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Votes at a glance: Greenville City Council actions, June 9, 2025
Summary
Summary of key motions and roll-call outcomes from the June 9 council meeting, including consent agenda approvals, contract awards, budget amendment, affordable housing allocation and added early-voting sites.
The Greenville City Council recorded several formal votes and approvals Monday. Key outcomes:
- Consent agenda (items 2–11): Approved. Council initially recorded a vote with one recusal on item 11; council later re-voted to confirm approval of items 2–10 with six affirmative votes and then confirmed the full consent package. (Final announced outcome: 6-0 for items 2–10; Council Member Robinson recused on item 11.)
- Contract for services with Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge (Item 13): Approved 6-0. Motion by Council Member Blackburn; second by Council Member Scully.
- Memorandum of understanding with Pitt Community College for construction of three affordable homes (Item 14): Approved 6-0. Motion by Council Member Foreman; second by Council Member Blackburn. City allocated $200,000 toward the pilot; staff said total project cost is about $450,000 with partner commitments from GUC, Pitt Community College (pending), ECU Health and private sources.
- Additional one-stop early voting sites (Item 15): Council voted to add additional one-stop sites for the last week of early voting (Oct. 27–Nov. 1) by a 6-0 vote. Staff provided cost estimates from the county: a base estimated cost of about $120,000 (county-provided figure) for the baseline sites and an estimated incremental cost per additional site mentioned in staff materials; staff later referenced a two-site estimate of about $23,000 during discussion.
- Budget ordinance amendment number 11 (Item 16): Approved 6-0. The amendment recognized and reallocated funds across multiple funds, including an increase of $450,000 to the affordable housing fund to support the Pitt Community College pilot, transfers for a fishing-access pier, convention and visitor bureau support, CDBG program revenue recognition, and vehicle replacement funding for a new ambulance.
Votes were recorded orally at the meeting; the clerk’s minutes will reflect the formal roll-call and vote tallies for the municipal record.
