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Asheville briefing: $1.1M community project would fund a real-time intelligence center; council presses for transparency on Flock/Axon contracts
Summary
Staff told council a $1.1 million community-project award would support a city-owned real-time intelligence center and asked authorization to negotiate a comprehensive agreement with Axon; council members demanded that all existing Flock and Axon agreements be posted for public access and raised privacy and data-sharing concerns.
City staff said on May 7 that a $1.1 million congressional community project funding award (item B1) would support a city-owned real-time intelligence center and that a second item (B2) would bundle several current services and authorize staff to negotiate a single contract with Axon.
Council members pressed staff to post the existing agreements publicly and to explain differences between the current Flock arrangements and the proposed Axon agreement. Councilwoman Romani asked why the Axon materials were not included with the staff report and asked that the public have fair access to any contracts the city is relying on; staff said all current agreements are public records and would be attached to the agenda or…
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