The Winston-Salem City Council met on Monday, June 16, 2025, at 6:00 PM at 101 North Main Street. All nine council members were present. The meeting featured the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget, a contentious debate on firefighter leave accruals, and the approval of a new scoreboard for Bowman Gray Stadium. The meeting adjourned at 7:38 PM.
Good evening, everyone. I'm Alan Joins, Mayor of Winston Salem. It's my honor to call this meeting to order tonight and ask the city clerk to call the roll. Councilmember joyner. Present. Councilmember Clark. Councilmember Andrew Bowen. Here. Councilmember Scipio. Present. Mayor Pratim Adams. Councilmember Taylor. Present. Councilmember Hall. Present. And Councilmember Burke here. Thank you very much. Would you please join the City Council and me in a moment of silence? Thank you so much. And would you join the City Council meeting the Pledge of Allegiance? Liberty Justice Royal. Thank you. Our Sergeant Honor tonight is Lieutenant Josh Caffey. Thank you, Lieutenant, for being here. And our fire marshal tonight is Micah Bodford. Thank you for being here as well. Ms. Pate, give us your update. Yes, sir. Thank you. A few uh different announcements. Uh DOT has provided a quick update that I'm gonna provide pass on to you about the Liberty and Main Street two-way conversion project. Milling and paving work is near completion on the section south of Brookstone. And traffic signal work is progressing with the installation of mass poles, mass arms, wiring, and the traffic signals along the project limits. The milling and paving of Liberty Street, Main Street, and a portion of Third Street in the downtown area is tentatively scheduled to start in August. The work does cause a change to the normal flow of downtown traffic, so we hope people are paying attention. Patrons of downtown are still able to access all the downtown businesses. However, they should be aware that there may be a need to use alternate routes when approaching Liberty and Main Streets. And this will all be great when it's finished. And so hopefully by the end of the summer that'll be the case. So if residents are planning to visit one of the facilities and they have seen activity going on, they can visit the departmental webpage to get information about what's happening in the particular park that they are interested in attending. Then uh this Thursday, June 19th, City Hall or City offices will be closed in recognition of the Juneteenth holiday. We will also be closed on Friday, July 4th for the July 4th holiday. Both holidays may cause a slight disruption to the normal refuse collection cycle. So again, we ask residents if that's either of those are your normal collection day to go to the website to get details on that, or if you're after that day, you might be delayed a day as well. We do encourage people that uh the best way is to download the Winston Salem Collections app, which will provide you an up-to-date accounting of when all the various collections are coming to your particular residents. And a couple of events going on. The business inclusion and advancement department will hold public meetings both virtually and in person on Tuesday, June the 17th, to discuss the recent expansion of the neighborhood revitalization strip strategy area. Properties that previously did not meet location requirements may now be eligible for assistance. So if you believe that you might fall into areas, we would encourage you to attend those meetings.