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UID:meeting-3410@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T175900
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T195900
SUMMARY:Town of Wake Forest: Board of Commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe board considers adopting the town's FY 2022-2023 budget ordinance. Two resolutions would let Wake and Franklin counties levy and collect the town's property taxes for 2022-2023. A fifth amendment revises the current year's budget.\n\nA public hearing precedes a vote on an incentive agreement\, Resolution 2022-27\, with Blue Force Technologies. RP HV Lakeside LLC and Tri Point Homes Holdings petition to annex about 29 acres for the Holding Village development. The board also takes a second reading on a zoning text amendment and weighs traffic ordinances for Heritage View Trail and Old Dairy Drive. It closes the meeting to evaluate the town manager and town attorney and to discuss a pending lawsuit.\n\nAgenda: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1251\nWatch: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3410
URL:https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1251
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230524
SUMMARY:Town of Morrisville: Town Council
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nThe council holds a public hearing on the FY2024 operating budget and capital investment program and could adopt it the same night. The proposed budget totals $49.49 million ($48.2 million General Fund\, $1.29 million Stormwater Fund)\, holds the tax rate flat at $0.39 per $100 of valuation\, and carries a General Fund increase of about 7.8% over the original FY2023 budget. Staff recommend no tax increase\, a stormwater fee rise from $40 to $50 per Equivalent Residential Unit\, and a second $13.9 million bond issuance under the November 2021 voter-approved bond package. The item follows a May 9 budget brief and work sessions on May 11 and May 18\; if the council does not adopt the budget May 23\, the agenda schedules a further work session May 25 and adoption June 13.\n\nThe council also holds a public hearing on text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance allowing murals\, after the Planning and Zoning Board split 2-2 in April and forwarded a default recommendation of denial\; action is scheduled for June 13. Other business includes a resolution amending the town's personnel policy manual\, briefed to the council May 9\, and a resolution and capital project ordinance amendment authorizing a construction contract with Hine Sitework\, Inc. for the J Morris Commons Lane extension\, an access road for Fire Station #3\, at an estimated total project cost of $411\,400. The consent agenda covers minutes from the April 11 and April 24 meetings\, and the council hears an administrative report on Summer Advisory Committee recruitment and four proclamations\, for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month\, Jewish American Heritage Month\, Pride Month\, and National Tennis Month.\n\nAgenda: https://morrisville.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=149\nWatch: https://morrisvillenc.new.swagit.com/views/default/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3489
URL:https://morrisville.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=149
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3375@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T174600
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T194600
SUMMARY:Town of Wake Forest: Board of Commissioners Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners Work Session\n\nCommissioners will hear a rezoning presentation for a 3.93-acre tract at 0 North White Street\, where Thales Academy wants to build a mixed-use project the Planning Board recommended 7-0\, and discuss a new interlocal agreement to enforce Wake County's nondiscrimination ordinance inside town limits. Staff will also brief the board on a proposed on-demand microtransit contract with Via Transportation and on the proposed FY 2024-2025 operating budget.\n\nThe board will also consider a resolution renewing a 20-year lease with Wake County for an 800 MHz public safety radio tower on town property\, review updates to the town's purchasing policy\, and go over the capital improvement and strategic plan trackers. The session includes a review of the draft agenda for the May 21 regular meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1582\nWatch: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3375
URL:https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1582
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-3402@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240618T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240618T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Wake Forest: Board of Commissioners
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nWake Forest commissioners will adopt an $86.9 million general fund budget for 2024-2025 and vote on a rezoning that would let GWP Developers LLC build age-restricted housing on 2.75 acres at 306 S. Allen Road. The board also takes up a second reading of a curfew ordinance for the Friday Night on White street festival\, an interlocal agreement adopting Wake County's nondiscrimination ordinance inside town limits\, and an amended nuisance ordinance that shortens the timeline for abating violations.\n\nAgenda: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1626\nWatch: https://wake-forest.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3402
URL:https://wake-forest.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1626
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T160000
SUMMARY:Chatham County: Board of Commissioners
LOCATION:Historic Courthouse Courtroom
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nChatham County's commissioners held the first budget hearing for 2025-2026 on 19 May 2025 and drew the largest turnout of the year. Dozens spoke or wrote\, on the Haw River State Trail\, a part-time arborist\, a day program for adults with disabilities\, a full-time election coordinator\, and master's pay for teachers.\n\nThe board also heard a quasi-judicial hearing on a fueling station at the Chatham Downs shopping center\, took a waiver request for a pump-and-haul wastewater option at Briar Chapel\, appointed five members to the Housing Authority\, and adopted resolutions recognizing Juneteenth as an official county holiday and Pride Month.\n\nIn the afternoon it received the quarterly American Rescue Plan update\, the third-quarter budget update\, and a presentation from Chatham Economic Development.\n\nAgenda: https://legistar.granicus.com/chathamnc/meetings/2025/5/1411_A_Board_of_Commissioners_25-05-19_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chathamnc.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4262
