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Votes at a glance: Greenville City Council, Jan. 9, 2025
Summary
A brief roundup of formal votes and outcomes at the Jan. 9 Greenville City Council meeting, including rezoning, a denied zoning text amendment, permits and contracts, property sales, budget and financing actions, and operational policies.
The Greenville City Council took the following formal actions at its Jan. 9, 2025 meeting. Vote tallies below reflect the council’s recorded voice votes where provided.
- Agenda approval (amendment to add item 15a): Approved, voice vote 6-0.
- Consent agenda (items 2 and 4–11 including ordinance adopting Greenville Utility Commission gas capital project budget and memorandum of agreement with North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for a fishing pier at Wildwood Park): Approved, 6-0. (Council pulled items 3 and 4 for brief discussion; items were later approved individually.)
- Item 3 — Ordinance to adopt Greenville Utility Commission gas capital project budget for natural gas distribution infrastructure improvements: Approved, 6-0. (Staff explained project targets aging pipe replacement in scattered areas including West Greenville and north of the river.)
- Item 4 — Memorandum of agreement with North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for a fishing pier at Wildwood Park: Approved, 6-0. (Council discussed naming/wayfinding for the pier.)
- Item 12 — Rezoning requested by Alva W. and Joanie B. Worthington (16.871 acres from RA-20 to R-6A): Approved, 6-0.
- Item 13 — Text amendment requested by Camping World to change flagpole and flag size regulations (citywide): Denied, 6-0. (Extensive public hearing and staff recommended denial.)
- Item 14 — Ordinance to allow outdoor dining on the NCDOT-maintained portion of Dickinson Avenue and align standards with DOT rules (raise unobstructed pedestrian path from 4 to 5 feet, other DOT rules): Approved, 6-0.
- Item 15 — Resolution authorizing sale of city-owned property at 624 Hudson Street to Manaya Perry: Approved, 6-0 following public hearing.
- Item 15a — Resolution authorizing sale of city-owned property at 808 Vanderbilt Lane to Vicki May and Bobby Swindell: Approved, 6-0 following public hearing.
- Item 16 — Results of the financial audit and available fund balance reporting for FY 2023–24: Received and accepted; council approved related staff recommendations, 6-0.
- Item 17 — 2024 Downtown Greenville parking plan: Approved, 6-0. (Plan includes two-hour free on-street/surface lot parking, parking-deck pricing after two hours, permit options and license-plate-reader enforcement; education period through February and enforcement beginning in March.)
- Item 18 — Contract award to Miller 3 Consulting for a joint MWBE disparity study (city + GUC): Approved, 6-0. (Contract $460,098; GUC contribution $100,000; 18-month timeline.)
- Item 19 — Resolution to file application with the Local Government Commission for installment financing (budget gap funding for BUILD grant and stormwater projects), approximately $9.9 million anticipated issuance: Approved, 6-0; public hearing set for Feb. 13 and closing Feb. 27 (subject to LGC approval).
- Item 20 — Budget ordinance amendment No. 6 to FY 2024–25 operating budget, special revenue grant fund, sanitation fund, and facility improvement fund (including recognizing grants and transfers): Approved, 6-0.
Several appointment and reappointment items (board of adjustment, firefighters relief committee, historic preservation commission reappointments, police-community relations committee appointment, youth council appointment) were also handled on the consent/appointments portion of the agenda with voice votes recorded as approved.
Where specific vote roll-call tallies were not read into the record, the clerk recorded voice votes reported in the transcript (most actions passed unanimously 6-0).
