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Council reviews water plant bids, accepts motions to advance utility and annexation items
Summary
Council received engineering and construction updates (water plant bids, East Street work), discussed a fire‑tap upgrade payment plan for Carter Lumber, approved a referral on nuclear/zoning and moved an ordinance and an annexation resolution to further readings.
The Village of Asheville received several routine municipal updates and moved a pair of agenda items to subsequent readings.
Speaker 9 reported that bids for the new water plant opened with two apparent bids of $12,844,000 and $14,724,000; the engineering firm will review qualifications and expected to report back in early February.
On a separate infrastructure matter, Speaker 9 said Carter Lumber must upgrade a 6‑inch fire tap to an 8‑inch service; the transcript cites a difference of $316,000 and described a five‑year payment plan of $63,240.40 per year as an offered arrangement. Multiple councilors confirmed the village will not incur the upgrade cost and that the fee structure is governed by village ordinances.
Speaker 9 also asked the council to consider a $13,000 purchase order to support a veterans memorial park if private fundraising falls short; the council discussed appropriate budgeting and noted the project is ongoing and has raised more than half the funds.
On motions, council asked for a second reading of an ordinance identified in the transcript as Ordinance 2026‑01 creating a municipal electric utility (described in the record as a "bill of public power"). A resolution to accept a petition for annexation of 485.957 acres from Harrison Township to the village of Nashville was also moved and seconded; councilors discussed that both items will proceed to third reading and a future vote.
In new business, a councilor moved and the council approved a referral to the planning and zoning commission to evaluate whether and how to define or regulate nuclear power generation, including small modular reactors, within the village zoning code.
The meeting included multiple committee and administrative reports, and the council read a proclamation honoring the U.S. Postal Service bicentennial that was signed by Mayor Rachel Cole (as read into the record).
