Mayor William Cogswell and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers described the Battery extension as a phased, promenade-style flood barrier and said the city is in design with a construction contract for phase one expected in roughly a year.

The City of Beaufort posted a request for qualifications on July 10 seeking a multidisciplinary consultant team to design repairs to the failing 1,200-foot Long Riverside feature at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park; responses are due August 13.

After hours of public comment and council debate, Urbana approved a planned unit development for 413–419 West Main Street, adding amendments requiring six months' notice to existing tenants and a good-faith effort to retain and repurpose on-site trees.

The board approved a $30,000 contract May 4 to install an 18‑foot aluminum 'tree' sculpture at Atwood Road and Marketplace Drive, funded from the Public Amenity Fund. Commissioners expressed mixed views about taste and timing as parts of the fund near expiration.