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Asheville City Council

June 13, 2023

Regular meeting

Other City businessBudget and taxesStreets and transit

What it did

Votes recorded
14
Voted on separately
3
Routine items, one vote
11
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

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Agenda Minutes The City's meeting page

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

  1. 11 routine items, passed together in one vote.

PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS

  1. Manager’s report - employee recognition

    “City Manager Campbell said that City of Asheville employees are heroes in many ways.”

  2. Independent Review Committee on Water outage after-action report

    “Jade Dundas, Capital Projects Director and liaison to the Independent Review Committee recognized their hard work.”

PUBLIC HEARINGS

  1. Public Hearing relative to adoption of the south slope: a southside neighborhood vision plan 6-13-23

    “Page 20 Councilwoman Turner moved to continue this public hearing until July 25, 2023.”

  2. Public Hearing to consider an amendment to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances to revise neighborhood meeting requirements for Level 2 projects, major subdivisions and conditional zonings: Planning & development

    “Planning & Development Division Manager Chris Collins said that this is the consideration of an ordinance to amend Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances to revise neighborhood meeting requirements for Level 2 projects, major subdivisions and conditional zonings.”

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  1. Ordinance no. 5021- ordinance adopting the Fiscal Year 2024 annual operating Budget

    “She believed we can say we have had a pretty thorough budget process and hopefully you are ready to adopt the Manager’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget.”

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Boards & commissions

    “Regarding the Planning & Zoning Commission, the following individuals applied for the vacancy: Paul Zay, Scott Lewandowski, Trent Hall and Susan Bean.”

INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT

  1. Public comment

    • appreciation for the Memorial Day Service
    • comments regarding the Independent Review Committee’s Report on the Water Outage

Voted on separately

Each of these had its own motion and vote.

  1. Changes City law, Chapter 7 of the City Code.

    Passed. Everyone present voted yes.

    More from the minutes
    • “The UDO currently has a requirement for prospective land developers to hold community/neighborhood meetings with nearby residents and owners prior to submitting an application for review of a Level II site plan, Major Subdivision or Conditional Zoning by the City.”
    • “Creates a formalized opportunity for possibly affected neighborhood residents to begin a dialogue with the prospective developer.”
    • “He then reviewed the current and proposed regulations of the notification timing and radius.”

  2. Moves $100,000 from the City Manager’s Contingency to fund the City’s annual contribution to nonprofits with which members of council are…

    Passed.

  3. Moves $45,000 from the City Manager’s Contingency to fund the City’s annual contribution to nonprofits with which members of council are…

    Passed.

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.

  1. Changes the budget.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Actions Requested: Adoption of budget amendment in the amount of $25,286,496 in the City’s Capital 2100 Fund (General Fund) to account for the refunding of debt.”

  2. Signs a contract with Witt O’Brien’s LLC for the purpose of securing administrative and training support for processing and managing…

    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 resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Witt O’Brien’s in an amount not to exceed $124,982 for the purpose of securing administrative and training support for processing and managing Federal Transit Administration Grants.”
    • “There have been numerous staffing transitions in the Transit Grant Analyst position (currently vacant) over the last five years, and the number of FTA grants being administered has increased significantly since the pandemic.”

  3. Signs an agreement with the Town of Black Mountain to provide funding support for Route 170 for both Fiscal Year 2023…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This agreement will cover both fiscal years.”
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Town of Black Mountain to provide $25,000 in funding support for transit Route 170 for both Fiscal Years (FY) 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.”
    • “The cost for this route is already included in the Transit Operating Fund for FY 2022-2023 and in the FY 2023-2024 Proposed Budget.”

  4. Accepts the Flood Mitigation Actions Report which is part of the Repetitive Loss Area Analysis.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

  5. Signs a contract with Waste Management of Carolinas for City facility bulk waste collection.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “The new contract will be for (3) three years, with the option for (2) two additional (1) one year extensions.”

  6. Lets the City Manager enter into an Interlocal Agreement…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

  7. Sets the Fiscal Year 2023-24 rental fee for each additional 95 gallon trash can at $17.00…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • “The projected revenue from the increase in both fees was used in completing the FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget presented to City Council on May 9, 2023.”
    • “Without updating the additional cart rental fee to align with the Council-approved increase to the Standard Municipal Solid Waste Fee, the projected revenue for Sanitation services will be lower than presented in the FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget.”

  8. Signs a contract with ESRI Inc. for GIS Software Maintenance.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

    More from the minutes
    • What the minutes say it will do: “This contract would allow the City of Asheville to continue to enhance its GIS program using the ESRI software for GIS dashboards, Map Asheville, the open data program, water utility management, public safety, asset management, equity mapping and storytelling, and much more.”
    • “The City would lose many highly-used public GIS platforms such as the Open Data Portal, Map Asheville, Equity Story Maps, Climate Justice Index Map, and the Police Transparency Dashboard.”

  9. Changes the agreement with Azteca Systems LLC for hosting the enterprise Asset Management system.

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

  10. Lets the City Manager ratify and amend existing transit Subrecipient Agreements for Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors…

    Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.

  11. Resolution reaffirming support of Asheville’s lgbtqia+ + community.

    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.