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Legislative Priorities and Government Relations

At a glance

  • What: the town's process for setting state legislative priorities and a new internal government relations program (collaboration team, project funding catalog, legislative day).
  • Where it stands: council ranked League of Municipalities priority categories on 2026-09-15; staff plan a community survey and a refresh around the February retreat.

From the approved minutes (May 28, 2026)

Town Clerk Coleman said moving municipal elections to even years has been among the Town's legislative priorities for the past two years. Council adopted a resolution expressing interest in exploring it; see Even-Year Municipal Elections. In the budget work session on May 21, Council also discussed a state-level approach to district attorney staffing; see District Attorney Position Funding.

Log

  • 2026-09-15 - Town Council Work Session — council scored the League's goal categories by QR survey ahead of the September 30 summit; staff outlined the collaboration team, bill-impact dashboard, project funding catalog and a legislative day.
  • 2026-05-28 - Town Council Meeting — Even-year elections described as a standing legislative priority; resolution adopted 4-0.

From the video (October 27, 2026)

Council members discussed a possible state withholding of sales tax revenue over SNAP fraud recovery, estimated at up to about $1 million for Apex. See 2026-10-27 - Town Council Meeting.

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