City Council Info & Schedule

Meeting Schedule

Asheville City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 5 p.m. in the Council Chamber located on the second floor of City Hall. Council worksessions are held the third Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. in the Council Chamber. The meeting/worksession agenda is posted at 3 p.m. the Friday before the meeting date. Meetings are televised live on the Asheville Channel, Charter Cable channel 11, and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 9 a.m.

Asheville City Council has the authority to:

* Determine policy in the fields of planning, traffic, law and order, public works, finance, and recreation;
* Appoint and remove the city manager;
* Adopt the budget, levy taxes, collect revenues, and make appropriations;
* Appoint and remove the city attorney and city clerk;
* Authorize the issuance of bonds by a bond ordinance;
* Establish administrative departments, offices and agencies;
* Appoint members of the city boards, commissions and committees;
* Inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the city and make investigations into municipal affairs;
* Provide for an independent audit; and
* Provide for the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties, and compensation of all officers and employees of the city.

PS: This pretty much rules out Gideon. Meetings are the same time as Caucus. Gideon will have to be present in spirit if we decide to go.