Fees and utility rates items in Orange County
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| Fees and utility rates | 44 |
| Budget and appropriations | 17 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 14 |
| Health and human services | 12 |
| Transit | 6 |
| Environment and sustainability | 5 |
| Water and sewer | 5 |
| Police and public safety | 4 |
| Arts and public art | 3 |
| Bonds and debt | 3 |
| Contracts and procurement | 3 |
| Drugs and addiction | 3 |
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Releases or refunds on seven vehicle tax bills, $2,073.64 in all.Consent agenda Fees and utility rates
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Releases or refunds for 22 taxpayers on 26 bills, reducing revenue to the county, towns and districts by $251,516.89.Consent agenda Fees and utility rates
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Nineteen late applications for 2026 exemptions on 28 bills, mostly homestead exclusions, worth $64,624.01 across all taxing units.Consent agenda Fees and utility rates
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Drops four minimum self-pay colposcopy fees after a state audit and adds eight lab and blood-draw fees set at Medicaid rates.
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A business asked the board to waive a late listing penalty of $193.03, saying the failure to file was an isolated oversight.Waived in full, 3-0
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A penalty of $12.32, where the filer's accountant chose the print option rather than filing electronically.Waived in full, 3-0
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A penalty of $12.62 attributed to an internal oversight by the filer's accountant. The board declined to waive it, the only split vote of the meeting.Compromise denied; penalty stands at $12.62, 2-1
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Stephen Winters and Mary Tiger of OWASA present on what PFAS contamination means for the utility's operations and ask the commission for input on OWASA's draft guiding principles.Discussed; input given
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The fiscal 2027 operating budget, the county fee schedule, an opioid settlement fund spending authorization the state requires, and a resolution defining how occupancy tax is used. Built from decisions the board reached at a 4 June work session after a January retreat where the manager described an unprecedented $21 m…A motion to send the budget back to the manager for another 0.47 cents in cuts failed 3-3. The budget then passed 5-1, McKee opposed, saying he feared the beginning of a long line of tax increases.
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Final design and guaranteed maximum price for the Crisis Diversion Facility, an amendment to the Gilbane construction manager-at-risk contract, and the budget amendment raising capital authority to match.Approved unanimously. The financing resolution for it, up to $27 million, followed on 9 July.
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The county fee schedule for the coming year.Not reached.
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A three-year rewrite of the county's 2009 farmland preservation plan, timed so it can feed into the Land Use Plan 2050 update.Accepted unanimously. The agricultural preservation board was still working through a web version of it in July.
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The 1979 agreement under which the county tax collector bills and collects for Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough. Updated in 2006 at 0.5 percent of what it collects, with a term not to exceed 99 years and no change possible without all three towns agreeing.The board voted unanimously to terminate the agreement before 30 June 2026 and renegotiate with each town separately. One commissioner said there should be no more 99-year agreements.
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The county manager presented the recommended FY 2026-27 budget, organized around five priorities: minimizing the tax rate increase, prioritizing public safety and social safety net direct services, maximizing efficiencies and cost recovery while preserving core services, and modest investment in employee compensation.
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An attendance policy for the board, chair and vice chair positions, an update on the fare free program, and the county transit software system.
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An attendance policy, chair and vice-chair, an update on fare-free service, and the transit scheduling software.
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Built on five priorities: minimising the tax rate increase, prioritising public safety and the social safety net, maximising efficiencies in county operations, and modest investment in employee compensation.
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A one-year moratorium on large-scale data centres as a land use, explicitly covering artificial intelligence data centres, cryptocurrency mining facilities, data processing facilities and similar uses. Directed on 5 March, presented on 17 March, and heard here, with staff simultaneously drafting ordinance amendments t…Approved unanimously
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The department's FY 2026-27 budget request and proposed fee changes. The goal is a flat budget, adding no new expenditure without matching revenue, against ongoing cuts and the absence of a state budget. The request is calculated as authorized expenditures net of service revenue, about $10.1 million for FY 2025-26 on…
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OWASA's annual update to the county commissioners on the utility's recent activities and finances, presented by its board chair, secretary and executive director.
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A fee study covering emergency services, planning and inspections, and the department of environment, agriculture, parks and recreation, setting out what those services cost against what the county charges. The FY 2026-27 fee schedule was adopted in June.
