City Council

The record

1. Oct 26, 2026

   Charlotte Bond Vote: $425 Million for Streets and Housing

   Charlotte's down payment account was at zero in September, and the next money is a $125 million housing bond, a council member said. It is one of three city bond questions, $425 million in all, on the Nov. 3 ballot.

2. Oct 20, 2026

   Six-Week CLT Lease Review Dies as Harrington's Veto Stands

   No council member moved Monday to override Mayor Rob Harrington's veto. He intends to set the decision on the airport's lease with American Airlines and its other carriers for Nov. 9.

3. Oct 17, 2026

   Harrington Calls Special Session on Lease Review He Vetoed

   Mayor Rob Harrington has called a special council session Monday for one vote: the six-week airport lease review he vetoed Oct. 12. The charter puts it back on the agenda anyway; readopting it takes seven votes. The full 242-page lease is now public.

4. Oct 17, 2026

   Charlotte Weighs Data Center Pause as Two Exempt Sites Build

   While council decides whether to extend its pause, the two biggest data center projects in the city's pipeline are under construction. Only one must use closed-loop cooling.

5. Oct 13, 2026

   Charlotte Data Center Pause May Grow; Two Campuses Exempt

   City staff asked Charlotte City Council on Monday to extend the pause on new data centers by almost a year. Two approved hyperscale campuses, allowed up to 5.5 million square feet together, are exempt and can keep building. A vote is expected Oct. 26.

6. Oct 13, 2026

   Harrington Vetoes Council's Six-Week Airline Lease Review

   Charlotte City Council voted Monday to take six weeks to review the airport's new airline lease and decide Nov. 23. Mayor Rob Harrington vetoed it on the spot. The lease would run 10½ years and carry an estimated $2.1 billion building program.

7. Oct 10, 2026

   Council Gets First Public Look at CLT's Airline Lease

   Charlotte City Council gets its first public presentation Monday on the airport's proposed new lease with five airlines. Its cost, its length and what the airlines would pay have not been made public.

8. Oct 8, 2026

   What Charlotte Got in Writing on I-77

   The 12-page agreement behind the I-77 South toll lanes commits at least $300 million to west Charlotte and makes the private developer responsible for putting it up. The neighborhoods it is meant for have no power to enforce it. Only the city can hold the state to it.

9. Sep 29, 2026

   Enslaved People Believed Buried Outside Sugaw Creek Cemetery

   Charlotte made the two Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church cemeteries historic landmarks Monday. Researchers told council that more than 500 enslaved people are believed buried just outside them in unmarked graves, and asked that those graves be protected too.

10. Sep 29, 2026

    Charlotte's Housing Bond Plan Now Says Where Homes Should Go

    Before voters decide on a $125 million housing bond in November, city staff laid out how the money would be split, with new goals for homes near transit and in higher-opportunity neighborhoods. Council plans to adopt the plan in October.

11. Sep 29, 2026

    Charlotte Annexations Never Ask for Affordable Housing

    Council voted on four annexations Monday under a policy adopted in 2003. Staff said the city has never used annexation to ask for affordable housing, and its lawyers have warned that doing so could be a legal risk.

12. Sep 29, 2026

    First Union Tower Wins Landmark Status and a Tax Break, 10-1

    Charlotte made the vacant office tower at 301 S. Tryon a historic landmark, which lets its owners defer half the property tax on the designated portion while they convert it to homes and a hotel. The plan includes no affordable units.

13. Sep 29, 2026

    Charlotte Approves 10 p.m. Curfew Pilot for Minors, 9-2

    Starting Nov. 1, Charlotte residents under 18 must be off the streets by 10 p.m., with exceptions, under a pilot that runs through August 2027. The police chief promised no traffic stops on curfew suspicion alone, a policy CMPD has not yet written.

14. Sep 15, 2026

    Charlotte's I-77 Bill Is $69,577,547.67

    The state's claim against Charlotte for walking away from the I-77 South toll lanes is $69,577,547.67, and the money would come out of the fund the city has already programmed for its next affordable housing and public facilities bonds. Council votes Monday on whether to reinstate support, which would erase the bill. The city's own two figures for Charlotte's share have not been reconciled on the record.

15. Aug 26, 2026

    I-77 Toll Lanes: Charlotte Unmoved, $60 Million Disputed

    At its last meeting before the September 23 reinstatement vote, CRTPO heard that Charlotte's position on the I-77 South toll lanes is unchanged, that the alternatives analysis cannot finish in time, and that the $60 million repayment figure is disputed by the county's account of NCDOT's own spending.