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. [...]
Written by Caroline Adams, Category: Community Voices
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 [...]
Written by Caroline Adams, Category: Community Voices
Ballantyne, NC – On September 10th,the morning breakfast meeting opened with a hot topic: C.M.S. Current District 6 School Board member Tim Morgan and former board member Ken Gjertsen were both in attendance to help sort out some of the new changes to C.M.S. Tim Morgan explained that the new proposed changes are [...]
Ballantyne, NC – The hot topics for the September 3rd breakfast meeting were the Charlotte Housing Authority, the salary for the city manager and the taxi controversy. Charlotte City Council’s meeting date has been altered due to Labor Day. The next city meeting will not be on a Monday, per usual, but on [...]
Ballantyne, NC – There will be three bonds on the ballot this November. The new city bonds were one of the hot topics at the August 27th morning meeting at the Ballantyne Hotel. There will be no city council meeting this coming Monday, August 30th, 2010. The Neighborhood Improvements Bond is one of [...]
Ballantyne,NC – What will long city council meetings yield? The August 20th morning meeting started with talk of the next long agenda day for city council. Starting with a noon meeting, a 3:00 pm meeting, a dinner meeting, a regular meeting and a lastly a closed door meeting, Monday’s schedule will be a [...]