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UID:meeting-3715@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-3651@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241002
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets weekly through absentee season to decide which mailed\, military and overseas ballots count toward the November general election. Each session includes a bipartisan review of ballot envelopes\, with any flagged for a problem set aside for a board vote to approve or reject.\n\nThis meeting also took up how early voting sites handle campaigning near the polls and a written policy for how the board runs its own absentee sessions.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10012024-2162\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3651
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10012024-2162
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3650@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241009
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets weekly during absentee voting season to accept or reject mailed-in ballots for the November 2024 general election\, working through envelopes flagged for missing signatures\, incomplete witness information or other problems before the ballots can be counted.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10082024-2160\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3650
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10082024-2160
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3649@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241016
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections met to review absentee ballots cast ahead of the 2024 general election. The board's business was staff's recommendations on which ballots to approve\, plus routine tabulation and ballot security steps.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152024-2161\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3649
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152024-2161
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3616@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241017
SUMMARY:Orange County: Sixth meeting-2024 Bond Education Committee
DESCRIPTION:2024 School Bond Education Committee\n\nOrange County's School Bond Education Committee met on October 16 to review its outreach ahead of the school bond referendum\, and to decide whether to meet again before Election Day.\n\nCo-chairs Jean Hamilton and Phyllis Portie-Ascott and the consulting firm Avenir Bold walked through what the campaign to inform voters had produced so far: a promotional video\, website and social media analytics\, media inquiries\, and the public events held to date. The committee then discussed next steps\, including whether to keep its October 30 meeting. The agenda also called for approving minutes from the October 2 meeting and taking a group photo. The agenda does not state the bond's amount or what it would pay for.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10162024-2118\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3616
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10162024-2118
CATEGORIES:Committee meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3648@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241023
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets repeatedly during early voting to act on absentee-by-mail ballots. Staff recommend each ballot for approval or rejection\, and the board reviews and votes on those recommendations before ballots are run through the tabulator.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222024-2159\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3648
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10222024-2159
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3714@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3647@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241030
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's elections board meets weekly during the fall election season to open\, inspect and vote on absentee ballots returned by mail\, accepting some and rejecting others under state rules on witness signatures\, photo identification and voter eligibility. Each session also carries an early-voting turnout update from the director and a public comment period.\n\nBallots are sorted into civilian\, overseas and military categories. Board members review a sample of the batch staff recommend for approval\, then vote the civilian\, overseas and military groups separately before approved ballots go through a second tabulator and get sealed for the eventual count.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292024-2158\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3647
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10292024-2158
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3646@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241105
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nElection Day was one day away\, and Orange County's elections board spent this meeting clearing its absentee ballot backlog. Director Rachel Raper reported 69\,131 ballots cast during early voting\, a record turnout\, plus 1\,439 civilian\, 224 overseas and 22 military absentee-by-mail ballots that staff recommended for approval and 18 recommended for disapproval\, after eligible voters were contacted and sent replacement ballot packages.\n\nAlso pending: 34 civilian absentee envelopes where a photo ID document might have been sealed inside rather than attached outside\, which needed board review before staff could act on them.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11042024-2170\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3646
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11042024-2170
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3645@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241106
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's election board meets on Election Day itself to process absentee ballots before polls close. The agenda covers the director's report on absentee-by-mail ballots cast to date\, board review of ballot envelopes flagged for approval or disapproval\, and the procedures for tabulating and sealing results ahead of the 7:30 p.m. release.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11052024-2166\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3645
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11052024-2166
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3644@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241113
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections met the Tuesday after the November 5 general election to handle post-election business ahead of canvass. The agenda covered administrative challenges to absentee and early voting ballots cast by voters no longer eligible\, and same-day registrants whose addresses could not be verified.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2169\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3644
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2169
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3643@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241115
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nTwo days before the county certifies its election results\, the Orange County Board of Elections meets to work through the ballots still in question: supplemental absentee ballots that arrived or were resolved after Election Day\, and 601 provisional ballots cast by voters whose eligibility staff had to check. The agenda also sets a sample audit count comparing hand counts to machine totals at three precincts\, and asks the board to certify the supplemental absentee results for the state board of elections.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142024-2168\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3643
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142024-2168
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3642@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241116
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections canvassed the November 5\, 2024 presidential general election on November 15. Turnout was 77 percent: 88\,217 ballots cast from 114\,899 eligible registered voters. The board heard the director's reconciliation of every precinct and early voting site\, ruled on challenged ballots\, and certified the result.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11152024-2165\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3642
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11152024-2165
