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• Asheville City Council tentatively endorses budget plan, uncertainties remain

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 7 days ago

  While noting that much of its fate remains in the hands of the state legislature, at a special meeting this morning Asheville City Council gave staff the go-ahead to start drafting a budget based on a plan that calls for a 1 cent property tax increase and assumes the city and county may consolidate their parks and recreation operations by January.

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• Council announces delay in water system takeover, passes energy financing

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 9 days ago

  At a relatively brief Asheville City Council meeting tonight, city staff announced that a judge in Wake County has agreed to delay a state law forcibly transferring the water system. Council also approved $1.1 million in financing for energy efficiency improvements and the creation of a new multimodal transportation commission.

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• All swing together: city, Democratic legislators defend suing state over water bill

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 12 days ago

  Friday morning, Asheville city officials past and present were joined by some of the local legislative delegation to voice their opposition to a state bill that would forcibly transfer the water system to a new regional authority and the Metropolitan Sewerage District. At the press conference they supported City Council's decision to sue the state in an attempt to halt the new law.

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• MSD investigating contractor after French Broad sewage spill

  

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 15 days ago

  Many people were shocked when a malfunctioning pump sent millions of gallons of raw sewage spilling into the French Broad River April 30. While the issue was repaired the same day, MSD Manager Tom Hartye tells Xpress it never should have happened in the first place, asserting contractor Gilbert Engineering failed to follow a contingency plan.

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• 'Complicated intergovernmental issues': McCrory lets water bill become law without signature

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  David Forbes | 15 days ago

  Citing "complicated intergovernmental issues" and a lawsuit from the city of Asheville, Gov. Pat McCrory let a bill forcibly transferring Asheville's water system become law without his signature yesterday.

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• Asheville's going to court: Council votes to sue state over water bill

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 16 days ago

  At a special meeting tonight, May 7, Asheville City Council members voted unanimously to sue the state of North Carolina over a bill forcibly transferring the city's water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District. City Attorney Bob Oast cited "legal, constitutional, and practical issues" with the mandate.

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• Back to the future: Years ago, Asheville rejected big compensation deals but ideas resurface

  NEWS

  Jake Frankel | 17 days ago

  As Asheville gears up to file a lawsuit against state legislation that gives control of the city's water system to the Metropolitan Sewage District, some rejected ideas posed by Buncombe County years ago to provide compensation have resurfaced.

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• Asheville City Council will hold special May 7 meeting to authorize water system lawsuit

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  David Forbes | 22 days ago

  Asheville City Council will hold a special May 7 meeting to vote on authorizing legal action over a state proposal to forcibly transfer the water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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• Asheville City Council will hold special May 7 meeting to authorize water system lawsuit

  BLOGWIRE

  David Forbes | 22 days ago

  Asheville City Council will hold a special May 7 meeting to vote on authorizing legal action over a state proposal to forcibly transfer the water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District.

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• What happens to Asheville's water system on May 15?

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 23 days ago

  As a forcible transfer of Asheville's water system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District clears its last legislative hurdles in Raleigh, city staff say relinquishing the system by May 15, as the bill requires, is an administrative impossibility. So what happens to the city's water system in two weeks? "That's a good question," Water Resources Director Steve Shoaf says.

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