Contracts & procurement in North Carolina local government
What North Carolina city councils, county boards and school districts are deciding about contracts & procurement — plain-English summaries written from official agendas and minutes, updated as meetings happen.
1,136 North Carolina meetings since 2024 covered contracts & procurement. Counts are directional — coverage varies by place and platform.
Places in North Carolina with the most contracts & procurement activity
- Yadkin County, NC (43)
- Union County Public Schools, NC (42)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC (37)
- Saratoga, NC (37)
- Gastonia, NC (30)
- Winston-Salem, NC (29)
- Walnut Creek, NC (25)
- Durham County, NC (24)
- Cumberland County, NC (22)
- Union County, NC (22)
- Duplin County, NC (21)
- Mooresboro, NC (21)
Latest matching meetings
Board to ratify two major property purchases and adopt data-center moratorium
The Nash County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings and likely vote on two land purchases—6284 S. NC Hwy 581 in Spring Hope for $675,000 and 3538 Eastern Avenue in Rocky Mount for $1.95 million—and consider a temporary moratorium on data-center-style developments while new zoning rules are drafted.
City Council to adopt budget amendments and rezoning continuations
The Morehead City Council will meet to adopt routine budget amendments, fee schedule updates, and resolutions, including changes to parking penalties and a contract extension for disaster debris removal. Two rezoning requests will receive public hearings as continuations from previous meetings.
Pinehurst Council meets Sept 8 to approve routine items and proclamations
The Pinehurst Village Council will hold its regular September 8 meeting at Assembly Hall, 395 Magnolia Road, at 4:30 PM. The agenda is largely procedural, including approval of past meeting minutes, proclamations for Constitution Day and IT Professionals Day, and routine business such as a contract renewal and…
Commissioners to appoint county attorney, fill vacant District One seat
The Pender County Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting with organizational appointments, including the county attorney and a new commissioner for the vacant District One seat. They will also hear an update on the emergency services merger and consider a consent agenda with multiple purchase orders and…
Duplin County commissioners to vote on dozens of contracts, leases, and fee changes
The Duplin County Board of Commissioners will consider a large consent agenda with over 70 items, including contracts, fee schedule updates, and airport hangar leases. They will also hold public hearings on road naming, grant applications, and a CDBG-NR application, and discuss the detention center transition and pay…
Brunswick County Board to vote on $1.15M school funding, contracts, and policy updates
The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting with a consent agenda covering routine approvals, including a $1,152,800 transfer for a new elementary school, multiple contracts for utilities and library services, and several Sheriff's Office items. The board will also receive presentations…
Board to hold closed session, amend investigative services deal
The Hope Mills Board of Commissioners is holding a special meeting to approve the agenda, enter a closed session for attorney-client privilege and personnel matters, and consider an amendment to a previously authorized professional investigative services agreement with a corresponding budget amendment. No attachments…
Board to vote on extending data center moratorium and flood repair contract
The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance to extend the temporary moratorium on data centers and related high-impact facilities by 90 days. They will also vote on a resolution awarding a contract for flood repairs to the Public Works Building. The agenda includes…
Mount Airy board to vote on extending data center moratorium, flood repair contract
The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance to extend the temporary moratorium on data center development approvals for ninety days. The board will also vote on a resolution awarding a contract for flood repairs to the Public Works Building, and receive updates on the…
County infrastructure committee to select firms for waste plan and housing project
The Cumberland County Infrastructure Committee will meet to discuss two key items: selecting a firm for a vegetative waste and debris management plan and choosing a design-build team for the Phoenix Place Permanent Supportive Housing Project. The meeting is procedural with no major decisions expected beyond these…
County committee to review planning services draft and policy changes
The Cumberland County Policy Committee will review and discuss a draft agreement for planning services, along with several proposed policy amendments. These include changes to the personnel manual, purchasing procedures, and capital investment policy, as well as a request to rescind the fund balance policy. The…
Council to consider budget amendments, manager contract, and tourism grant
The Southern Shores Town Council is meeting to handle routine business including approving minutes, budget amendments, appointments, and a town manager contract amendment. They will also hear presentations on a trash/recycling cart repair program and consider applying for a tourism impact grant. The meeting will…
Council to discuss maintenance facility construction and Q4 presentation
The Mills River Town Council is holding its regular meeting on August 27, 2026. The agenda includes routine consent items such as approving minutes, the tax collector report, and several resolutions, as well as regular agenda items including a discussion on maintenance facility construction, a Q4 presentation, and…
Council to vote on data center moratorium and $10M+ in contracts
The Cary Town Council is meeting to consider a temporary 18-month moratorium on data center development applications, along with several consent agenda items including contracts for utility, park, and facility improvements. The consent agenda includes a $4.14 million tennis court renovation, a $1.15 million lighting…
