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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the Jan. 9 Greenville City Council meeting
Summary
A compact list of formal actions taken at the Jan. 9 council meeting, including approvals, appointments and ordinance adoptions. All recorded council votes on listed items were unanimous (6-0) unless otherwise noted.
The Greenville City Council took the following formal actions during its Jan. 9, 2025 meeting. Where a mover and second were recorded verbally at the meeting, they are shown; all vote totals below reflect the recorded meeting tally.
- Agenda amendment: Add public hearing item to sell city property at 808 Vanderbilt Lane to Vicki May and Bobby Swindell. Outcome: Approved (motion passed 6-0).
- Appointments and reappointments (multiple boards/commissions): Reappointed Will Franklin (Firefighters Relief Fund Committee), Carrie Carlin and Larry Hall (Historic Preservation Commission); appointed Eric Allison (Police Community Relations Committee); appointed Will Litchfield (Youth Council). Outcome: Approved (various motions recorded, unanimous votes where recorded).
- Consent/ordinance items: - Ordinance adopting GUC gas capital project budget (natural gas distribution infrastructure improvements). Outcome: Approved (6-0). - Memorandum of Agreement with North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for Wildwood Park fishing pier. Outcome: Approved (6-0).
- Public hearings & land-use: - Rezoning requested by Alva W. and Joanie B. Worthington (16.871 acres from R-A20 to R-6A). Outcome: Approved (6-0). - Text amendment requested by Camping World Holdings Inc. to change flagpole/flag standards (Title 9, Ch.4, Sec.227). Outcome: Denied (6-0).
- Facility/parks/commercial: - Adopted ordinance to allow specified Uptown outdoor dining along NCDOT-maintained Dickinson Avenue and align city standards with DOT. Outcome: Approved (6-0).
- Property sales: - Resolution authorizing sale of 624 Hudson Street to Manaya Perry. Outcome: Approved (6-0). - Resolution authorizing sale of 808 Vanderbilt Lane to Vicki May and Bobby Swindell. Outcome: Approved (6-0).
- Finance, audits and contracts: - Accept results of fiscal year 2024 audit and recognize available fund balance. Outcome: Approved (6-0). - Adopt Downtown Greenville parking plan. Outcome: Approved (6-0). - Approve award of MWBE joint disparity study contract to Miller3 Consulting Inc. (contract amount $460,098; $100,000 GUC contribution). Outcome: Approved (6-0). - Authorize filing of LGC application for an installment financing agreement (~$9.9M) related to build grant and stormwater pipe replacement projects. Outcome: Approved (6-0). - Approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 6 (adjust revenues, recognize grants, and transfer $75,000 from sanitation fund for facility improvements). Outcome: Approved (6-0).
Where motions or seconds were stated in the public record, this summary notes them; for many consent or routine items only the motion and unanimous tally were recorded. For items that passed with recorded tallies of "Motion passes 6-0," the recorded outcome is included above. For operational details or next steps (inspections, enforcement, project schedules), see the staff presentations recorded in the meeting.
