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Durham County · Board of County Commissioners
Monday, July 28, 2025 at 6:00 pm

Regular meeting Health and human servicesBudget and appropriationsContracts and procurementPolice and public safetyAnnexationAppointments and personnelCivil rights and nondiscriminationDrugs and addictionEconomic development incentivesEnvironment and sustainabilityFarmland and open spaceLitigation and settlementsPublic facilities

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What's on this agenda

Durham County commissioners hold a regular session on July 28, 2025, opening with a 6 p.m. closed session on economic development incentive negotiations and the National Opioid Litigation. The consent agenda carries the year's routine $19,398,358 appropriation of County Contribution (PAYGO) funds across dozens of ongoing capital projects, from HVAC and roof replacement to a new $750,000 Sheriff's RTP annex and $2.25 million in EMS radio and tower upgrades; a $1,500,000 transfer to the Collection System Rehabilitation project; and $380,600 to help buy two farmland conservation easements, 42 acres at 3901 Red Mill Road from William and Margie Sparrow and 30 acres at 1300 Red Mountain Road from Neil and Catherine Frank.

Also on consent: a four-year, $119,550-a-year lease at 1129 E. Geer Street for a temporary Office of Emergency Services fleet maintenance facility; three new janitorial contracts covering county libraries, administration buildings and the Health and Human Services Building, worth roughly $897,700 combined; a $250,000 workforce-development contract with Made in Durham and a $225,000 business-recruitment contract with the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce; and the closing of several completed capital projects, including the $47.6 million Main Library upgrade. Separately, the board takes up a $200,000 economic-development contract with Downtown Durham, Inc., from which Chair Nida Allam must recuse herself, and votes on appointments to eleven boards and commissions. Only the agenda is published for this meeting, so the votes are not on the record.

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Agenda items (8)

Proclamation or recognition · 2Closed session · 1Minutes approval · 1Procedural · 1Consent agenda · 1Contract or award · 1Appointment · 1
  1. Closed Session (6:00 PM) Closed Session
    Closed session Economic development incentivesHealth and human servicesLitigation and settlements
    The board is asked to go into closed session to discuss possible economic development incentives tied to a business location or expansion, and to consult with the county attorney on the National Opioid Litigation.
  2. 4 Minutes
    Minutes approval
    The board is asked to approve minutes from the June 23, 2025 regular session.
  3. 5 Citizen Comments
    Procedural
    The board holds its monthly 30-minute public comment period; speakers were asked to submit comments in advance so staff could prepare responses.
  4. 6.a Ceremonial Items - Acknowledgement Only
    Proclamation or recognition Civil rights and nondiscriminationPolice and public safety
    The board is asked to proclaim August 2025 as National Emergency Management Awareness Month and July 2025 as Program Integrity Awareness Month, and to adopt a resolution honoring the late William "Bill" Chamberlain, the second Black basketball player at UNC-Chapel Hill and a longtime Durham resident and civil rights advocate, who died July 13.
  5. 6.b Ceremonial Items - To Be Read/Recognized
    Proclamation or recognition
    The board will meet 2025 Durham County 4-H Youth Delegate Promise McCoy and recognize Durham County's seven 2025 NACo Achievement Awards and its Digital Counties Survey award.
  1. 8 Other Business - Approve Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Contract with Downtown Durham, Inc.
    Contract or award Budget and appropriationsContracts and procurement
    The board is asked to approve a $200,000 economic-development services contract with Downtown Durham, Inc. This item requires a separate vote because Chair Nida Allam sits on that organization's board and must recuse herself.
  2. 9 Board and Commission Appointments
    Appointment Appointments and personnelDrugs and addictionHealth and human servicesPolice and public safety
    The board is asked to fill seats by ballot on eleven boards, including the ABC Board, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Durham Convention Center Authority, Durham County Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, Library Board of Trustees and Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee, and separately to appoint Commissioner Michelle Burton as voting delegate and Commissioner Wendy Jacobs as alternate for the NCACC Annual Conference.

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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