buy supportive housing units for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities\, and the annual federal housing plan. The published agenda packet is larger than this site's document relay will pass through\; this reading is taken from the approved minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05192026-2607\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/54?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1981
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05192026-2607
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2033@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
SUMMARY:Orange County: Agricultural Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Agricultural Preservation Board\n\nThe board's last meeting before its farmland plan goes to the county commissioners on 2 June. No items for decision\; the work is reviewing new front matter added to the draft - a preface\, acknowledgements and a call to action - and settling the logistics of who presents on the day.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2612\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2033
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2612
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2041@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County NC Animal Services Advisory Board meeting agenda for
DESCRIPTION:Animal Services Advisory Board\n\nThree vacancies in front of the board - a Chapel Hill seat\, the retail pet services seat\, and a non-municipal one coming in June - plus a follow-up on this year's goals\, a proposal to add a youth delegate\, and results from a county survey.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2631\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2041
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2631
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-2142@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
SUMMARY:Orange County: May Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe bureau's executive director has announced her retirement\, and that shapes the whole meeting. The chair opens with it\, and proposes postponing the formation of strategic subcommittees until later in the summer pending guidance on the county's succession planning process. Then the draft 2026-27 budgets from the county and town managers\, and an analysis of what a large sporting event actually returned.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2610\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2142
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2610
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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UID:meeting-2185@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260527
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nA ninety-minute monthly meeting. The Blackwood Farms commemorative marker returns as an action item\, the executive committee reports on elections and membership vacancies\, and the August retreat is fixed for 22 August. Ten minutes for public comment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05262026-2615\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2185
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05262026-2615
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1978@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260529
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Public Hearing and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe public hearing on the county manager's recommended 2026-27 budget\, followed by three appointment discussions. The manager presents\, the hearing opens and closes by motion\, and the board takes no decisions on the budget itself - those come at the 4 June work session.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282026-2614\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/60?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1978
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282026-2614
CATEGORIES:Public hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2154@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260609
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nTwo presentations open the evening: a wildlife centre proposing to turn the farmstead at Twin Creeks into its operations base with a nature centre in the park\, and the county's parks director on the draft trails plan. Then membership\, the climate action grant\, a PFAS update\, and the State of the Environment report\, whose final sections are due a week later.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06082026-2623\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2154
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06082026-2623
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2040@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260618
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County NC Animal Services Advisory Board meeting agenda for
DESCRIPTION:Animal Services Advisory Board\n\nThree vacancies to fill and three applicants for them\, two of whom are in the room. The board's seats are designated rather than general: one for a non-municipal resident\, one for the owner or manager of a retail pet service\, and one for animal welfare or advocacy\, and each applicant is matched to a particular seat.\n\nThe board also agrees to meet with other county boards\, plans a staff appreciation day in July\, and takes shelter and foster updates from the animal services director.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06172026-2629\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2040
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06172026-2629
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2184@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260623
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260624
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nA ninety-minute monthly meeting on Revere Road and on Teams. The commission takes an action item on a commemorative marker at Blackwood Farms\, hears a county update from the Office of Civil Rights and Civic Life\, and reports on membership vacancies and the retreat set for 22 August. Ten minutes for public comment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06232026-2626\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2184
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06232026-2626
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1974@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260710
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe board's first meeting after the death of its chair\, Jamezetta Bedford. Vice-Chair Jean Hamilton chairs\; the seat is filled by appointment later in the month. The regular agenda carries four substantial items: changes to the longtime homeowner assistance programme\, up to $27 million in financing for a crisis diversion centre\, how the tax administrator should report to the board\, and whether to solicit offers on a piece of county land. The published agenda packet is larger than this site's document relay will pass through\; this reading is taken from the approved minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07092026-2641\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/63?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1974
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07092026-2641
