Asheville City Council
January 10, 2023
Regular meeting
Other City businessPublic safetyStreets and transit
What it did
- Amends Chapter 15, Solid Waste Management, of the City Code of Ordinances related to yard waste collection to prohibit…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Lets the City Manager execute a contract amendment with Equinox Environmental Consultation and Design for the Swannanoa River Greenway Phase II.Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Approves the 2023 City Council Legislative Agenda and to direct the City Attorney to provide the resolution…Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
- Approves, after the fact, the execution of a contract with Daikin Applied Americas Inc. for safety repairs to the HVAC…Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
- Votes recorded
- 9
- Voted on separately
- 2
- Routine items, one vote
- 7
- 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
7 routine items, passed together in one vote.
PRESENTATIONS & REPORTS
Manager’s report - recognition of Sanitation workers for assisting residents in need
“City Manager Campbell said that City of Asheville employees are heroes in many ways.”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing relative to adoption of the South Slope: a Southside Neighborhood Vision Plan
“Councilwoman Smith moved to continue the public hearing relative to adoption of the South Slope: A Southside Neighborhood Vision Plan until February 28, 2023.”
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Ordinance amending Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances related to yard waste collection to prohibit plastic bags for curbside and leaf collection, effective August 1, 2023
“Sustainability Director Bridget Herring said that this is the consideration of an ordinance amending Chapter 15, Solid Waste Management, of the Code of Ordinances related to yard waste collection to prohibit plastic bags for curbside brush and leaf collection, effective August 1, 2023.”
NEW BUSINESS
Resolution adopting the 2023 City Council Legislative Agenda
“City Attorney Brad Branham said that this is the consideration of adoption of a resolution approving the 2023 Legislative Agenda and direction to share with Asheville’s Local Delegation. 1-10-23 Page 11 Background:”
INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comment
- appreciation for pickleball courts with offers to participate in the process to address Montford pickleball concerns
Voted on separately
Each of these had its own motion and vote.
Passed. Everyone present voted yes.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Funding in the amount of $20,000 has been identified within the Public Works Department operating budget to support implementation of the plastic leaf bag ban.”
- “Funding will be used for education and outreach about the ordinance change and for the one-time purchase and distribution of 30,000 leaf bags to residents.”
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.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- The money, in the minutes' words: “The City has also been awarded funds from the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority in the amount of $2,300,000.”
- “Funding for this contract is currently budgeted in the General Capital Projects Fund.”
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 ratifying the execution of a contract with Daikin Applied Americas Inc. in the amount not to exceed $165,600 for HVAC emergency repairs and upgrades at Harrah’s Cherokee Center-Asheville.”
- “This included installation of 10 new air handler units, new boiler systems and additional support infrastructure.”
- “In the course of 14 months three of the ten new air handler units have failed, as well as numerous portions of support infrastructure down the line.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The requested equipment will extend visual and audible alerts to additional spaces within the building.”
- The money, in the minutes' words: “Action Requested: Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a change order to the contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. to add additional station alerting equipment at the Broadway Public Safety Station in the amount of $11,941.20.”
Motion adopting the 2023 Budget Calendar.
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “Formal presentation of the City Manager’s Proposed Budget on May 9, 2023.”
- “A public hearing on the Proposed Budget on May 23, 2023.”
Reduce the total number of members on the Human Relations Commission of Asheville from 15 to 9…
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- “The BRC’s final recommendations included a 15-member board of city residents.”
- “The current establishing ordinance for the HRCA also requires that members be residents of the City in order to be eligible to serve on the commission.”
- “Providing some allowance for non-city residents to serve would help alleviate the difficulties in filling the full commission membership.”
Passed with the routine items, in one vote, without discussion.
More from the minutes
- What the minutes say it will do: “The grant funds awarded to these projects supplement existing project budgets and help to ensure that the projects are completed as envisioned and presented to the granting agency.”
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.