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Ballantyne, NC – The first Monday of the month is traditionally the ‘workshop’ mode for the city council. The breakfast meeting on October 29th opened with talk of the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee meeting this next Monday. ‘Workshop’ meetings are a ‘preview’ of the topics soon coming to the board. The University [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Can The Charlotte Chamber Help The City Grow? The public policy breakfast meeting on October 22nd, 2010 was opened by talk of the most recent chamber planning retreat. The Charlotte City Council is scheduled to be at the League of Municipalities Conference in Winston-Salem, October 23rd – October 26th. [...] Ballantyne, NC – This week has been a study in tragedies of police families. Demeatrius Montgomery was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder this week. Also this week was the capture and arrest of Michael Harvey. He was with Valerie Hamilton just before her death. Valerie Hamilton is the daughter [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Will the new tree ordinance impact the carbon footprint of the city? The September 24th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming Monday night dinner meeting for the city council. First on the agenda is the design/build concept for the ‘McAlpine Water Treatment Plant Filter Upgrade Project’. This is [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Why does the city manager need a pay increase? Several hot topics were contemplated during the September 17th breakfast meeting. The first topic is the city manager’s questionable pay increase. The next topic is the veto power of the mayor. This coming Monday, the city council will have a zoning [...]
Ballantyne, NC – The hot topic for this August 6th morning meeting was cutting budgets. Former School Board member, Ken Gjertsen was talking about C.M.S. and ideas to save money. Can schools be used as community centers? What about using libraries as community centers? Several people talked about ideas on consolidating local governments. [...]
Ballantyne, NC – July 2nd, 2010: The opening discussion was of the new North Carolina State budget that just passed in Raleigh on July 1st, 2010. The old formula would have given Mecklenburg County $20 million dollars and the new formula gives $11 million to the county. Unfortunately for our county, we [...] Ballantyne, NC – Susan Burgess, Charlotte City Council, said an emotional goodbye at last Monday’s council meeting. Councilman Burgess stepped down from Charlotte City Council due to health problems. The question now is, whom will the city choose to replace Susan Burgess? Two city council members recently flipped on which way to vote [...]
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