URL:https://chathamnc.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=1411&GID=246&G=4B928CDD-81EA-4353-807D-AA8CEB756487
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board took a first reading of state policy updates\, the year's first budget amendment\, and the district's 2025-26 school improvement plans on 3 November. Staff briefed it on implementing House Bill 805 and on NC College Connect\, and the board went into closed session on school safety and crisis plans.\n\nTen people signed up to speak\, and every one of them came about the same thing: arts stipends cut in the middle of the school year\, and how the district handled pay for teachers with master's degrees.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3079
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=wKqZEn1r9tIqWJDsvtXvUA==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1218@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T210000
SUMMARY:Town of Holly Springs: Town Council Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nHolly Springs holds four public hearings at this meeting: two voluntary annexations (6200 Windy Farm Lane\, known as the Evanston case\, and the Twin Springs case)\, the town's semiannual UDO text amendments (26-UDO-01)\, and the FY 2026-27 recommended budget. Under new business\, the council takes up the Powell Place rezoning and an associated development agreement\, and makes committee and board appointments.\n\nThe consent agenda includes a contract to update the town's ADA Transition Plan (which addresses accessibility barriers in town facilities and services) and routine monthly budget amendments. The meeting opens with proclamations for Pride Month\, Safe Boating Week\, and Public Works Week.\n\nAgenda: https://hollyspringsnc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2169\,plainText=false)\nWatch: https://www.hollyspringsnc.gov/501/Video-Archives\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1218
URL:https://hollyspringsnc.portal.civicclerk.com/event/642/overview
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1736@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T210000
SUMMARY:Town of Hillsborough: Board of Commissioners Work Session and Budget Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nHillsborough's board holds a public hearing and then decides whether to impose a 60-day development moratorium on data centers as a land use -- an ordinance that would temporarily block new development approvals for data centers\, cryptocurrency mining operations\, and any use tied to data center processing facilities in town. The board also gets a briefing on a SecureNC partnership with the state Department of Information Technology\, which is likely related to the same data-center policy question\, and holds its second FY2027 budget workshop.\n\nOn the consent agenda: miscellaneous budget amendments and transfers\, a Pride Month proclamation\, and a Gun Violence Awareness Day proclamation.\n\nAgenda: https://mccmeetings.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/hillsbronc-pubu/MEET-Agenda-010ac9061d25490dbc9b72e204d71b08.pdf\nWatch: https://hillsborough-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-boc/page/board-commissioners-work-session-and-budget-workshop\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1736
URL:https://hillsborough-nc.municodemeetings.com/bc-boc/page/board-commissioners-work-session-and-budget-workshop
CATEGORIES:Work session
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UID:meeting-57@govwatch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T170000
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SUMMARY:Wake County: Board of Commissioners — Regular Meeting
LOCATION:Wake County Justice Center
DESCRIPTION:Board of Commissioners\n\nThe headline item is adoption of Wake County's Fiscal Year 2027 operating budgets\, capital improvement projects\, special revenue projects\, and position authorization ordinances. The consent agenda carries several notable actions: an affordable housing loan for the Copernica Properties rental housing development in Raleigh\, acceptance of Walmart Foundation grant funding for the Sheriff's Office\, a stadium naming rights partner decision\, appropriation of excess ARPA revenue for one-time uses\, and approval of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau's FY27 budget. The board also proclaims June as LGBT+ Pride Month.\n\nThe rest of the meeting is routine board business: a long list of appointments to advisory boards and commissions (including the Fire Commission\, Library Commission\, Energy Advisory Commission\, and several Raleigh and regional boards)\, reports\, and a closed session.\n\nAgenda: https://wake.legistar1.com/wake/meetings/2026/6/6231_A_Board_of_Commissioners_26-06-01_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://wake.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=18\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/57
URL:https://wake.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=6231&GID=605&G=53B536B7-DAB7-4DC0-9617-B0772D508F49
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1539@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T193000
SUMMARY:Durham County: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nBudget adoption night for Durham County\, taken under other business rather than as a hearing - state law requires the annual budget to be adopted no later than 1 July. Before it\, thirty-five minutes of ceremonial items including a resolution honouring a life of service and sacrifice\, and proclamations for National Pride Month\, Women Veterans Day\, Gun Violence Awareness Month and National Re-Unification Month.\n\nAgenda: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1548\nWatch: https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1539
