SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Every Monday Port City Daily will share upcoming government and community meetings around the tri-county region. If there’s an item of public interest, it will be included, too.

Monday, Sept. 21

The Wilmington City Council will hold an agenda review meeting at 8:30 a.m. in the Skyline Center, 929 N. Front St. Meetings are livestreamed here. 

The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. in the NHC Courthouse, 24 N. Third St. Meetings are livestreamed here. The agenda can be viewed here.

The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen will host a strategic planning workshop at 9:30 a.m. in the Town Hall conference room. Meetings can be watched here.

The Pender County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. in the Hampstead Annex, 15060 Hwy 17. Meetings are livestreamed here. The agenda includes:

• Preserving United States Postal Service operations in Maple Hill
• $1.3-million purchase order approval for Samet Phase 2 full design of fleet garage 
• $1.2-million purchase order and contract approval for A.C. Schultes of Carolina Inc. for for a well filtration project
• Public hearing to rezone approximately 630 acres for 1,023 single-family homes in the Long Creek Township
• Public hearing to rezone approximately 32 acres to build a waste-water treatment facility in Topsail Township.
• Public hearing to revise a special use permit for the operation of a Sewer Treatment Facility in the Topsail Township

The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners will host a regular meeting at 6 p.m. Meetings can be watched here and the agenda includes:

• Presentation about the Brunswick County Agricultural Fair and Expo
• Bookmobile six-month update
• Presentation on wastewater capacity, allocation, planned wastewater treatment expansions, and the impact of recent regulatory change
• Public hearing for a rezoning request from C-LD and R-7500 to C-LD for Tax Parcel 2120002112
• Request that the Board of Commissioners hear appeals of the Pointe Grand Long Beach Stormwater Permit
• Amendment requests related to HB1222
• Proposed cemetery regulations for LDO; approval of the Cemetery Committee by-laws

The Leland Town Council will host an agenda workshop at 1 p.m. in the Town Hall. Meetings can be found here and the agenda includes:

• Staff recognition for Founders Park success
• Resolution supporting comprehensive environmental review and research for possible alternatives for the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.

Tuesday, Sept. 22

The Wilmington City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Skyline Center, 929 N. Front St. Meetings are livestreamed here. The agenda includes:

• Resolution authorizing city manager to enter into an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to develop a multimodal network plan
• Ordinance making supplemental appropriation of $395,000 for the Local Law Enforcement Bonus Program
• Ordinance appropriating $1.6 million for the purchase of 560 Advanced Security Technologies Mitigation Barriers and 7 Transport Trailers

The New Hanover County Schools Finance, Capital and Bond Committee will meet at 2 p.m. in the Board of Education Center, 1805 S. 13th St. Meetings are livestreamed here. The agenda includes: 

• Review current capacity data and school year 2025-2026 scores

The Pender County Board of Education will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the Dr. Katherine Herring Resource Center, 798 US Highway 117 S. Meetings are livestreamed here. The agenda includes:

• Summer maintenance and beginning of the year transportation update

The Carolina Beach Town Council will host a workshop at 9 a.m. in the Town Hall conference room. Meetings can be found here and the agenda includes:

• Employee recognition 
• Northend Flood Mitigation Alliance update
• Projects updates
• Proclamation recognizing Sept. 25 as Dolly Parton Day (“9 to 5”)

The Southport Board of Adjustment will host a regular meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the Indian Trail Meeting Hall. Meetings can be watched here and the agenda includes:

• Special use permit for an ADU on Hankinsville Road and 
• Appeal of civil penalties for code violations by Jerry Rivenbark.
  • Read Port City Daily’s coverage here.

The Leland Planning Board will host a meeting at 6 p.m. in Town Hall. Meetings can be found here and the agenda includes:

• A zoning map amendment for the East Lake Subdivision (read PCD coverage here)
• Initial zoning recommendation in connection with the voluntary annexation of Brunswick County Tax Parcel ID 05700043
• Initial Zoning Recommendation in Connection with the annexation of town property identified as Brunswick County Tax Parcel ID 04800005

The Brunswick County Board of Education will hold committee meetings beginning at 9 a.m. in the Brunswick County Schools Administrative Offices located at 35 Referendum Drive. Meetings are livestreamed here. The agenda includes:

• Policy updates
• 2026-2027 Budget Resolution

Wednesday, Sept. 23

The Bald Head Island Village Council will host a special meeting at 9 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Department of Public Safety Building to conduct September business.

Thursday, Sept. 24

The Leland Town Council will host a meeting at 6 p.m. in Town Hall. Meetings can be found here and the agenda includes:

• Citizens academy and events updates
• Public hearing on an ordinance amending the official zoning map to rezone Brunswick County Tax Parcel IDs 0470001212 and 0470001216
• Certificate of sufficiency for the petition of annexation of Brunswick County Tax Parcel ID 05700043 from Maco 14, LLC
• Detailed department metrics

The New Hanover County ABC Board will meet at 9 a.m. at 6009 Market St. An agenda was not posted by press.

The Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority meets at 12:30pm at Forden Station, 505 Cando St. A public comment period limited to 5 minutes per person will be offered at the meeting. The meeting is open to the public, but doesn’t stream virtually. The agenda includes:

• An Ardurra contract for installation of 38 bus benches and shelters
• Consideration of the Donate-an-Amenity and Adopt-a-Stop programs (read PCD coverage here)

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