Al Whitesides

Roles

Attendance

Meetings attended as a member. The rate counts only meetings with an official roll call, because that is the only record of an absence. Attendance data is still being improved and may be incomplete.

Attendance rate

100%

Attended

55

Absent

0

Excused

0

Attended 46 of 46 meetings with an official roll call.

Seen present at 9 other meetings through votes, agendas, video or transcripts. Those can't show an absence, so they aren't counted in the rate.

Recent meetings

• Board of Commissioners Meeting · Oct 6, 2026Present
• Board of Commissioners Briefing · Oct 6, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
• Early Childhood Education & Development Committee Meeting | Oct. 6, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
• Board of Commissioners Meeting · Sep 1, 2026Present
• Board of Commissioners Briefing · Sep 1, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
• Board of Commissioners Meeting · Aug 18, 2026Present
• Board of Commissioners Meeting · Aug 4, 2026Present
• Board of Commissioners Meeting · Jul 21, 2026Present
• Special Meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners | July 14, 2026 · Jul 13, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
• Board of Commissioners Meeting · Jun 2, 2026Present

Voting record

Individual votes extracted from meeting minutes. When the minutes record a unanimous or majority vote without naming everyone, each member who was present is counted. Vote data is still being improved and may be incomplete.

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Council Member Sloan moved to adjust the agenda to hold public comment for New Business No. 2 regarding education funding and to limit public comment to two minutes so that everyone would have a chance to speak on this item.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Motion to rescind $864,338 of suballocated FTA Section 5307 annual and JARC funds to support the ART transit system in FY 2026 conditional on the City of Asheville: • Accepting the funds under the expectation that no additional funds will be requested for the continued operation of the New Leicester Highway Extension & Route 170 in FY2026; and • Not seeking any FY26 Section 5310 traditional funds to support eligible services to provide Buncombe County additional opportunities to receive funds; and • Evaluating WE2 Route changes to improve safer connections to Buncombe County's Enka-Candler Trailblazer Route; and • Evaluating increased trip frequency for the S3 and S6 routes serving south Asheville.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Motion to approve budget amendment

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Motion to approve the resolution to support the Eastern Hellbender’s Endangered Listing.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Motion to approve resolution authorizing the designation of signature authority with the City of Asheville Department of Transportation for grant years FY 2025 to FY 2029 for federal transportation assistance authorized by 49 USC 5310.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  The Board of Commissioners resolve to approve the new French Broad River MPO Memorandum of Understanding.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Approval of Occupancy Tax penalty waiver, in the amount of $40.48, for Douglas Brown.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Approve collection report on consent agenda.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Commissioner Moore made the motion to accept the grant and to approve the budget amendment.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Commissioner Whitesides made the motion to approve the following two budget amendments as presented.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Commissioner Ball made a motion to modify budget amendment A, to remove Early Childhood Education Fund from reduction.

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Feb 4, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 2025

  Approval of the January 21 combined Briefing and Regular meeting minutes

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Jan 7, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on January 7, 2025

  Appointment of Curt Euler to fulfill the duties as interim County Attorney

  Appointment of Curt Euler to fulfill the duties as interim County Attorney

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Jan 7, 2025 · Regular meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on January 7, 2025

  Appointment of Drew Ball to fill vacant District 3 seat on Board of Commissioners

  Appointment of Drew Ball to fill vacant District 3 seat on Board of Commissioners

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed

• Sep 3, 2024 · September 3, 2024

  Approval of the Consent agenda

  Approval of the Consent agenda as presented

  From the minutes. Counted from the tally because the minutes did not name each voter.

  Voted YesPassed