City Council Business Meeting on 2026-03-09 5:00 PM - Mar 09, 2026

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Charlotte City Council 3h 31m 3 speakers 8 agenda items transcribed 2 months ago official recording ↗

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Who is introduced and how does the meeting call to order begin?

Unknown 0:00

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Monica Holmes 0:06

Only you can prevent wildfires.

Unknown 0:27

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

Vi Lyles 8:57

Thank you, everyone. I appreciate the little bit of time that you come and spend with us. Really, really understand that's really good. So I want to call our run of show or our call to order. We'll start with our introductions with the city clerk. Billy Tons, deputy city clerk. Andrea Leslie-Fight, city attorney. Joy Mayo, District 3. Dante Anderson, District 1.

Unknown 9:30

Good evening, everyone. Mayor Pro Tem James Mitchell.

Vi Lyles 9:34

Good evening. Vi Lowes, Mayor. Marcus Jones, City Manager. Good evening. Kimberly Owens, representing District 6.

JD Masueta-Arias 9:42

Malcolm Graham, District 2. Ed Driggs, District 7.

Vi Lyles 9:45

Good evening. Luana Mayfield, Council Member-at-Large.

JD Masueta-Arias 9:48

Good evening. JD Masueta-Arias, District 5.

Vi Lyles 9:51

Good evening. I'm Renee Johnson, and I'm honored to represent District 4. all right let's go to our consent agenda for this morning or this morning geez it's been that kind of day guys sorry every now and again it happens right um mayor and council consent items questions and answers for any item between items 30 and item 54. let me get a pencil are we ready do we have any items for Are you ready? Yes, ma'am. Thank you. And good evening, mayor and council. I've got a chance to speak with many of you. And also please do note that item number 53 from your consent agenda item has been pulled from the agenda as it has been, it's a condemnation that's been settled. So that's coming off your agenda. And any other questions, I'd be happy to have them now, please.

Vi Lyles 10:53

All right, Ms. Mayfield. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'm going to be asking Marie to review a couple of items for me. One of them is gonna be item number 30, item 43, 45. All right, so those, if we go back to ask which to pull, those I would like for comment and or separate vote. Do we start with 30, Ms. Mayfield? Yes, ma'am, thank you. All right, thank you. The question that I had asked for Marie was the breakdown for number 30, community health worker services. I wanted a breakdown of the $657,259 for five employees, and basically why is the city paying for these employees through Atrium? So I wanted to get a clear, better understanding of that. Thank you, Madam Mayfield. The money is not just... It's a current agreement we have and it's adding one more worker and it's not just for salaries.

Vi Lyles 12:06

It's also for training and other services they do and to upfit the people to do the services. And this is part of the wraparound services we're targeting in the corridors of opportunity to help people. So for... Council consideration. As we move forward, we have a number of partners and we have a number of financial partners that also provide services. Again, when I'm thinking of what does a partnership look like for a community health worker, Basically, we're paying for these staff and all of their benefits and services. As one of our largest healthcare providers in the area, seemed like this will be something that would have a greater

Why was Councilmember Mayfield asking to pull consent items 30, 43, and 45?

Vi Lyles 12:58

financial commitment on their end versus our end when we think of the but-for of any other project or contract that comes before us. So I do have concerns as far as what is this real partnership partnership looks like with Atrium Health. What we're talking about in this is the partnership supports household stability, addresses social determinants of health, and promotes economic mobility through collaborative partnerships with Life Project, Our Bridge, West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition, United Way of Central Carolinas, and Atrium. Then we go into the fact that these are Atrium Health workers. We have a number of partners out in the community. that I want to make sure when the time comes and if we need to look at additional financial support that we have a very

Vi Lyles 13:53

equitable conversation when one of our largest hospitals in the nation, we're looking at to cover the full cost for five additional staff at a cost of almost $700,000 of our tax dollars.