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2328@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260715
SUMMARY:Orange County: Economic Development Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Economic Development Advisory Board\n\nAn eighty-minute meeting whose largest block is a guest presentation from the county's strategic planning manager. The board also reviews applicants and votes on a recommendation to the county commissioners - a recommendation that has a fixed route: the commissioners discuss appointments at their 10 September work session and approve them on 15 September.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07142026-2642\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2328
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07142026-2642
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2032@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260716
SUMMARY:Orange County: Agricultural Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Agricultural Preservation Board\n\nSeventy minutes\, no items for decision. The board picks up the agricultural viability and farmland stewardship plan after the county commissioners approved it on 2 June\, hears about a food access programme\, and looks at membership applications going to the commissioners on 10 September.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07152026-2643\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2032
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07152026-2643
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260728
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260729
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe item that matters most is at number eleven: the board discusses and makes an appointment to fill a vacant seat on itself. An elected board choosing its own missing member is the closest a county gets to selecting a representative without an election.\n\nOtherwise a short agenda. No public hearings\, no regular agenda items and no minutes to approve. The consent agenda carries three things: an amendment letting Habitat for Humanity transfer lots at Weaver's Grove to another affordable housing developer\, acceptance of a state trails grant for Seven Mile Creek\, and a proclamation honouring a late resident. An hour is set aside for public comment.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07282026-2644\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/64?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1973
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07282026-2644
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260811
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nThe night the commission finishes the report it has been writing for more than a year. The State of the Environment Report comes back as a final draft with a vote to accept it\, ending work the commission was still struggling to draft in June 2025 when members were asked to write their sections over the summer break.\n\nAlso on the agenda: a presentation from the water and sewer authority on what PFAS is doing to its operations\, with the commission asked to comment on draft guiding principles\; a review of the community climate action grant and its scoring tools\; and an update on a summer heat action cohort.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08102026-2645\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2153
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08102026-2645
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260820
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County NC Animal Services Advisory Board meeting agenda for
DESCRIPTION:Animal Services Advisory Board\n\nA ninety-minute meeting at the animal services community room on Eubanks Road. The board takes public comment on non-agenda items for three minutes a speaker\, and accepts written comment by email beforehand. Business is board appointments and upcoming votes\, a subcommittee set up in June to coordinate with animal advisory boards in neighbouring counties\, and a recap of the July staff appreciation event.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192026-2657\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2039
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08192026-2657
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260826
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners opened their August 25 meeting with the oath of office for Commissioner Rani Dasi\, and directed on the consent agenda that the crisis diversion facility under construction be named for Jamezetta Bedford. The formal resolution honoring Bedford\, who died on June 21\, came back to the board a week later.\n\nThe one item of regular business was how the county advertises its land for sale. Until now it did the legal minimum\, a notice in The Herald Sun. The new process adds a listing on the MLS\, county social media\, the community newsletter\, a sign at the property and the asset management webpage\, with the winning bidder covering the costs: $200 to $3\,500 for legal ads\, $500 for the MLS listing and $1\,200 for an appraisal. The tax collector reported a 99.33 percent current-year collection rate for FY 2025-26. Consent also carried the sale of a 1.24-acre placeholder lot on Mollie Court\, four bus shelters for Hillsborough\, and dissolution of the broadband task force whose work produced the county's $10 million fiber contract with Lumos.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252026-2654\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/65?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1972
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252026-2654
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260826
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nThe commission's monthly meeting\, 6:00 to 7:30 PM on Revere Road and on Teams\, with every item timed to the minute. It advises the county commissioners on human relations and social justice\, and its job as the agenda describes it is promoting goodwill across communities\, identifying concerns about discrimination and civil inequality\, and supporting education and outreach.\n\nThe business: a climate action grant presentation\, a county update from the Office of Civil Rights and Civic Life\, a decision on a commemorative marker at Blackwood Farms\, and a review and vote on applications to fill membership vacancies. Subcommittees report on outreach\, a housing series and the Blackwood Farms dedication.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252026-2655\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2182
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08252026-2655
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260827
SUMMARY:Orange County: Historic Preservation Commission
DESCRIPTION:Historic Preservation Commission\n\nNo items for decision. An evening of staff presentations and updates: new renovation concepts for the Murphey School\, a county historic landmark\; proposed changes to the federal review rules that govern how historic properties are treated when public money or permits are involved\; progress on the Occaneechi village\; and a long list of possible field trips to eighteenth-century burying grounds\, farms and old schoolhouses.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08262026-2658\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2165
