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Council confirms membership for recovery super boards and fills advisory-board seats
Summary
Council confirmed members of four recovery super boards (economy, housing, infrastructure, people and environment) and appointed multiple regular advisory-board members and reappointments; most motions passed unanimously, and several vacancies will be re-advertised.
The Asheville City Council approved a slate of appointments to the city's newly structured recovery super boards and filled multiple vacancies on regular advisory boards.
Vice mayor (chairing the appointments sequence) read the at-large and designated nominees for the Economy Healing Recovery Board; the motion to appoint the listed members passed unanimously. Council then filled the Housing Helene Recovery Board to 11 members after a tabulated selection for two remaining seats, appointing the candidates with the required thresholds. The Infrastructure Recovery Board and the People & Environment Super Board were similarly filled after council members made selections and voters tabulated counts for close contests.
Council also moved and approved multiple appointments to standing advisory boards and commissions: Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (re-advertised due to no applications), African American Heritage Commission candidate selections, Alcoholic Beverage Control reappointment, Riverfront Commission artist appointment, movement of a Board of Adjustment alternate to a regular seat, Design Review Committee and downtown commission seats, Human Relations Commission appointments, and other regular board appointments. Where no applications were received or the applicant pool was not representative, staff will re-advertise the openings.
Most board and commission motions passed unanimously; in several cases councilors provided individual votes on nominees as part of floor tabulation and tie-breaking. Staff will follow up with formal appointment letters and post the final rosters on city pages.