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3728@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3609@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3668@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3608@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3641@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241203
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections met December 2\, 2024 to hear the director's report on the statewide recount in the race for Seat 06 on the North Carolina Supreme Court. The rest is housekeeping: minutes from three November meetings held during the canvass\, the director's work plan and performance review\, and setting the next meeting date. No minutes are on file\, so what the board was told about the recount is not part of the record here.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022024-2167\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3641
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12022024-2167
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3743@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-3640@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250304
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250305
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections took its 2026 budget request on 4 March 2025\, covering four elections\, and heard that the state has identified its election management software as needing replacement. Registration stood at 109\,167\, down 6\,165 since 1 December 2024 after biennial list maintenance.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03042025-2295\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3640
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03042025-2295
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3598@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250318
SUMMARY:Orange County: Legislative Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe commissioners' annual legislative breakfast with the county's state senator and two state representatives\, at 8:30 AM in the Whitted Building. The county sent them its 2025 priority legislative issues in advance\; this is the meeting to talk them through. The only document on file is that packet - the letter and the priorities themselves - and a single-page record of the meeting that does not extract as text.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03172025-2206\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3598
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03172025-2206
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3732@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-3639@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections watched demonstrations of two election management software systems on 15 April 2025 and made a preliminary recommendation to the county commissioners.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152025-2294\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3639
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04152025-2294
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3709@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-3692@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-3638@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250521
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections ran a simulated election on 20 May 2025 to test ES&S Electionware 5.2.4.0\, the software that would replace the county's election management system\, and then voted on whether to ask the State Board of Elections to approve it. The director also reported on voter registration\, the year-to-date budget and what the county manager's recommended 2026 budget does to the elections office.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202025-2323\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3638
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202025-2323
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3585@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250528
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe last of the departmental budget sessions. Every functional leadership team comes to the board in turn - public safety\, human services\, support services\, general government and community services\, twenty-odd departments and the Sportsplex - to talk through operating requests\, capital\, and proposed fee changes. The board takes no public comment at a work session\; the public hearing follows on 29 May.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05272025-2272\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1828?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3585
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05272025-2272
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3731@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250605
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nThe Parks and Recreation Council's last meeting before its summer break\, at the Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agricultural Center in Hillsborough. The agenda is timed to the minute: a State of the Parks presentation from the parks superintendent\, a review of the two public outreach sessions for the county trails plan\, and an update on where the ten-year capital plan leaves parks projects. The council is a thirteen-member advisory body with two youth delegates.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06042025-2276\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3731
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06042025-2276
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3581@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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:20261014T051232Z
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-2062@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250806
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections is set to adopt an early voting schedule for the November 4\, 2025 municipal election and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board election. The plan covers five sites running from mid-October through the Saturday before the election.\n\nThe board will also hear an update on the state's Registration Repair Project\, which addresses voter records missing a driver's license number or Social Security digits\, and discuss adding a group photo and members' email addresses to the county elections website.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08052025-2325\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2062
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08052025-2325
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2024@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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:20261014T051232Z
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-2208@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250820
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250821
SUMMARY:Orange County: Staff Working Group
DESCRIPTION:OCPT Staff Working Group\n\nOrange County's transit staff working group\, which coordinates transit planning between the county\, Chapel Hill\, Carrboro\, Hillsborough\, Mebane\, GoTriangle and Triangle West MPO\, debated a $500\,000 funding placeholder for the Orange County Transit Plan amendment before deferring a decision to build a shared scope document first. The group also elected new officers\, with outgoing chair Doug Plachcinski stepping down.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202025-2330\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2208
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08202025-2330
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2060@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250910
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections considers appointing early voting officials for the November 4 municipal election and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board of education election. The agenda also carries the director's monthly budget and voter-registration reports and approval of the August 19 minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2526\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2060
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2526
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2037@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-2059@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-2057@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251015