URL:https://durhamcounty.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1548
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1323@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Pittsboro: Board of Commissioners Regular
DESCRIPTION:1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)\n\nPittsboro's commissioners adopted the 2026-27 budget on 8 June along with the salary schedule\, position control\, the general fund fee schedule and a development fees ordinance. A voluntary annexation petition from Highcroft Investors and Chatham Park Investors came with a public hearing.\n\nFour items concerned Chatham Park. Besides the annexation\, the board took up relocating the parkland and fire station site in South Village\, a village park land dedication in Section 6.3\, and whether to appoint a liaison to the section design plan process — the mechanism at the center of the town's litigation with residents. The parks and recreation advisory board had recommended against the Section 6.3 dedication 6-0 in February\, and a later motion to approve it failed 2-4\; staff recommended acceptance. Town Lake was a separate choice between keeping the park natural\, which that advisory board preferred\, and paved ADA-accessible trails and boardwalks at a significantly higher cost.\n\nAgenda: https://pittsboronc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06082026-550?html=true\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@townofpittsboronc/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1323
URL:https://pittsboronc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06082026-550?html=true
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1664@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T200000
SUMMARY:Town of Chapel Hill: Town Council
LOCATION:RM 110 | Council Chamber
DESCRIPTION:Town Council\n\nChapel Hill's Town Council unanimously enacted its FY 2026-27 budget on June 10\, and advanced the Homestead Gardens affordable housing development further by authorizing development contracts and ground leases with CASA for both the Horizons Building and a Supportive Housing Building -- alongside the Community Home Trust and Habitat for Humanity agreements the council had approved for the same development a week earlier. The council also opened and closed a public hearing on contracted services for the Downtown Municipal Services District\, and extended board member terms to preserve quorum and continuity: Historic District Commission member Josh Gurlitz through June 30\, 2027\, and Planning Commission members Jonathan Mitchell and Elizabeth Losos through the same date\, specifically to see the LUMO rewrite through to completion.\n\nThe council also proclaimed Pride Month and National Immigrant Heritage Month. Every recorded vote passed unanimously.\n\nAgenda: https://chapelhill.legistar1.com/chapelhill/meetings/2026/6/2352_A_Town_Council_26-06-10_Council_Meeting_Agenda.pdf\nWatch: https://chapelhill.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=5\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1664
URL:https://chapelhill.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?LEGID=2352&GID=695&G=B2734B8A-E6A5-4A62-BE5B-2E714AA20188
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-1845@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T210000
SUMMARY:Town of Knightdale: Knightdale Town Council Meeting
LOCATION:950 Steeple Square Court\, Knightdale\, North Carolina 27545
DESCRIPTION:Knightdale Town Council Meeting\n\nKnightdale's council adopted its 2027 budget\, fee schedule and position classification plan on 17 June\, along with the order to collect taxes and a set of final 2026 budget amendments — all of it on the consent agenda. Two public hearings followed: a general obligation bond order for parks and recreation\, which is the step before a bond goes to voters\, and an annexation agreement with Raleigh setting which city may annex what.\n\nThe council also took ZMA-4-25\, Overlook at Old Crews\, recognized an outgoing board member\, and issued proclamations for Juneteenth\, Pride Month and Vitiligo Awareness Day.\n\nAgenda: https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0a74d79f-132b-45f2-a30c-9546d7415840&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\nWatch: https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1845
URL:https://pub-knightdalenc.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0a74d79f-132b-45f2-a30c-9546d7415840&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3882@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T074247Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T193000
SUMMARY:Wake County Public School System: Board of Education Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education Meeting\n\nWake County's school board took second readings on fourteen policies Monday evening\, and the run of them is the story: equity\, the selection of instructional materials and objections to them\, religious-based exemptions from school programs\, and eight separate purchasing and bidding policies including participation by historically underutilized businesses and minority business enterprise participation in construction contracts. Second reading is the stage at which a policy is adopted.\n\nThe board also received the 2025-26 testing and accountability results and heard a sustainable instructional device strategy. Construction ran through the consent agenda: guaranteed maximum prices at Briarcliff Elementary and Brentwood Elementary\, change orders at Ligon Middle\, North Garner Middle and Wakefield High\, contract amendments at Brassfield and West Millbrook\, mobile classroom removal at West Lake Middle\, safety and security hardware upgrades\, and easements to the Town of Cary at Panther Creek High and to a developer at Southeast Raleigh High. The board named the outdoor amphitheater at Farmington Woods Magnet Elementary for retired principal Winston Pierce. The district publishes item titles through its portal but no agenda document\, so this account comes from the item list.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/user/WakeCountySchools/videos\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3882
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=HnXLls1F9Zx0AgDMtBXriA==&MID=aTlHpwTMv6o7cJfFmmSt9A==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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