Alamance County elects Kelly Allen chair, Steve Carter vice chair at organizational meeting
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Summary
At its annual organizational meeting the Alamance County Board of Commissioners elected Kelly Allen as chair and Steve Carter as vice chair, adopted a modified 2026 meeting calendar and approved the FY 2026-27 budget schedule.
Kelly Allen was elected chair of the Alamance County Board of Commissioners during the board's organizational meeting; commissioners also selected Steve Carter as vice chair and approved a revised meeting calendar for 2026.
The board moved immediately to the election of officers and accepted a nomination for Kelly Allen to serve as chair; a second was recorded and Allen's election was confirmed and the gavel was turned over to her. The board then nominated and confirmed Steve Carter as vice chair.
The board discussed and voted to adopt a proposed 2026 meeting schedule that formalizes two meetings per month: a work session early in the month and an evening business meeting later in the month. Commissioners agreed to remove the January 5 regular meeting from the calendar to avoid conflict with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and the motion to adopt the amended calendar passed unanimously.
The board also approved the county's FY 2026-27 budget calendar, which moves the public hearing closer to adoption (public hearing proposed for June 1) and schedules a budget work session for June 9 with adoption targeted for June 15. Manager York said the shift aims to make the budget process more efficient and to better align department performance metrics with funding.
The meeting adjourned after routine commissioner comments and recognitions.
