The Fayetteville City Council met on April 14, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the Council Chamber. The meeting opened with an invocation and pledge, followed by proclamations, a special presentation, city manager announcements, public forum, consent agenda (with one item pulled), a quarterly strategic performance report, a public hearing on renaming Woodrow Park, and approval of FY26 strategic priorities. The meeting adjourned after administrative reports.
Thirteen speakers signed up; the following addressed the council (speaker name, affiliation if given, position/summary):
Presented by Chris Lowry and Andrew Brayboy. Key highlights:
Well, good evening, everyone. We apologize about the delay and start and we had a closed session, and the council had to uh to get conclude that meeting to get down here, but thank you for your patience. Uh we are glad to see everyone who's joining us in the audience, those who are joining us virtually, we welcome you at this time as with every meeting. We start with the invocation. Ask the assistant Pastor Dirk Hinnigan from Mount Sinai Baptist Church. Pastor Hennigan could meet us at the podium. All right, ask that I would please rise for the prayer. Immediately following the prayer, if we could repeat the Pledge of Allegiance. Tonight, Lord, ask that you bless us all with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. But most of all, give us the ability to have a clear mind to make good decisions for this city. We ask that you please continue to put a hedge of protection around us so we can love one another and continue to do great things in your name. Amen. Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Right now, um the church is getting ready to gear up for hurricane season. Last year we played a very important role as a small hub for this community. So this year we want to do something bigger and better. Yes, sir. All right. Any other uh elected officials, make sure we don't miss anyone. All right, well, we welcome you, uh Mr. Chairman. Uh Council, at this time, we will move to our announcements. Um we have any announcements. Where's Judge Whitfield at elected officials? How are you doing, Judge? Let's give our elected officials uh chairman and Judge Whitfield round of applause. Thank you. All right, now you're hiding back there, Judge. All right, as we move uh to the next, we have uh some very special presentations tonight. Um we will start with the two proclamations and then we have another very special presentation. So the National Public Safety Telecommunication uh Telecommunicator Week uh asked that uh members of the City 911 staff, the representatives if you can meet me at the podium at this time, Mayor. If I could also ask uh Lisa Reed to come forward too. Thank you. Lisa Yes, uh I did, ma'am. Come on up. Come on. I'll be in the shy back. I'll be over here. Whereas the week of April 13th through April 19th, 2025, National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week will be held to honor 911 telecommunicators across the nation for their commitment, service, sacrifice to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And whereas telecommunicators are the first and most critical contact our citizens have with emergency services, their safety of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics is dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information obtained by telecommunicators from citizens who call 911. And whereas telecommunicators are in the single vital link for our police officers, firefighters, and paramedics by monitoring their activities by radio, providing them information, ensuring their safety. Telecommunicators of Fateville 911 dispatch have contributed substantially to the apprehension of criminals, suppression of fires, and treatment of patients. And whereas every day and night, the City of Fateville 911 telecommunicators answers hundreds of emergency non-emergency calls. They are a critical component of emergency communications and provide critical life-saving emergency services. They connect callers to emergency care and provide valuable resources to those in need, exhibiting compassion, understanding, and professionalism during most stressful situations. Now, therefore, I Mitch Colvin, mayor of the City of Fateville, North Carolina, and on behalf of the City Council and more than 208,000 citizens do hereby honorably proclaim April 13th through the 19th, 2025 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. In witness thereof, I here on do set my hand of the cause of the great seal of the city of Fateville to be a fixed this first day of April in the year 2025. Mayor Mitch Colvin. Thank you very much. Council, thank you, Ms.