City Council Zoning Meeting on 2024-11-18 5:00 PM - Nov 18, 2024

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What agenda items and procedures are introduced at the beginning of the meeting?

Dante Anderson 0:41

Bridget Grant 1:05

Joining us in the um

Dimple Ajmera 1:06

council chambers.

Dante Anderson 1:08

We are going to have a deviation from our normal zoning agenda, and I've tried to work or we've all tried to work to make sure that everyone understands what we're doing and try to make sure that we can get this meeting done. So what we are going to be doing. is we're going to begin our zoning meeting. Following our zoning meeting, we're going to recess into closed session. I think the closed session will be Finished and done

Dimple Ajmera 1:35

by six thirty and then we'll start the zoning hearings again. All right. So with that, let's I'm gonna call

Dante Anderson 1:42

this meeting to order and we'll begin with our introductions. We'll start with our city. Attorney. Terry Hagler Gray, Senior Assistant City Attorney. Good evening. I'm Victoria Watlington. I serve you at large. Good evening, Lawana Mayfield, Councilmember at Large. Sergeant Cardiff 6. Ed Drace, District 7, Malcolm Graham, District 2. Dante Anderson, Mayor Pro Tem, District 1. By Lyles Mayor.

Keith McVeigh 2:05

Jane Smith are at large and a special happy Founders Day to Men Omega Sophie Fraternity Incorporated.

Dante Anderson 2:12

Good evening, I'm Renee Johnson and I'm honored to serve District Four.

Dimple Ajmera 2:17

Good evening, Dim Palashmira at large. All right, thank you very

Dante Anderson 2:23

much. We will now have our um invocation and I believe it's Mr. Drake. That's me.

Keith McVeigh 2:29

I don't think so. Our invit

Dante Anderson 2:30

our invocation.

Keith McVeigh 2:31

Uh he say Mass Mir says her.

Dante Anderson 2:34

Oh, Miss Ashmira, thank you.

Keith McVeigh 2:36

Well you gave me a real fright.

Bridget Grant 2:39

You always

Dimple Ajmera 2:39

have to be prepared. All right. Miss Asmira. It's bar. Our heads. As we gather today to serve the people of Charlotte. Let us approach our duties with wisdom, compassion and dedication. May our deliberations be guided by a spirit of cooperation and a shared commitment to the well-being of all of our residents. Let us remember those facing challenges in our community and strive to make decisions that create opportunities and improve lives. With gratitude for the trust placed in us, we ask for guidance to lead with integrity and vision as we work together to build a stronger, more inclusive Charlie. Amen. Amen. All right. If you chose to stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

Dante Anderson 3:41

and

Dimple Ajmera 3:42

to the republic for which it stands one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much. Um the Hi. It's good to see you. Um we'll now have um And X well we would ordinarily have an explanation of our zoning

Dante Anderson 4:04

meeting. But I think that what we'll do now is just go into our closed session so that we can get back out and be before you for the zoning meeting as quickly as we can. So I would like to have a motion to go into closed session pursuant to NCGS 143-318-11A6 to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, and conditions of appointment or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee. So So

Dimple Ajmera 4:39

we have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. We have a second. Mayor.

Dante Anderson 4:43

Yes. I want to make sure that our deputy clerk gets it on file that I will not be joining this closed session meeting since there is someone on this council. that choose to share everything of information of or importance, especially conversations regarding Our personnel. Which is Disrespectful and out of order, so I would like for the record to show that I will not be stepping into this closed session. I think um Miss Mayfield and I appreciate what you've said, but I'm not sure how this works with our duty to vote. And so I think on record as far as me abstaining from whatever discussion you have and why I'm abstaining from it. So I don't think let me just I don't have the rules of i in front of me, but I don't believe that you can abstain just because you choose to, the council would have to individual I am able to, according to our rules.

Dante Anderson 5:39

Well let's see. Therree, you're gonna have to have to help me with the rules because I thought the duty to vote required that the count if there was some issue that you had that the council would have to have to excuse you. So let's just if this might take a moment.