City Council - Special Meeting

Monday, July 20, 2026

The Asheville City Council convened for a brief meeting to enter into a closed session. The session was called to prevent the disclosure of privileged and confidential information and to consider the qualifications of a public officer or employee.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Asheville, NC
Meeting Date
July 20, 2026

Transcript

4 sections

0:00Speaker 1

Coming in and out.

0:40 – 0:52Speaker 2

Okay, good afternoon, everyone. My name is Esther Mannheimer. I'm mayor of the city of Asheville, and we are here for the purpose of going into a closed session. I'm going to recognize the vice mayor, Antoinette Mosley, to read the closed session motion.

0:55 – 2:02Speaker 1

Thank you, Mayor. I move that the Asheville City Council go into closed session for the following reasons. To prevent disclosure of information that is privileged and confidential, pursuant to the laws of North Carolina, or not considered a public record within the meaning of Chapter 132 of the general statutes. The statutory authorization is contained in North Carolina General Statute Section 143-318.11 . The law that makes the information privileged and confidential is North Carolina General Statute Section 143-318.10 . and two to consider the qualifications competence performance character fitness conditions of appointment or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee the statutory authorization is contained in north carolina general statute 143-318.1186 great we have a motion do we have a second Second.

2:04 – 3:42Speaker 2

Okay, thank you. All right, I'll do a roll call vote. Vice Mayor? Aye. Councilwoman Smith? Aye. And Councilwoman Rennie? Aye. Okay, thank you. We will now close out of this and go into the closed session. See you in just a moment. you

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