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.

• May 21, 2024 · May 21, 2024

  Resolution Approving Pyrotechnic Experts for Firework Displays

  Resolution Approving Pyrotechnic Experts for Firework Displays

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS THAT: ...

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  NC Department of Justice update from Holly Jones of the Attorney General’s Office.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  Approve Resolution for issuance of 2024 General Obligation Bonds in amount not to exceed $17 million

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  Approve Resolution for issuance of 2024 Limited Obligation Bonds in amount not to exceed $81.5 million

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  The form and content of the Purchase Contract, including the Letter of Representation, are hereby approved in all respects.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  The County hereby approves of the form and content of the Second Notice of Extension, and the Second Notice of Extension is in all respects authorized, approved and confirmed.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  The County hereby approves the financing of the 2024 Projects pursuant to the 2015 Contract and the Second Amendment, which will be a valid, legal and binding obligation of the County in accordance with its terms.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  The form, terms and content of the Preliminary Official Statement are in all respects authorized, approved and confirmed, and the Underwriters’ use of the Preliminary Official Statement and the final Official Statement in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds is hereby in all respects authorized, approved and confirmed.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  All actions of the County, the Chairman of the Board (the “ _Chairman_ ”), the Clerk to the Board (the “ _Clerk_ ”), the County Manager, the Finance Director of the County, the Senior Staff Attorney, including anyone serving as such in an interim capacity, and their respective designees (individually and collectively, the “ _Authorized Officers_ ”), whether previously or hereinafter taken, in effectuating the proposed financing are hereby approved, ratified and authorized pursuant to and in accordance with the transactions contemplated by the Instruments.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  Commissioner Edwards moved that the following resolution, copies of which having been made available to the Board, be adopted.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  Motion to authorize and direct the Authorized Officers to execute and deliver any additional certificates, documents, opinions or other papers.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  Motion to authorize and approve the form and content of the Notice of Sale and the Preliminary Official Statement.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  Motion to request the Commission to sell the 2024 Bonds through a competitive sale.

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

  Voted YesPassed

• Apr 16, 2024 · April 16, 2024

  Motion to direct the Finance Director to create and establish a special fund (the “2024 Project Fund”)

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

  Voted YesPassed