Board to consider adopting Kernersville Comprehensive Plan and data center moratorium
The Kernersville Board of Aldermen will hold public hearings on adopting the updated Kernersville Comprehensive Plan and on an ordinance imposing a moratorium on data centers, data processing facilities, cryptocurrency mining operations, and associated uses. The board will also consider an automatic/mutual aid…
CMS board to vote on contracts, property deals, and policy changes
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education will hold a regular meeting on August 25, 2026, starting with a closed session at 2:00pm and a public session at 6:00pm. The board will consider a large consent agenda of routine items, including contracts, property transactions, and personnel actions, and will hold…
Council to consider extending data center moratorium, rezoning, and contracts
The Kings Mountain City Council will hold a public hearing and consider several items, including a rezoning request, extending the moratorium on new data centers, and a contract with Kings Mountain Forward, Inc. The council will also vote on consent agenda items, including financing contracts and a truck donation, and…
Commissioners to receive tax collector's annual settlement for FY 2025-26
The Board of County Commissioners will receive the tax collector's annual settlement for fiscal year 2025-26, approve a resolution accepting it, and issue the order to collect for FY 2026-27. The agenda also includes a regular agenda item on updating the process for selling county-owned real property, and a consent…
Council to decide 25-lot Pierce Road subdivision appeal and Sheriff's contract
The Saratoga City Council will hold a public hearing on an appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of a 25-lot residential subdivision on Pierce Road, with a recommendation to approve it. The council will also consider a five-year law enforcement contract with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, along with…
Council to vote on street closures, parking rule, youth diversion funds
The Charlotte City Council will hold public hearings and vote on closing portions of Pete Brown Road and Weona Avenue, amend the parking-on-sidewalk ordinance, and approve a youth diversion program agreement with Mecklenburg County. The consent agenda includes contracts for alarm services, a federal justice grant, and…
Commissioners to approve $92K medical simulator, $150K library study, tax refunds
The Durham County Board of Commissioners is holding a regular session with a consent agenda that includes approving a contract for a medical training simulator, a budget amendment for a library facilities study, property tax releases and refunds, and easements for a stream restoration project. The board will also…
Lexington council to hold public hearing on Holly Grove subdivision zoning
The Lexington City Council is holding a regular meeting that includes a public hearing and vote on conditional zoning for the Holly Grove Subdivision, which would amend street cross-section standards. The consent agenda covers several routine items, including a radio donation, contract extensions, and encroachment…
Council to consider fire truck contract, closed session on land and personnel
The Oak Island Town Council is holding a special meeting to consider a contract for a fire truck (AES Fire Contract) and to enter a closed session to discuss potential land acquisition and specific personnel matters, as permitted by state law. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at 2:00 PM in Council…
Council to decide 25-lot Pierce Road subdivision appeal
The Saratoga City Council will hold a public hearing to decide an appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of a 25-lot residential subdivision on Pierce Road. The council will also consider consent items including contracts for playground replacement, irrigation maintenance, and a law enforcement agreement with the…
Board to consider $125K parks master plan contract and $375K downtown development deal
The Wingate Board of Commissioners will hear presentations on a parks and recreation master plan and a downtown retail proposal, then consider approving contracts for both projects. They will also vote on annexation and rezoning petitions for parcels on Austin Chaney Rd, a revised speed hump policy, and a personnel…
Policy Committee to vote on four policy changes including community involvement and purchasing
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Policy Committee is meeting to consider four action items: modifying the Community Involvement in Education policy (S-COMM), retiring its exhibit (S-COMM/E), modifying the Minority, Women, Small Business Enterprises Program policy (O-MWSB), and modifying the Purchasing/Contracting…
Council to vote on Avent Ferry Road rezoning and development agreement
The Holly Springs Town Council is holding its regular meeting with a public comment period, recognitions, and a consent agenda. The most consequential item is a rezoning and development agreement for 2420 Avent Ferry Road, which will be decided under new business. The council will also consider several contracts and…
Council to vote on $24.8M water project, $2.99M fire station fix
The Lenoir City Council will consider adopting budget ordinances for the Lenoir/Valdese Water Interconnection Project ($24,796,000) and the LFD Building Foundation Stabilization Project ($2,993,000), plus a design-build contract with GeoSpecialties LLC for $1,880,000. They will also vote on a vacate and closure…
Commissioners to consider temporary moratorium on data centers
The Yadkin County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings on a temporary moratorium on data centers, an amended solid waste ordinance, and the 2026 schedule of values. They will also consider a budget amendment for Sheriff's Office evidence servers and several contract renewals.
