City Council Business Meeting on 2025-12-08 5:00 PM - Dec 08, 2025
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What was the opening welcome and introduction for the new council members?
everyone. I still believe it's afternoon. It's just a little bit chilly and a little bit darker than we probably thought it would be today. But I want to say thank you all for being here. Good evening and thank you for joining us in person as well as those who are watching online for our December 8th Charlotte City Council business meeting. So this is the first new meeting, first meeting with the new council. So I'd like to give a warm welcome to the new members and also thank all council members for their dedication to public service, especially as we begin our new term. I'm looking forward to all we will accomplish for this community. So let's begin with introductions around the dais, starting with our city attorney.
City clerk. I'm sorry, where's our city clerk? Right here.
Right
here. Our city clerk.
Stephanie Kelly, city clerk.
Good evening. Andrea Leslie-Flight, city attorney. Good evening. Dimple Ajmer, at-large. Good evening. I'm Victoria Watlington, and I have the pleasure of serving you as a member at-large. Joy Mayo,
District 3. Dante Anderson, District 1.
Marcus Jones, City Manager.
Vi Lyles,
Mayor.
Good evening, everyone. James Mitchell, Mayor Pro Teo.
Kimberly Owens, District 6.
Malcolm Graham, District 2. Ed Driggs, District 7.
Good evening. Luana Mayfield, Council Member-at-Large.
Good evening. J.D. Masuera-Arias, District 5.
Good evening. I'm Renee Johnson, and I'm honored to serve District 4. We begin our meetings with an invocation, which is an expression for inspiration, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. This invocation is intended to solemnize our proceedings. We understand and celebrate the religious diversity in our community, including those without a religious faith. Tonight, I would like to ask Councilmember Mayfield to give our invocation, and at the end of the invocation, if you choose to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please do so. Ms. Mayfield. Thank you, Madam Mayor. And for those who choose to, please join me as I stand. Precious Lord, please give us guidance in this meeting because a lack of guidance causes a nation to fall.
But victory is won through many advisors. Lord, let us not be misguided in this meeting. so that we do not lead to decisions that produce ineffective results. I pray that you direct our steps so that this meeting can achieve our kingdom's aim. We place you at the center of all of this. Amen. Amen.
All
right. Thank
you. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for
all. Okay. The next item on our agenda is our consent agenda, and so I wanted to ask Ms. Marie if you have any of the remarks or anything that we need to do in addressing our consent
agenda. Thank you, and good evening. And I've had a chance to speak to many of you, I didn't know if there was any other questions at this time.
Are there any questions for the staff? All right, JD,
please. Thanks, Murray. And thanks for talking to me earlier. I have a question on items 24, 25, 27 and 28, which are all multi-year contracts for cats. Can you please confirm that these contracts will be transferred over to the new authority once it is fully established and no longer under the city of Charlotte?
Yes, sir. And as you stated, they are definitely transferable. These new ones have assignability clauses in them. So when it's time, they will move over to the MPTA. Right now you do cats is still under your authority and when it moves out to its own organization, that's when these transitions will occur. But there's contracts that have to be in place now. That's why you're still approving them.
Thank you. And on a related note, um, item 26 scaly bark station drainage repairs. Um, it says the explanation section States that the project is expected to be completed by the end of December, 2025. Is that still accurate?
No, sir. It's actually March 2026, and that's been corrected on the agenda. Thank you. Thank
you, Marie.
All
right. Any other questions or comments on the consent agenda? Hearing none. Ms. Mayfield. I'm sorry. Ms. Mayfield, sorry.
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Agenda
6 items
1
What was the opening welcome and introduction for the new council members?
1:20–20:27
2
How did the council handle the consent agenda and related contract questions?
20:27–46:25
3
What public safety concerns were raised during the public forum?
46:25–1:07:20
4
What was discussed in the annexation agreement public hearing?
1:07:20–1:23:26
5
How was the proposed purchase of property on Catherine Simmons Avenue approved?
1:23:26–1:38:11
6
Why was a representative from Gaston County added to the Charlotte Water Advisory Committee?
1:38:11–1:43:25
Speakers
9 identified
Vi Lyles 26 min
Malcolm Graham 11 min
Dimple Ajmera 7 min
Marcus Jones 7 min
Victoria Watlington 6 min
Dante Anderson 5 min
Kimberly Owens 3 min
James Mitchell 3 min
JD Mazuera Arias 1 min
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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