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08262026-2658
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe one public hearing is the consequential item. A county-initiated text amendment would take by-right subdivisions of fewer than 21 lots out of Planning Board and commissioner review entirely and hand them to staff\, on the reasoning that state law requires the county to approve plats meeting its own criteria anyway. It also drops the separate concept plan application\, widens the expedited track to parcels between two and five acres\, and deletes three subdivision categories that have never been used. The Planning Board recommended approval unanimously with one change: doubling the mailing notice before a neighborhood meeting from 14 days to 30.\n\nThe board also fills the Register of Deeds vacancy left by a resignation in mid-August\, and honors Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford\, who died in June\, by naming the crisis diversion facility now under construction after her. Consent carries $350\,000 in tourism marketing contracts\, a $37\,783 opioid settlement award\, and ratification of a $123\,500 inspections contract the county manager had already signed to keep construction moving.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09012026-2661\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/66?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2327
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09012026-2661
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260903
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nThe council's first meeting of the autumn\, at the Bonnie B. Davis centre. The item with consequences is what the 2026-27 budget and capital plan decisions mean for parks - the ramifications\, as the agenda puts it\, of choices made elsewhere. Also on the agenda: a marker at Blackwood Farm Park proposed by the Human Relations Commission\, an acting parks superintendent to introduce\, a disc golf status report\, and where the county trails plan now stands.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09022026-2662\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2495
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09022026-2662
CATEGORIES:Other
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DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260911
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners meet Thursday for the twice-yearly progress report on the countywide strategic plan\, and for a first look at a draft Strategic Communications and Civic Partnership Plan. The rest of the evening is appointments to thirteen advisory boards.\n\nThe communications plan would set a county-wide framework for how Orange County talks to residents and staff\, treating communication as a core public service rather than a support function. Its stated aims are clearer and more consistent messaging\, wider access\, stronger internal capacity\, and durable relationships with communities.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2664\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/67?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2918
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2664
CATEGORIES:Work session
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260915
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment meets Monday night to set the scoring for its 2026-27 Community Climate Action Grants. Members have to finish scoring every application by 9 a.m. on 5 October\, and the meeting covers the scoring questions and that timeline.\n\nThe rest is the board's own work in progress. Its State of the Environment report is with county staff for review\, and members will settle acknowledgements and next steps. The commission also takes up promotion for the RIPPLE Awards\, which open to the public on 1 December and close 1 February\, breaks into subcommittees to set priorities for the rest of the year\, and votes on two applicants for membership.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09142026-2666\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3769
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09142026-2666
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260916
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nHoly Trinity Anglican Church asks Orange County's commissioners on 15 September to rezone about 15.5 acres at 1651 Old Lystra Road\, in the joint planning area with Chapel Hill\, from R-LD1 to a conditional R-4 district. The church plans an 11\,200-square-foot building with a 300-seat sanctuary\, a later 6\,240-square-foot addition\, and up to ten church-owned tiny homes to house people in need\, all on well and septic. The county planning board recommended approval unanimously on 3 June\, with a condition against cut-through traffic\, and the rezoning takes effect only if Chapel Hill's council adopts it too. The joint public hearing is held at 6 p.m. that evening.\n\nThe board also holds hearings on the HOME program's annual report and on a $191\,911 state and federal rural transit application\, hears from OWASA on the drought and PFAS\, and gets an update on the J Branch rail trail study. The consent agenda buys 35 Motorola portable radios for $352\,560\, hires engineers for the first phase of the VIPER radio expansion for $186\,200\, and borrows $504\,000 to replace Durham Tech's rooftop HVAC units. It also shifts $337\,096 of Chapel Hill-Carrboro school money from the McDougle roof to a boiler at FPG Elementary\, and removes two advisory board members for missed meetings.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09152026-2671\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/69?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3840
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09152026-2671
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261014T040506Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261007
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners receive the final report Tuesday night from GAR Associates\, the firm hired in May to audit the 2025 property revaluation after residents and board members questioned it. GAR finds the values meet the minimum statistical standards but that several office practices do not. It recommends a true sales-comparison approach for homes\, a new land valuation strategy and a statistical appraisal specialist on staff. The only public hearing is on fiscal 2028 transit grant applications seeking $515\,928.\n\nThe 23-item consent agenda carries $251\,517 in property tax refunds\, new agreements with eight rural fire departments\, and a $135\,000 salary for Register of Deeds Amy McLamb. It also awards the county's federal HOME-ARP rental assistance money to Housing for New Hope\, the only applicant\, and endorses the Andrews House\, a 1950s Modernist home\, for the National Register. Information memos set out a schedule for data center rules\, with a hearing expected in March 2027\, and report bus ridership up 52% to 137% under the fare-free pilot.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10062026-2686\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/73?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4713
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10062026-2686
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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