“Council check-ins are a good tool for better understanding in a smaller setting.”

“Council check-ins are a good tool for better understanding in a smaller setting.”
Council to vote on switch to public ‘work sessions’ Tuesday, Feb. 14.
‘In my experience, closed sessions like this are important for briefing the elected officials on background research done by staff and having the elected officials identify a need for further information before going public.”
This new funding, to be voted on by City Council during the regular meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 14, would come on top of more than $1.4 million the city has already budgeted for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure along the I-26 corridor.
For at least five years, Asheville City Council members have debated and grappled with some of the most pressing issues facing Asheville in regularly scheduled private meetings with city staff — meetings that are outside of public view.