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections takes up absentee by-mail ballots received to date. The director reports the count\, then the board acts to accept and process those ballots. The agenda also calls for scheduling the board's next meeting and updating members' time and travel records.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2524\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2057
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2524
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2058@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251015
SUMMARY:Orange County: BOE Meeting Canvass
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets to certify the results of the City of Durham's October 7 municipal primary. The board also covers scheduling its next meeting and updating member time and travel records.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2523\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2058
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10142025-2523
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2056@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251022
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections met to process absentee ballots ahead of the 2025 municipal election\, assign board members to visit early voting sites\, and receive an update on ballots cast to date.\n\nThe agenda was otherwise routine\, with no discussion items announced in advance.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2522\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2056
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2522
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2055@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251029
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets to act on absentee by-mail ballots received so far. The agenda also lists director's reports on early voting turnout and voter-list maintenance\, plus a discussion of members' early voting site visits.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-2521\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2055
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10282025-2521
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2054@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251104
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's Board of Elections meets to process absentee ballots ahead of the November 4\, 2025 municipal election and to hear a director's report on early voting turnout. The agenda also covers a precinct visit list and scheduling the board's next meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11032025-2520\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2054
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11032025-2520
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2053@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251105
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections meets on election night. Members report on what they saw at their assigned precincts. The board also reviews absentee ballots arriving during the day — civilian\, military and overseas — and considers them for approval. It verifies tabulator and results tapes ahead of canvass.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11042025-2519\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2053
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11042025-2519
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2052@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251108
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections acts on provisional ballots cast in the November 4 municipal election. It follows a recommendation from the elections director on which ballots to approve. The board also hears a report on the sample audit count for the OWASA and Town Hall precincts\, randomly selected by the state board.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072025-2518\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2052
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072025-2518
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2051@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251114
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Elections
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nThe Orange County Board of Elections meets to act on overseas absentee ballots received after the November 4 municipal election. It also takes up certification of the supplemental absentee ballots cast to date.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132025-2517\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2051
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11132025-2517
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2050@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251115
SUMMARY:Orange County: BOE Meeting Canvass
DESCRIPTION:Board of Elections\n\nOrange County's board of elections meets to canvass the November 4 municipal and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education election. The agenda calls for a director's report on the election\, a vote to certify the results\, and two routine items: scheduling the board's next meeting and updating its time and travel records.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142025-2516\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2050
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11142025-2516
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2138@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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:20261014T051232Z
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:20261014T051232Z
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-2159@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260113
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment considers a petition to widen its Community Climate Action Grant fund. County Commissioner Sally Greene wants the fund to cover climate adaptation\, not only mitigation. The commission also plans to approve a final draft of its annual report and work plan\, due to the clerk's office in January. It will also decide whether to keep sponsoring the Nature of Orange photo contest.\n\nThe agenda sets aside time for a State of the Environment report round table and sub-committee breakouts on the year's projects. It also lists updates on the commission's RIPPLE environmental awards.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01122026-2485\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2159
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01122026-2485
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2048@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2026@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260121
SUMMARY:Orange County: AHAB Regular Monthly Meeting Agenda and
DESCRIPTION:Affordable Housing Advisory Board\n\nThe agenda for Orange County's Affordable Housing Advisory Board's January 20 meeting\, rescheduled from January 13\, lists four items with time estimates and no other detail: five minutes to approve minutes\, ten minutes of updates from board members and staff\, and 60 minutes to work on the board's 2026 work plan. The agenda does not say what the work plan discussion will cover.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2490\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2026
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01202026-2490
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1999@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-2243@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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-2223@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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
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DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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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DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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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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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DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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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DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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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DTSTAMP:20261014T051232Z
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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