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UID:meeting-3613@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
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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UID:meeting-3668@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
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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UID:meeting-3608@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
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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UID:meeting-3688@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
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
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UID:meeting-3640@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
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
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UID:meeting-3591@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250430
SUMMARY:Orange County: Joint Meeting with Schools
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners met jointly with both school boards on 29 April 2025 to hear each district's budget request and a joint presentation on what federal cuts would do to them. The commissioners then went into closed session with their attorney.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04292025-2240\nWatch: https://orangecountync.gov/CivicMedia?VID=82\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3591
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04292025-2240
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3663@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250529
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nTwo educational sessions carry this meeting: the annual child fatality report\, which comes with a substantial change to what North Carolina requires local teams to review\, and an update on how the county is spending its opioid settlement money. One action item\, a set of new health department fees. Public comment is limited to five minutes for the meeting and three minutes a speaker.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282025-2316\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3663
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05282025-2316
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3662@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250626
SUMMARY:Orange County: Approved Agenda and Minutes for
DESCRIPTION:Board of Health\n\nThe Orange County Board of Health met on 25 June 2025 to receive the 2024 State of the County's Health report and the health director's report. The agenda also carried public and board comment\, updates from the board's three priority committees\, and a media packet.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06252025-2315\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3662
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06252025-2315
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2016@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250709
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners are set to hear a tax office report on the county's 2025 property revaluation\, plus a resolution opposing state Senate Bill 205\, which would rewrite Chapter 160D of the state statutes and narrow local governments' zoning and planning authority. The board would also take up the Eno-Haw Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan and a condominium agreement with Carrboro for the Drakeford Library Complex.\n\nThe consent agenda covers minutes from three May meetings\, FY26-27 transit grant paperwork\, and a $700\,386 purchase of 312 laptops\, 108 desktops and 312 docking stations from Lenovo. The board would close in closed session on emergency preparedness and pending litigation\, Zander and Galloway v. Orange County.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07082025-2306\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/5?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2016
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07082025-2306
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2140@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
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
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UID:meeting-2257@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260113
SUMMARY:Orange County: Tax Assessment Work Group
DESCRIPTION:Tax Assessment Work Group\n\nOrange County's Tax Assessment Work Group takes up a legal briefing on how the Board of Equalization and Review operates\, an update on the request for proposals for the county's property reappraisal\, and community research findings from the NC Housing Coalition's Hudson Vaughan. The group also approves minutes from its December 5 meeting and discusses next steps.\n\nThe group was set up after complaints about how property is assessed in the county. It includes county commissioners\, staff\, community representatives from several districts\, and representatives from the NC Housing Coalition and Property Tax Justice.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01122026-2489\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2257
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01122026-2489
CATEGORIES:Other
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UID:meeting-2137@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
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
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UID:meeting-2064@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T040456Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260812
SUMMARY:Orange County: Board of Equalization and Review August 11\, 2026 meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Equalization & Review\n\nSix matters\, and an unusual one first: a hearing on whether a person has standing to appeal at all\, before any valuation is argued. Then five appeals - two residential properties and three business personal property penalties for filing a listing late.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112026-2653\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2064
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08112026-2653
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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