Highlights from Carrboro Town Council

The Carrboro Town Council welcomes a new poet laureate and planning director, recognizes National Mentoring Month, and celebrates a national award for its budget. Staff then walk the council through the town’s greenhouse gas inventory, acknowledge that Carrboro is unlikely to hit its 2030 reduction target (although it has made great strides to decrease emissions) and field questions about EV fleet upgrades, rooftop solar, and geothermal options for key buildings.

The council swears in members and bids farewell to a departing colleague, culminating in renaming the Green Neighborhood Grant in her honor.

The Carrboro Town Council denounced recent federal immigration enforcement efforts in the Triangle while reaffirming the town’s Fourth Amendment workplace status and unanimously passing a resolution supporting immigrant residents. Some council members shared hotlines and trusted groups residents can use to report activity and find resources.

The council denounced recent ICE activity, clarified local police don’t participate, and urged residents to use trusted resources and 911 for emergencies. Members also unanimously affirmed immigrant community safety and approved a countywide housing-rights resolution before adopting the Downtown Area Plan 6–1 amid calls for more outreach and emergency access planning.