PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, December 9, 2025 – 7:00 PM Southern Human Services Center 2501 Homestead Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT ROOSTER Notice is hereby given that in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 158-7.1, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County (the "Board") will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. This public hearing concerns Orange County entering into an Economic Development Incentive Agreement with Project Rooster to encourage the business to expand in Orange County for a new light industrial operation. The Board will consider the appropriation of County funds for the purpose of entering into an Economic Development Incentive Performance Agreement with the Company in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($100,433.00), payable in up to five (5) annual installments over a five (5) year period. These funds will be used to encourage the Company to select Orange County for their proposed manufacturing and assembly operation, and, assist the Company with expenses related to up-fit of the existing building of interest. Recruitment of Project Rooster to locate in Orange County will create immediate and long-term public benefits for the County, to include bringing 79 total jobs (38 new full-time jobs to be created locally, plus 41 existing jobs to be offered relocation from another facility), with health care and related employment benefits, and new capital investment of up to $15,250,000 to occur during the first five (5) years of operation. Anyone interested in the Economic Development Incentive Performance Agreement, or the nature of Project Rooster may appear and be heard at the public hearing. Anyone who wishes to make comments in writing prior to the public hearing may do so by submitting such comments to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, c/o Clerk to the Board of Commissioners, P.O. BOX 8181, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278, or by emailing OCBOCC@orangecountync.gov IPL0292991 Nov 26 2025