Board to hold public hearing on rezoning 1.49 acres at 4955 Legion Rd.
The Hope Mills Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on a rezoning request for 1.49 acres at 4955 Legion Rd. from R15 Residential to O&I(P) Office and Institutional, with staff recommending approval. The board will also consider several budget amendments, including $309,000 for walking trail repairs, and a…
Commissioners to hear rezoning requests, CDBG hearing, and approve contracts
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings on two rezoning requests and a Community Development Block Grant for Neighborhood Revitalization. They will also receive financial reports and consider a consent agenda with multiple budget amendments and contract awards, including a parking lot repaving…
Commissioners to hold public hearings on grants and industrial incentive
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings on an industrial incentive grant application, two grant applications for transit and community services, and will consider several purchase authorizations, including a revised $6.8 million sheriff's training facility. The board will also vote on…
Wake County Board to vote on $1.55M hazardous waste facility rebuild contract
The Wake County Board of Commissioners will hold a regular meeting with a consent agenda covering funding approvals, contracts, and property easements. Notable items include a $1,548,850 construction contract for the North Wake Household Hazardous Waste Facility rebuild, opioid settlement fund allocations, and a…
Public hearings on data center, cryptomining rules and economic development property
The Union County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings on proposed text amendments to the Development Ordinance regarding data centers and cryptomining operations, and on designating county-owned property as economic development property. The board will also consider a consent agenda with numerous…
Board to vote on 292-acre rezoning to heavy industrial off Christian Chapel Church Rd.
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will hold a work session and regular meeting, with several presentations and votes. Key items include a vote on a 292-acre rezoning to heavy industrial, a public hearing for a 199-ft cell tower, and adoption of the Master Aging Plan. The consent agenda includes multiple…
Council to adopt Elevate Goldsboro comprehensive plan, Harris St bridge repairs
The Goldsboro City Council is meeting to decide on several items, including adopting the Elevate Goldsboro comprehensive plan, approving Harris Street bridge improvements and related budget amendments, and adopting the water and sewer capital improvement plan. The consent agenda includes bids for White Oak Rd…
County board to hear data center presentation, zoning hearings
The Rowan County Board of Commissioners will hold its regular meeting with a large consent agenda covering budget amendments, grants, contracts, and equipment purchases. The regular agenda includes a data center expert presentation, quasi-judicial and legislative hearings on zoning and ordinance amendments, and a…
County board to hold six public hearings on zoning cases
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners is meeting to consider a consent agenda with numerous routine items, including proclamations, service agreements, budget amendments, and a bid award. They will also hold public hearings on six zoning cases and consider a Tobacco 21 resolution and a request for outside…
Board to hold public hearings on three rezoning and special use permit cases
The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings on three planning cases, including two rezoning appeals and a special use permit for a dog daycare. The board will also consider a consent agenda with routine items such as contracts, budget amendments, and donations, plus administrative reports and…
Council to review FY 25/26 budget amendments and contracts
The Locust City Council is meeting to adopt the agenda and minutes, receive financial and department reports, and consider budget amendments and a contract amendment for construction administration. Public comment is scheduled, followed by an executive session. The meeting is largely routine with reports and updates.