The Orange County Board of County Commissioners has authorized the creation of the following volunteer boards and commissions. For information on board and commission vacancies, see current vacancies. For more information, contact us.  For information about a specific Board or Commission, click on one of the links below:

Boards Accepting Applicants

• Adult Care Home and Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee


• Advisory Board on Aging


• Affordable Housing Advisory Board


• Agricultural Preservation Board


• Alcoholic Beverage Control Board


• Animal Services Advisory Board


• Animal Services Hearing Panel Pool


• Arts Commission


• Board of Equalization and Review


• Board of Health


• Board of Social Services


• Carrboro Board of Adjustment


• Carrboro Northern Transition Area Advisory Committee


• Carrboro Planning Board


• Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment


• Chapel Hill Library Advisory Board


• Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board


• Chapel Hill Parks, Greenways and Recreation Commission


• Chapel Hill Planning Commission


• Commission for the Environment


• Durham Technical Community College Board of Trustees


• Economic Development Advisory Board (REQUIRES DISCLOSURE STATEMENT)


• Hillsborough Board of Adjustment


• Hillsborough Planning Board


• Historic Preservation Commission


• Human Relations Commission


• Jury Commission


• Mebane Board of Adjustment


• Mebane Planning Board


• Orange County Board of Adjustment


• Orange County Housing Authority


• Orange County Parks and Recreation Council


• Orange County Planning Board


• Orange Unified Transportation Board


• Orange Water & Sewer Authority Board of Directors



Boards Not Accepting Applicants

• Bond Education Committee - 2024


• Efland-Mebane SAP Implementation Focus Group (BOARD NOT CURRENTLY MEETING)


• Homestead & H.S. Roads Safety Task Force


• Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency (CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)


• Opioid Advisory Committee


• Orange County Schools Safety Task Force


• Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG)


• Workforce Development Board - Regional Partnership