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The Wilmington City Council will hold a regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3 inside Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 102 North Third Street.

Items of interest include:

• A proclamation naming May 2022 as Bicycle Awareness Month
• The initial presentation of the recommended budget for fiscal year 2022-2023. (A public hearing on the budget will be held on May 17, a work session will be held on May 27, and Council votes will occur on June 7 and June 21). The fiscal year begins on July 1.
• An ordinance appropriating $511,484 for the refund of short-term lodging registrations, to include accrued interest. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a portion of the city’s ordinance on short-term lodging violated state law. While the court only considered whole-house lodging, the city interprets the holding to apply to all short-term lodging registrations required by the LDC and will refund all such fees.

You can view the full agenda here.  If you would like to provide written comments for a public hearing, you can do so via this online comment form. Comments received electronically prior to noon on Monday, April 18 will be entered into the public record. The agenda briefing and the council meeting will be available for remote viewing via:

• GTV8 (Spectrum channel 8)
• www.wilmingtonnc.gov/gtv
• www.youtube.com/user/cityofwilmington (Please click the “GovAccess” link on the banner photo to get to the live meetings section)

Original source can be found here.