Chapel Hill Town Council

Who should be appointed to Town Council?

Ruby Sinreich — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:23:00 -0600

* J.M. Green * Loren Hintz * James Merritt * Gene Pease * Will Raymond * Donald Shaw

Candidates for Town Council

Ruby Sinreich — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:55:55 -0600

Tonight the ten applicants for the vacant seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council will have the opportunity to make their case to the 8 voters they need to convince: the rest of the Council.

Guiding Development at Carolina North (Chapel Hill Town Council)

Ruby Sinreich — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:55:12 -0500

According to the meeting agenda:

The Council will seek input from the public regarding the proposed process for guiding development at Carolina North. At the request of the Mayor this item has been moved to the beginning of the meeting due to extensive public interest

RIP Council Member Bill Thorpe

Fred Black — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:32:07 -0500

Bill Thorpe cared about Chapel Hill enough to serve again on the Council. His point of view and good humor will be missed.

Joint Policy Meeting Regarding Carolina North

Ruby Sinreich — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:36:59 -0500

This is interesting. I may have missed the announcement of this high-level negotiating process between UNC Trustees and the Chapel Hill Town Council. It's not clear to me whether it's open to the public, or if we just get to watch the highlights later.

Increase Citizen Input

BrianR — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:23:38 -0500

In Chapel Hill we have a representative form of government that works better than any place I've lived. When I first got here I joined a citizen committee on Technology. I was amazed at how directly involved I could be. But the experience of being on that board also opened my eyes to the many flaws in this process. Yet I still yearn for more citizen input in our Town.

The recent citizen outcry against a Council vote on health care is a excellent example of what happens if you don't have enough community input BEFORE a council vote. This bit from The Chapel Hill News describes the problem well,

Council Vote Fuels Ugly Comments by Republicans

BrianR — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:15:04 -0500

Lots of interesting stuff in the Opinion section of today's Chapel Hill News. First is the editorial called Flap over benefits turns ugly.

The council made a serious error in judgment -- several of them, actually -- and in so thoroughly misreading the public's likely response it gave the appearance of being out of touch with its constituency.

But it didn't commit high crimes and misdemeanors. It didn't make off with the Town treasury, lead the town into war on false pretenses or kick puppies. [...]

Plus there is Laurin Easthom's guest column called Controversy stoked by those with other agendas. Its on her blog too.

WTF?

James Protzman — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0500

Since the start-up of BlueNC, I haven't paid a lot of attention to local politics. So imagine my surprise to find that the Chapel Hill Town Council voted on Monday to give its members health insurance for life. I can't find the story covered here, so I apologize if this is old news to everyone besides me.

But old news or not, I have to say, I'm stunned.

Council Committee on Voter Owned Elections

Ruby Sinreich — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:11:55 -0500

I'm surprised to see our Town Council holding an official meeting at a corporate chain. Why not meet at Owen's or Breadmen's?

Title: Council Committee on Voter Owned Elections

Date: May 28, 2008

Address: 81 South Elliot Rd.
Chapel HIll, NC 27514

Location: Whole Foods

Hours: 8:30 a.m.

Chapel Hill considers 11% tax rate hike

Independent — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:08:49 -0500

With the fate of the transfer tax not even decided, CH town manager Roger Stancil is already calling for an 11% tax rate hike for Chapel Hill. He warns that property tax rate increases of 3 to 10 cents (per $100 valuation) will not be uncommon in local jurisdictions. (And my guess is that this is a trend that will continue for the forseeable future. )

http://tinyurl.com/45cqlc

Title:	Council Committee on Voter Owned Elections
Date:	May 28, 2008
Address:	81 South Elliot Rd. Chapel HIll, NC 27514
Location:	Whole Foods
Hours:	8:30 a.m.