CARRBORO, N.C. -- Meeting agendas and updates are issued from the Town Clerk’s Office. To receive these by email or text, sign up for Carrboro Town News at https://www.carrboronc.gov/SIGNUP
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Town Council Update
Meeting agendas and updates are issued from the Town Clerk’s Office. To receive these by email or text, sign up for Carrboro Town News at https://www.carrboronc.gov/SIGNUP
Civic involvement is a valued tradition in our community. Reach the Town Council with your ideas, views, and questions at Council@carrboronc.gov
Coming Up
The Town Council will meet next for a Work Session at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The agenda is available at https://bit.ly/403Ujne and at https://carrboro.legistar.com/ The work session will be focused on two topics – 1. Parking Study and 2. Advisory Boards and Commissions. The Council will gather for work sessions the second Tuesdays of most months. Public comment is generally not accepted during work sessions.
This meeting will be held at Carrboro Town Hall, 301 W. Main St. Members of the public are welcome to attend in person or can view the livestream at https://carrboro.legistar.com OR YouTube.com/CarrboroNC OR Cable TV 18 (in Carrboro).
To download a copy of the full meeting calendar click here.
Past Meeting
The Carrboro Town Council met Tuesday, March 7, 2023, and took the following actions on the agenda posted at https://bit.ly/3Jk5tPi
- Accepted the Police and Mental Health Collaborations for Diversion Programs Grant to provide a social worker in the Carrboro Police Department. The grant runs through September 2025, and formalizes another collaboration among law enforcement agencies, the Criminal Justice Resource Department and Freedom House to serve individuals at risk of criminal legal system involvement. The Community Care and Diversion Response Team will focus specifically on diverting the growing population of individuals with serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders from arrest and incarceration. Read more about this at https://www.carrboronc.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2370
- Appointments to Board of Adjustment (Jenifer Wolfe, John Baker - Orange Co rep)
- Appointments to Carrboro Fire-Rescue Firefighters’ Relief Fund Board of Trustees (Forrest W. Lacock and Jefferson R. Dunn)
- Appointments to Northern Transition Area Advisory Committee (Edward Witkin - Orange Co rep, Meg McGurk)
- Appointments to Appearance Commission (David Markiewicz, James Scott)
- Appointments to the Recreation and Parks Commission (Andrew Kelley, Maggie Funkhouser, Deborah Filer, Chris Colvin)
- Appointments to the Transportation Advisory Board (Elyse Keefe, Roby Plenge, David Salvesen, Nicholas Sailer)
Town Council
The Town Council, which is the legislative and policy-making body for Carrboro, comprises Mayor Damon Seils, Mayor Pro Tempore Susan Romaine, Council Member Barbara Foushee, Council Member Randee Haven-O’Donnell, Council Member Danny Nowell, Council Member Eliazar Posada, and Council Member Sammy Slade. More information is available at https://www.carrboronc.gov/248/Town-Council
