Candidate filing closes this Friday, so don’t forget to join us Friday night at Steel String Brewing in Carrboro to meet candidates in this year's elections at our Candidate Coming Out Party.
In terms of the county’s public bodies, the national issues of Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act will come before the Chapel Hill Town Council and Orange County School Board, while Carrboro and the County Commissioners will both hold hearings on their respective land use ordinances.
CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERPERSONS
Regular Meeting: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 7:30pm, Town Hall Board Room
See the full agenda here.
The board will hold public hearings on a number of Land Use Ordinance Amendments and also discuss adopting revisions to the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro-MPO Memorandum of Understanding.
CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL
Regular Meeting: Monday, February 24, 7pm, Southern Human Services Center
See the full agenda here.
Agenda Items of Note:
The Council will consider a special use permit for the Children's Campus of Chapel Hill at 1620 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
The Council will receive the results of the 2013 Chapel Hill Community Survey.
The Council will also consider a resolution concerning Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. (Read more on OP about this right here.)
CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education will meet in closed session via conference call on Tuesday, February 25 at 5:30 p.m.
The next scheduled business meeting is March 6th.
HILLSBOROUGH TOWN BOARD
Monthly Workshop: Monday, February 24, 7 pm, Town Barn
See the full agenda here.
Agenda Items of Note:
The board will discuss affordable housing, ideas for the Riverwalk Ribbon-cutting Celebration, and development of the town budget.
Joint Meeting with the Board of Commissioners, Thursday, February 27, 7 pm, Link Government Services Center, Hillsborough
See the full agenda here.
Agenda Items of Note:
A transit update, including discussion of the Hillsborough Amtrak Station
A number of other transportation issues and improvements
An update on a Memorandum of Agreement on protecting archaeological sites
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Quarterly Public Hearing: Monday, February 24, 7 pm, Department of Social Services, Hillsborough
See the full agenda here.
The entire meeting concerns special use permits and small modifications to the Unified Development Ordinance
Joint Meeting with the Hillsborough Town Board, Thursday, February 27, 7 pm, Link Government Services Center, Hillsborough
See the full agenda here.
Agenda Items of Note:
A transit update, including discussion of the Hillsborough Amtrak Station
A number of other transportation issues and improvements
An update on a Memorandum of Agreement on protecting archaeological sites
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Work Session: Monday, February 24, 7 pm, Orange High School Media Center, Hillsborough
See the full agenda here.
Agenda Items of Note:
Discussion on the 2014-2015 Capital Investment Plan
Consideration of the implications of the Affordable Care Act on the district
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AROUND THE COUNTY
Candidate Filing Period remains open (ends Feb. 28th at noon)
Tuesday February 25th, 2014 at 8:00 am Orange County Agricultural Summit at the Maple View Agricultural Educational Center
Friday February 28th, 2014 at 5:30 pm: Orange Politics Candidate Coming Out Party at Steel String Brewery with catering from Neal’s Deli, RSVP here.
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