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Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting Materials-6 p.m.

Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
Monday, October 13, 2025

Regular meeting AnnexationComprehensive planGrants and outside fundingSubdivision and site plansBudget and appropriationsEthics and transparencyLand conversion and large developmentPolice and public safetyRezoningWater and sewer

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What was decided

  1. Approved 6.IAnnexation Petition: Reeves Farm Pittsboro, LLC Approved 5-0, contingent on approval of the phase one preliminary plat. No one signed up to speak.
  2. Continued 6.IIPublic Hearing: Reeves Farm Development Agreement Tabled to the next meeting, 5-0, after board questions and a resident's request for careful review.
  3. Continued 7.IPreliminary Plat: PB-25-211 Reeves Farm Phase 1 Tabled to the next meeting, 5-0, pending resolution of the development agreement.
  4. Continued 7.IIRequest: Board of Commissioners Code of Ethics and Conduct Tabled 4-1, with Commissioner Farrell opposed.

Another 1 item passed on the consent agenda, which is a single motion covering routine business. See the list.

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

Pittsboro's Board of Commissioners takes up three land-use matters tied to the Reeves Farm development: an annexation petition, a development agreement, and a preliminary plat for phase one. The board also holds a separate rezoning hearing for 102 Park Drive, where town staff say the request is inconsistent with the Future Land Use Plan despite recommending approval, and considers a revised Code of Ethics and Conduct for its own members. A discussion item covers Chatham Park's South Village Small Area Plan.

Routine business includes eleven consent-agenda items covering budget amendments for a 3M settlement, the Powell Bill, and the Downtown Streetscapes project, plus a Duke Energy grant presentation for a police UTV.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The board approved eleven routine consent items, including several budget amendments and a resolution on bank withdrawal signatures, then heard a Duke Energy grant presentation for a $25,000 disaster-preparedness UTV.

It approved the Reeves Farm annexation petition on the condition that the phase one preliminary plat also be approved, after the applicant's attorney asked that the two be linked. It then tabled the related development agreement to the next meeting after questions from the board. Several residents spoke against a rezoning request for 102 Park Drive, citing traffic, flooding, noise and property values; the board voted to deny it, and the applicant withdrew the application before the vote could take formal effect. With the development agreement unresolved, the board also tabled the Reeves Farm Phase 1 preliminary plat. A proposed update to the board's own Code of Ethics and Conduct was tabled for further legal review after commissioners raised concerns about specific sections. The meeting also included a discussion of Chatham Park's South Village Small Area Plan, including a briefing on future water and sewer capacity, with no action taken. The meeting ran nearly five hours, adjourning at 10:46 p.m.

How the votes went

The board approved the agenda and consent agenda 5-0. It approved the Reeves Farm annexation 5-0, contingent on the phase one preliminary plat, but tabled the Reeves Farm Development Agreement and the preliminary plat to the next meeting. Commissioner Farrell moved to deny the 102 Park Drive rezoning, which passed 5-0, after which the applicant verbally withdrew the application. The board tabled the Code of Ethics and Conduct revisions 4-1, with Commissioner Farrell opposed.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (8)

Public hearing · 3Discussion item · 3Consent agenda · 1Presentation · 1
  1. 4.I Presentation: Duke Energy Grant Check
    Presentation Grants and outside fundingPolice and public safety
    Duke Energy presented a $25,000 disaster-preparedness grant check, to be used to buy a UTV for the police department.
  2. 6.I Annexation Petition: Reeves Farm Pittsboro, LLC
    Public hearing AnnexationSubdivision and site plans
    A voluntary contiguous annexation petition for the Reeves Farm development. The applicant's attorney asked that annexation take effect only once the phase one subdivision plat is approved.
    Approved 5-0, contingent on approval of the phase one preliminary plat. No one signed up to speak.
  3. 6.II Public Hearing: Reeves Farm Development Agreement
    Public hearing AnnexationLand conversion and large development
    A development agreement governing terms for the Reeves Farm project, presented with minor changes made since the packet was published.
    Tabled to the next meeting, 5-0, after board questions and a resident's request for careful review.
  4. 6.III Rezoning Request: PB-25-358, 102 Park Drive
    Public hearing Comprehensive planRezoning
    A general rezoning request for 102 Park Drive. Staff found the request inconsistent with the Future Land Use Plan but recommended approval; several residents spoke against it over traffic, flooding, noise and property-value concerns.
    Board voted 5-0 to deny; the applicant then verbally withdrew the application.
    • 102 Park Dr · no matching parcel on file
  5. 7.I Preliminary Plat: PB-25-211 Reeves Farm Phase 1
    Discussion item Subdivision and site plans
    The phase one preliminary plat for Reeves Farm, which the Planning Board had unanimously recommended for approval.
    Tabled to the next meeting, 5-0, pending resolution of the development agreement.
  6. 7.II Request: Board of Commissioners Code of Ethics and Conduct
    Discussion item Ethics and transparency
    A resolution revising the board's own Code of Ethics and Conduct. Commissioners raised concerns about specific sections and asked for a review by the League of Municipalities' legal team.
    Tabled 4-1, with Commissioner Farrell opposed.
  7. 8.I Discussion: Chatham Park South Village Small Area Plan
    Discussion item Comprehensive planWater and sewer
    A discussion-only briefing on the South Village Small Area Plan for Chatham Park, including future water and sewer capacity.

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