Asheville City Council
November 12, 2019
Regular meeting
Public safetyOther City businessHomelessness
What it did
- Authorizes the 2020 census partnership.Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Changes the budget to accept Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant for upstaffing…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Lets the City Manager execute a contract amendment with ADW Architects P.A. for the New Fire Station 13 building design services.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Signs a a25,971 contract with Emergency Solutions Grant Subrecipients and Execute Annual Services Agreement for the Asheville-Buncombe Homeless Management Information System with the Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 9
- Voted on separately
- 1
- Routine items, one vote
- 8
- Votes that split
- 0
Why it matters
Regular meetings are where Council votes on laws, the budget, contracts and zoning. Routine items pass together in one vote, called the consent agenda.
The recording
Everything on the agenda
From the minutes, in the order the City lists them. Each item's first lines are the minutes' own words.
CONSENT AGENDA
8 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
MANAGER’S REPORT 2020: Census Coordination Efforts Update
“City Manager Campbell introduced Director of Planning & Urban Design Todd Okolichany who provided Council with a brief update on the City’s 2020 Census coordination efforts.”
NEW BUSINESS
Boards and commissions
“Vice-Mayor Wisler, Chair of the Boards & Commissions Committee, said that this is the consideration of appointing a member to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
“Closed Session At 5:16 p.m., Councilwoman Smith moved to go into closed session for the following reasons: (1) to prevent disclosure of information that is privileged and confidential, pursuant to the laws of North Carolina, or not considered a public record within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.”
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Authorizes the 2020 census partnership.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
Routine items, passed together
The consent agenda: items Council approves in one vote, without separate discussion. A member can ask to pull an item out for its own vote.
Changes the budget to accept Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant for upstaffing…
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a budget amendment in the City's Special Revenue Fund in the amount of $868,014 utilizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant and City matching funds.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “This facility will serve the joint use of the Fire and Police Departments and will help to improve the service response in the Five Points, Montford, UNC-Asheville, and Richmond Hill communities.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a contract (amendment) in the amount of $407,567 to increase professional services with ADW Architects, P.A., beyond the schematic design phase and to provide services for design development through project close-out for the full scope of the Fire Station 13 Design Services Project.”
- “The building needs (scope) were confirmed in preliminary design meetings with public safety departments to ensure that the facility, as proposed, will meet the immediate and future needs.Schematic design and cost estimates were generated as part of the initial design phase.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The City submitted the ESG Regional Application and accompanying project applications for a total of $125,971 on October 11, 2019.”
- “Quality Affordable Housing”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “On October 23, 2018, and March 12, 2019, the City Council approved budget amendments to fund the 2018 HIDTA Program Grant to the total awarded amount of $345,416.”
Lets the City Manager amend an existing contract with Poyner Spruill for outside counsel.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Move to adopt a resolution that would authorize the City Manager to amend an existing contract with Poyner Spruill for outside counsel; and the associated budget amendment in the amount of $100,000 to fund the contract amendment and additional outside legal service expenses.”
- “Quality affordable housing.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The funding will allow the purchase of 78 bulletproof vests over the 2 year life of the grant.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “ORDINANCE NO. 4777 - BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR THE 2019 BULLETPROOF VEST PARTNERSHIP GRANT Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution to apply for and accept the 2019 BVP Grant and adopt a budget amendment in the City’s Special Revenue Fund in the amount of $50,438.62.”
Signs a contract with Tennoca Construction Company for the Haywood Streetscape Project.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “This project will cause disruption in the downtown area throughout the entire duration of the approximate ten month construction project.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
The plain-language lines are written by fixed rules from each item's official title, which is on each decision's page. Every vote the minutes record is listed; procedural motions, like approving the minutes or adjourning, are left out.