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Commissioners authorized talks toward separate tax-collection agreements with Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough, replacing the towns' shared 1979 agreement. Staff say the county's 0.5% collection fee no longer covers its costs. The board also authorized similar talks with Durham and Mebane, whose agreements expir…
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Fee changes making Orange County Public Transportation's fixed routes fare-free from January 2, 2026 for one year. Staff said it saves about $32,000 a year, since the fare collection equipment is at end of life and boarding is faster without qualifying riders for reduced fares. Fixed routes run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; on-de…Approved unanimously
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VIII.G Fee UpdateA fee update bringing the department's COVID vaccine charge in line with the out-of-pocket cost of the vaccine.Approved and forwarded to the county commissioners
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The proposal to make all four county fixed routes fare-free was set to go before the county commissioners in December. Staff said it would save time qualifying riders for reduced fares and remove fare collection equipment that is expensive to replace and takes vehicles out of service. A contract was in progress to cha…
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Staff presented the annual recreation report, covering staffing, programs and enrollment, and a cost-recovery fee study now underway that also reviews Emergency Services and Planning and Inspections. A member asked whether the public would have input before any fee increase; staff said a new fee schedule would go thro…
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The director proposed hiring a strategist at about $25,000 over 18 months for a long-term county tourism plan, and asked the board to look at the statute capping Chapel Hill's tourism allocation at 10 percent of occupancy tax. Tourism is flat; the 2025-26 budget projects a 2 percent increase after the loss of fund bal…
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The budget ordinance sets the countywide rate at 63.83 cents per $100, 1.19 cents above revenue neutral. Adopted with the fee schedule and a spending authorization resolution for opioid settlement funds.Approved unanimously
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A draft report on what county transportation services have done since the 2022 transit plan: service extended ten miles past the county line, longer hours, over twelve operators recruited, the lowest cost per service hour in the Triangle, and GoTriangle approval to use transit tax funds for a future Mebane circulator…
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About 70 people attended the two trails community vision workshops. Community Climate Action Grant applications open in mid-June. The May clothing swap drew over 100 people. The Sustainability Annual Report is finished but not yet shared. A conservation easement and farm succession planning workshop runs 25 June and a…Staff or committee report Environment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceFees and utility ratesGrants and outside funding
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The fee schedule as recommended, with the changes the board made during the session.Approved
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VIII.A Fee UpdatesNew personal health fees create billing codes for mental health services the department already provides, so it can bill insurance where a patient has it; sliding scale and waivers continue for those in need. A new environmental health fee covers re-permitting complex septic systems for large homes, which the state re…Approved without dissent; goes to the county commissioners for confirmation
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Chiefs from the fire districts told the board what happens without the requested rate increases: staff cuts, unfilled posts and no raises, with a knock-on rise in the insurance rating that sets homeowners' premiums. One chief said the insurance increase would exceed the tax increase. County districts rate 3, 4 and 5 a…
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IV C-PACECommercial Property Assessed Capital Expenditure financing: long-term fixed-rate private money for energy, renewable and water upgrades to commercial buildings, repaid by a special assessment on the property tax bill over up to 20 or 30 years, with no acceleration and prepayment allowed.
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Chapel Hill's interim manager proposes cutting the town's funding from $550,000 to $200,000. Staff expect the fund balance to be used for other county projects and asked members to advocate for the performance agreement at public meetings.
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The commissioners weighed three options for the occupancy tax fund, including diverting a third to other county tourism work, and instructed the manager to leave the budget in place while adding money to the Arts Commission.
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Half-cent sales tax collections are strong with more than half collected. Capital projects are budgeted at $14.4 million, largely Chapel Hill's bus rapid transit. Fund balance was $26.9 million at 31 December 2024, with about $14.6 million in excess liquidity after reserves.
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The authority's annual report, its water bill relief programme, and a conceptual plan for future building improvements. Staff said state statute prevents OWASA from setting a sliding scale for rate relief.
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Commissioners divided over whether a single department should hold its own fund balance policy and whether 15 percent is too high a reserve. The manager summarised no majority for using occupancy tax to offset general fund expenses, majority support for spending some on the arts, and an appetite to reduce the balance…No vote taken
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A request of $9,152,248 plus a $74,071 personnel increase, including six new full-time posts: a full-time Spanish interpreter for each clinic, certified medical assistants who each free an advanced practitioner for two to four more visits a day, and a mobile dental clinic coordinator refused last year. Service fees ar…Budget and fee changes both approved without dissent and sent to the commissioners
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VII Budget Overview
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Staff presented research on how other counties assess the traffic, pedestrian and cycling effects of development applications and charge for it. Members agreed the fee should not be set too low. Best practice favours pooling the money for county-wide use or as local match for capital projects and grants.
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The board adopted updates to its policy and procedures manual: the income-verification window for fee eligibility shortens from 30 days to 10, the Dental Services minimum fee no longer slides down to the 0% pay level, and billing statements go out monthly rather than within three days of charges posting. Other section…Approved without dissent
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Jean Phillips-Weiner reviewed proposed updates to the board's policy manual, including a dental services fee that no longer slides below the 20% pay level and a shorter income-verification window, cut from 30 days to 10. The board plans to vote on the changes at its October meeting.
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