Friday, October 23, 2026

The agenda: In local government this week

Surf City planning board meets this week. (Port City Daily/Amy Passaretti)

Monday, Dec. 18

Belville Board of Commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m. The seating of the new board and appointments will take place and approval of 2024 calendar.

Tuesday, Dec. 19

Surf City Beautification and Enhancement Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. at the Surf City Municipal Complex, 214 W. Florence Way.

Topsail Beach Beach Inlet Sound Committee will meet at 10 a.m. at town hall, 820 S. Anderson Blvd.

The New Hanover County Tourism Development Authority board will hold a special called meeting at 4p.m. at Skyline Center, 929 N. Front St, in Wilmington. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss relocation of the CVB office.

Wednesday, Dec. 20

The Southport Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. in the Indian Trail Meeting Hall, 113 W. Moore Street. Meetings are live streamed here. The agenda includes:

  • Minimum housing ordinance discussion and decision
  • Shoreline stabilization
  • Discussion and decision regarding the system development fee rates 

Thursday, Dec. 21

Surf City Technical Review Committee will meet at 10 a.m. at the Surf City Municipal Complex, 214 W. Florence Way.

Wilmington Board of Adjustment will meet at 1 p.m. at city hall, 102 N. Third St. The meeting can be livestreamed on GTV8 and YouTube. A few items on the agenda include:

  • A variance to height requirements for a new commercial building at 1101 N. Fourth St.
  • Variance to allow a swimming pool closer to the front property line than the existing house at 1010 Upper Reach Drive

The Southport Planning Board will meet at 6 p.m. in the Southport Community Building, 223 E. Bay St. The agenda includes:

  • Text amendment for conditional zoning 
  • Text amendment for mixed uses in highway commercial zoning district
  • Comprehensive plan update 

Navassa Town Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 334 Main St. An agenda was not posted by press. 


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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