It’s relatively slow this week in Orange County, but there’s still plenty going on. The Carrboro Alderpersons will consider affordable housing and amendments to the Joint Planning Agreement, who, their Chapel Hill counterpart will work on the budget and discuss what to do with the Old Library Property. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board will also talk about implementing a Mandarin Chinese program, while the county commissioners will have a full agenda that includes the budget, rural curbside recycling and transportation project prioritization.
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CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
Regular Meeting: Tuesday, June 3rd, 7:30pm, Carrboro Town Hall Board Room
Though this week is a short one, Orange County’s public bodies have a full calendar. The county school board and county commissioners will both consider their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year, while the the Hillsborough Town Board discusses a proposed historic landmarks program. The Carrboro alderfolks will take on a host of issues including affordable rental strategies and a potential downtown slow zone, while the Chapel Hill Town Council will interview applicants for a restructured Planning Commission and get feedback on the town’s stormwater plan.
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CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
Regular Meeting: Tuesday, May 27th, 7:30pm, Carrboro Town Hall Board Room
Budgets will be the primary topic covered this week by Orange County’s public bodies with the Carrboro Alderfolks, the Chapel Hill Town Council, Hillsborough Town Board and county commissioners all working on spending plans for the next fiscal years. Both school boards will take a break from meeting this week.
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CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
Regular Meeting: Tuesday, May 20th, 7:30pm, Carrboro Town Hall Board Room
This week will be a busy one, with each of Orange County’s public bodies holding at least one meeting. The budget will be on tap for both the Carrboro Alderfolks and the County Commissioners. The Commissioners will also consider recycling (again) and work on issues related to childhood poverty. Chapel Hill will resume deliberations on Ephesus-Fordham and potentially vote on the proposal. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board will get an update on it’s long range plan, while its Orange County counterpart will hear about a STEM initiative in the district. Hillsborough's Town Board will talk Summerfest.
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CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
Regular Meeting: Tuesday, May 13th at 7:30 pm at Carrboro Town Hall Board Room
While most of the county’s public bodies are taking a break for the primary elections this week, the Chapel Hill Town Council will take on Glen Lennox and meet with the county’s state legislative delegation, while the county commissioners will discuss curbside recycling and different options for expanded bus service.
Be sure and tune into our Twitter feed and homepage on election night for coverage of the results as they come in.
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CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
There is no meeting scheduled this week. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, May 13th.
CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL
Work Session: Monday, May 5th, 6pm, Chapel Hill Public Library, Meeting Room A
While the Carrboro Alderfolks take a break this week, the Chapel Hill Town Council will consider the proposed Timber Hollow expansion and open a public hearing on the town’s bike place. Tuesday evening, all three school boards will meet to discuss a potential bond issuance schedule and to review charter school enrollment and funding, after the County Commission meets with the Department of Social Services to get an overview of the county’s anti-poverty programs. In Hillsborough, the Town Board will work on priorities for the fiscal year 2015 budget.
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CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
There is no meeting scheduled this week. The next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, May 13th.
CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL
Regular Meeting: Monday, April 28th, 7pm, Southern Human Services Center
Welcome to the open thread for the Orange County Board of Commissioners candidate forum happening on April 27, 2014. Comments on this post will open at that time. This forum is for candidates running in the Democratic primaries for the County Commission.
There are three separate races for one seat each:
District 1
District 2
At Large
- Bonnie Hauser
- Barry Jacobs
You can observe the forum at http://orangepolitics.org/elections-2014/forums/ocbocc.
We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions. Also, if you want to propose additional discussion topics, you can reach the editors during the forum via Twitter, Facebook, or the contact page. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.
Welcome to the open thread for the Orange County Sheriff candidate forum taking place on April 23, 2014. Comments on this post will open at that time.
There are six candidates for one seat:
- Charles Blackwood
- Andy Cagle
- David Caldwell
- Larry Faucette
- Buddy Parker
- Keith Webster
You can observe the forum at http://orangepolitics.org/elections-2014/forums/ocsheriff.
We hope you'll use this open thread to post your thoughts and reactions. Also, if you want to propose additional discussion topics, you can reach the editors during the forum via Twitter, Facebook, or the contact page. The forum moderator will have final say in question selection.
Though many of Orange County's public bodies will be taking a break from regular meetings this week, there's still plenty going on. The Carrboro Alderfolks will reivew its priorities of projects to receive transit tax funds and get an update on the work to extend to sewer service to the Rogers Road community. Chapel Hill will take on the budget, the reorganization of the town's advisory boards and the porposed zoning changes for the Ephesus-Fordham project. The council will also hold a hearing on a stormwater management plan.
Thursday, WCHL will hold its annual community forum, while the polls opens for the first day of early voting.
We'll also be holding our last two online candidate forums--one on Wednesday evening for the 6 candidates running for sheriff, and another on Sunday for the 5 Democratic candidates in this year's primary for the Board of County Commissioners.
Here's the summary:
CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
This election year, Orange County voters will select a register of deeds from 3 candidates: Deborah Brooks, the current register of deeds; Mark Chilton, former mayor of Carrboro; and Sara Stephens, former deputy register of deeds. The register of deeds is the custodian of many of the county’s public records, including those relating to births, deaths, military discharges, marriage, and property transfers.
In lieu of holding a candidate forum for the register of deeds race, we sent the candidates 7 questions and asked them to respond to each question in 200 words or less. The answers we received from them appear below. They have not been edited in any way.
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