Joal Hall Broun

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1. 1999–2011 Joal Hall Broun joins the Carrboro Board of Aldermen In early 1999 Joal Hall Broun, an assistant public defender, was appointed to fill out the term of the late Alderman Hank Anderson, and she won election to the board that fall. She served on the board until 2011. People: Joal Hall Broun, Hank AndersonThe Carrboro Citizen: Broun, Phelps to challenge Jacobs in Dem primary (March 4, 2010)
2. August 17, 1999 Carrboro aldermen vote 4-3 against renaming themselves the Board of Councillors After months of debate over gender-neutral language, the board rejected a resolution, authorized by a charter change from the General Assembly, to become the Carrboro Board of Councillors. Diana McDuffee, Joal Broun and Alex Zaffron voted for the change. People: Joal Hall Broun, Alex ZaffronSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, August 19, 1999, p. 2
3. 2006–2007 Joal Hall Broun serves as Carrboro's mayor pro tem Town budget documents for fiscal years 2006-07 and 2007-08 list Alderman Joal Hall Broun as mayor pro tempore, serving under Mayor Mark Chilton. People: Mark Chilton, Joal Hall BrounTown of Carrboro: Recommended Budget, Fiscal Year 2006-07
4. May 16, 2006 Carrboro aldermen bar police arrests based solely on civil immigration violations The Carrboro Board of Aldermen unanimously adopted Resolution No. 123/2005-06, making it police policy not to arrest or take into custody anyone solely because they have or may have committed a civil immigration violation. The board had asked the town attorney to research the question on April 18, 2006. People: Mark Chilton, Jacquelyn Gist, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Joal Hall Broun, Alex ZaffronTown of Carrboro (Mount Holyoke IDA repository copy): Board of Aldermen minutes, May 16, 2006
5. November 2007 Lydia Lavelle is elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen In her first run for office Lavelle led the field of aldermen candidates with 1,656 votes, about 25 percent, ahead of two-term incumbent Joal Hall Broun and Dan Coleman. She lived in the northern part of town Carrboro had recently annexed, and Mayor Mark Chilton read her first-place finish as a sign that voters were ready to move past the annexation fight. People: Joal Hall Broun, Mark ChiltonSearch the index · The Carrboro Citizen: Lavelle wins a seat; Broun, Coleman, Chilton returned to board
6. March 3, 2016 Joal Broun is sworn in to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board The district said Broun, a former Carrboro alderman then directing the state's lobbying compliance division, was sworn in to fill the seat left by Michelle Brownstein's resignation. She had also served on the Orange Water and Sewer Authority board and the Orange County Dispute Settlement Center.Search the index · Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools News: Meet Joal Broun, Newest CHCCS Board Member
7. March 7, 2019 Joal Broun is elected chair of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board The board elected Broun chair by unanimous vote after chair Margaret Samuels resigned during a recall push over the Glenwood Elementary dual language magnet decision. Mary Ann Wolf took the vice chair seat Broun had held.Search the index · Chapelboro: CHCCS Elects New Chair, Vice Chair Following Resignation
8. March 22, 2021 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools students return for hybrid classes The CHCCS board voted unanimously on March 4, 2021 to begin hybrid in-person instruction on March 22, nearly a month before the April 19 start it had approved in February. Students attended in cohorts two days a week, and roughly half could remain fully remote. People: Joal Hall BrounChapelboro: CHCCS To Offer In-Person Instruction in March Following New State Guidance
9. June 18, 2021 Governor Cooper appoints Joal Broun a district court judge for Orange and Chatham counties Broun was appointed to the District 15B seat vacated by Judge Beverly Scarlett. She was then director of the lobbying compliance division at the North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State. People: Beverly ScarlettSearch the index · North Carolina Judicial Branch: Governor Cooper Appoints District Court Judge
10. July 16, 2021 Joal Broun is sworn in as a district court judge Secretary of State Elaine Marshall administered the oath to Broun, who left her post as the department's lobbying compliance division director and gave up her school board seat to take the judgeship.Search the index · North Carolina Professional Lobbyists Association: Lobbying News and Tips from NC Secretary of State