2026-09-23 - Town Council

Summary

Built from the Town's posted minutes (read in full) and agenda.

• Council member Anitra Ball was absent. Work session items below.
• Work session on use of the WYN property: short-term office space, restrictions on Affordable Housing funds, and a consensus to pursue a conditional district rezoning. A neighborhood meeting was set for October 19. See WYN Property Housing and Rezoning.
• Work session on the Rivers House (2021 renovation estimate about $960,000; staff to prepare an RFP). See Rivers House Renovation.
• Work session on outsourcing IT and replacing GroupWise and the financial software (IT and Financial Software Replacement), a sidewalk priority list (Sidewalk Priority List), and the condition of trees on the Jones House lawn (Jones House Local Landmark Designation).
• Public comment: a Howard Street direction proposal (Howard Street Reconstruction); several residents opposed the Beverly Heights / State Farm Road student housing rezoning.
• Consent agenda: minutes of August 26 and September 9; Dolly Parton Day proclamation (September 25).
• Planning decision: Council voted 4-0 (Ball absent) that Ordinance A26-0357, the Beverly Heights / State Farm Road rezoning (revised plan; the Planning Commission had recommended denial), is inconsistent with the Boone Next comprehensive plan, then voted 4-0 to deny it, citing traffic, inconsistency and neighborhood conservation districts. See Beverly Heights Student Housing Rezoning.
• Town Manager search to be re-advertised (salary range about $170,000 to $215,000, car allowance removed, up to two years to relocate), by consensus. See Town Manager Vacancy and Search.
• The Town Attorney will research the minimum housing code and renter protections, by consensus. See Renter Protections and Minimum Housing Code.
• Janitorial services contract awarded 4-0 (oversight moved to Facilities); North Carolina League of Municipalities agreement addendum accepted 4-0.
• An amendment to Town Code 50.291 on water and sewer extension to state-owned properties was presented; the minutes text was cut off in the read. See Water and Sewer Extension to State-Owned Properties.
• Minutes of this meeting were approved on the consent agenda of October 14.

Issues discussed

• Beverly Heights Student Housing Rezoning
• Howard Street Reconstruction
• WYN Property Housing and Rezoning
• Town Manager Vacancy and Search
• Renter Protections and Minimum Housing Code
• Rivers House Renovation
• IT and Financial Software Replacement
• Jones House Local Landmark Designation
• Water and Sewer Extension to State-Owned Properties
• Sidewalk Priority List

Agenda

Agenda document: https://boonenc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2904,plainText=true)

Agenda packet: https://boonenc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2905,plainText=true)

The agenda is summarized above.

Official Minutes

Minutes: https://boonenc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2930,plainText=true)

Sources

• Town's meeting portal: https://boonenc.portal.civicclerk.com/
• Agenda: https://boonenc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2904,plainText=true)
• Packet: https://boonenc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2905,plainText=true)
• Minutes: https://boonenc.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=2930,plainText=true)
• Town: Boone

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