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Top issues
The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.
Issues on upcoming agendas
Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.
Recent updates
Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.
| Issue10 | Status | Board | Last updated |
|---|
| Citizen Appreciation Parking | open | Finance Committee | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Dwelling Unit Zoning Text Amendments | open | Municipal Planning Commission | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Kanawha County Schools Excess Levy Resolution | open | City Council | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Land Reuse Agency Property Acquisitions | open | Charleston Land Reuse Agency | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Magnesium Hydroxide Odor Control Contract | open | Charleston Sanitary Board | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Mini Storage Conditional Use Permit on Piedmont Road | open | Board of Zoning Appeals | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Pending Traffic Control Bills | open | Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Sanitary Sewer SRF Draw | open | Charleston Sanitary Board | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Street Closure Notice Requirements | open | Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Vape and Smoke Shop Zoning | open | City Council | Nov 10, 2026 |
Upcoming meetings
| Meeting6 | Board | Date | Time | Summary |
|---|
| 2026-11-12 - Public Art Commission | Public Art Commission | Nov 12, 2026 | 4:00 PM | Director's report, events, project RFP and January agenda. |
| 2026-11-12 - Spring Hill Cemetery Park Commission | Spring Hill Cemetery Park Commission | Nov 12, 2026 | 4:00 PM | Motion to fabricate new mausoleum doors; next meeting January 14, 2027. |
| 2026-11-12 - Board of Zoning Appeals | Board of Zoning Appeals | Nov 12, 2026 | 8:30 AM | Conditional use permit for a mini storage facility on Piedmont Road. |
| 2026-11-12 - Charleston Sanitary Board | Charleston Sanitary Board | Nov 12, 2026 | 9:00 AM | SRF draw of $630,672.57 for sewer replacement, $70,490 magnesium hydroxide odor-control contract, executive session, rate case. |
| 2026-11-16 - City Council | City Council | Nov 16, 2026 | 7:00 PM | Next regular meeting; no agenda posted yet. Items pending from the November 2 agenda. |
| 2026-11-19 - Historic Landmarks Commission | Historic Landmarks Commission | Nov 19, 2026 | 4:00 PM | Certificate of appropriateness COA-26-0005 to replace an asphalt shingle roof with a metal roof on Virginia St. E. |
Recent meetings
One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).
Issues with near term decisions
| Issue13 | Board | Last updated | People | Minutes | Meetings |
|---|
| Pending Traffic Control Bills | Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee | Nov 10, 2026 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Citizen Appreciation Parking | Finance Committee | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dwelling Unit Zoning Text Amendments | Municipal Planning Commission | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Street Closure Notice Requirements | Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee | Nov 10, 2026 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Kanawha County Schools Excess Levy Resolution | City Council | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Land Reuse Agency Property Acquisitions | Charleston Land Reuse Agency | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Magnesium Hydroxide Odor Control Contract | Charleston Sanitary Board | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mini Storage Conditional Use Permit on Piedmont Road | Board of Zoning Appeals | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sanitary Sewer SRF Draw | Charleston Sanitary Board | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vape and Smoke Shop Zoning | City Council | Nov 10, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Data Center Locations | City Council | Oct 24, 2026 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| East End Community Renewal Plan | City Council | Oct 24, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Recycling Center Siting | Ordinance and Rules Committee | Oct 24, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Long running topics
No actions pending
Completed
Sources
Where the data comes from
- City website: https://www.charlestonwv.gov
- Agendas and meeting calendar: https://charlestonwv.portal.civicclerk.com/
- Meeting video: Council meetings are broadcast/archived via CivicClerk (https://charlestonwv.civicclerk.com); no official YouTube channel confirmed on fetched pages
- Officials, agendas and video lists were collected from these official sources on 2026-10-22.
- Issue and meeting pages were rebuilt on 2026-10-24 from the full text of the City Council journals of September 8, September 21 and October 5, 2026, Finance Committee minutes of September 8, September 21 and October 5, and the Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee minutes of September 14. Journals and minutes: https://charlestonwv.civicclerk.com
Data quality notes
- Portal pages are JS-rendered; meetings obtained from the CivicClerk public API.
- No meetings published after 2026-10-19 yet (council 10/19 regular meeting and November meetings not listed).
- Times as given by API (the 10/8 BZA time looks off/uncertain).
- No official YouTube video found; no council ward 13/16 names (13 listed oddly, 16 vacant) so omitted; council leadership titles not verified.
- Locations assumed from agenda headers.
- No video is posted, so discussion minutes are not recorded.
- Minutes for the October 5 Parks and Recreation and Ordinance and Rules committees, the October 7 Planning Commission, the October 8 Board of Zoning Appeals and the October 19 council meeting were not yet posted.
- The journals do not name the boards for the September 8 appointments, and the October 5 journal dates its new bills October 21 (apparent clerical error). Some committee and council member wards are not stated in the minutes.