A recap of Monday night’s meeting: Public comment was likely the most interesting part of Monday’s meeting. We actually had two separate issues come up during public comment. The first few comments concerned the intersection design of the new intersection in front of the new middle school. The current design from NCDOT calls for a…Continue Reading “July Meeting Recap: Red Raiders, Transportation Concerns, and Other Issues”
Our next City Council meeting will be on Monday, July 6 at 6:45pm at TechWorks. You can attend in person or find the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqOtdtH7gyyToZnnC8kKLQQ The most significant item on the agenda is providing authorization for the signing of a contract for a Construction Manager at Risk for the new parks & rec multipurpose…Continue Reading “July Meeting Preview”
A quick update from our workshop on Monday and other goings-on: -The workshop started off with a presentation from Chief Hawkins on Belmont PD’s standards and training. We got a good overview of the work that the department has made to implement the recommendations that came out of the 2014 President’s Task Force on 21st…Continue Reading “June Workshop Recap”
The next City Council Workshop is this Monday at 4pm at Techworks. The meeting will be in-person (following applicable social distancing guidelines), but you can still watch the livestream at www.cityofbelmont.org/livemeetings -We will be considering an amendment to the current year’s budget (FY 19-20) that brings budgeted expenses/revenues in line with actual expenses/revenues -There have…Continue Reading “June Workshop: Rebranding and the Belmont Rowing Club”
We had a very productive meeting on Monday/Wednesday. Here are some of the highlights: -We received an update from the county health director on COVID-19 response. Overall, we appear to be headed in the right direction, but he stressed the importance of basic safety precautions – washing your hands, avoiding large crowds, etc. -We also…Continue Reading “2020 Budget Finalized and Other Updates”
The next city council meeting will be on June 1 at 6:45pm. This meeting will once again be virtual, so if you are interested in participating in the public comment portion of the meeting, be sure to submit your comments to the city clerk so they can be read aloud at the meeting. We have…Continue Reading “Budget, Belmont Trolley, and Coronavirus”
An update from our budget workshop/special meeting on Monday: -We didn’t make any substantive changes to the budget proposal, so the next step will be the public hearing on June 1. This will be a virtual meeting, so if you would like to participate in the public comment portion of the hearing, be sure to…Continue Reading “2020 Budget Update”
The next budget workshop will be on Monday at 4pm. You can find the agenda and a link to the livestream here: https://cityofbelmont.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&Id=428 This will be the final workshop before the public hearing on the budget on June 1. It doesn’t sound like there have been any substantive changes to the budget proposal from what…Continue Reading “Final 2020 Budget Workshop!”
An update from this week’s City Council meeting and other goings-on:We will be having a special meeting on Monday, May 11 at 4pm to review our Stormwater Management Program. We will be reviewing the scope of the program (what it does and what it doesn’t do) and the Stormwater Capital Program for the next fiscal…Continue Reading “May Updates: Code Enforcement and Reopening Our Parks”
The next City Council meeting will be Monday (5/4) at 6:45pm. This will be another virtual meeting, so we will be following the same process that we used last month for public comment. If you’d like to make a public comment, you may email your comments to the city clerk, and they will be read…Continue Reading “May Meeting Preview”