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Asheville City Council

May 26, 2026

Regular meeting

Budget and taxesOther City business

What it did

Votes recorded
4
Voted on separately
0
Routine items, one vote
4
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. 4 routine items, passed together in one vote.

Public Hearings

  1. Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Annual Operating Budget

    “Budget Manager Lindsay Spangler said that this is the public hearing on the City of Asheville Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 Proposed Annual Budget and inclusion of public input in City Council’s consideration of the budget.”

  2. Public hearing to consider the submission of the 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…

    “Development Community Development Division Manager James Shelton said that this is the consideration of a public hearing to consider the submission of the 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) to the…”

Informal Discussion and Public Comment

  1. Public comment

    • financial challenges for Homeward Bound and advocate for CDBG funding this year
    • public would like to have a window into deliberations in high stake matters
    • recommendation to cap or reduce the top of your pay scale in order to raise base pay

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. Approves an amendment to an installment financing contract to provide for the financing of additional projects.

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “PNC Bank, National Association has agreed to purchase the Bond, and staff is seeking Council approval of the resolution authorizing the installment financing and related issuance of 2026 Interim Limited Obligation Bonds (LOBs) in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000.”

  2. Resolution authorizing an increase in the total project funding for the Litter and Cleanliness Program.

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “As with the original project resolution, the new resolution will authorize the City Manager to execute any amendments and change orders to adjust the total amount of each individual contract, as well as change orders for individual contract renewals, within the new total project not-to-exceed amount of $1,073,640.”

  3. Lets the City Manager execute a contract amendment with Weisiger Group / d/ba/a Carolina Caterpillar for Heavy Truck Repair and Service…

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

    More from the minutes
    • The money, in the minutes' words: “The original Contract amount for the initial (1) one year term was $120,000 with a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $360,000 for all 3 years (if both optional renewals are exercised).”
    • “Currently, multiple City of Asheville units require repairs in which this Contract will be used.”
    • “Sanitation Unit 3085 requires extensive electrical and body repairs for concerns of safety and operation that will exceed the remaining available funds for the current year of this contract.”
    • “Stormwater Units 1403 requires replacement of the pump to be able to operate.”

  4. Changes the dates of Council meetings.

    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.