Sheneika Smith
Roles
Current
- Council Member · City Council Worksession on Policy, Finance and Infrastructure · City of Asheville2025-06-10 – present
- Council Member · Public Safety Committee · City of Asheville2025-05-29 – present
- Member · Housing and Community Development Committee · City of Asheville2024-07-11 – present
- Councilwoman · City Council · City of Asheville2022-12-06 – present
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
- 89%
- Attended
- 125
- Absent
- 10
- Excused
- 0
Attended 81 of 91 meetings with an official roll call.
Seen present at 44 other meetings through votes, agendas, video or transcripts. Those can't show an absence, so they aren't counted in the rate.
Recent meetings
- City Council Meeting (In-Person) (Oct 13, 2026) · Oct 13, 2026 · from AgendaPresent
- City Council Agenda Briefing (Virtual) (Oct 8, 2026) · Oct 8, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
- Special Meeting: City Council Work Session (In-Person) (Sep 24, 2026) · Sep 24, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
- City Council Meeting (Sep 22, 2026) · Sep 22, 2026Present
- City Council Agenda Briefing (Virtual) (Sep 17, 2026) · Sep 17, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
- City Council Meeting (In-Person) (Sep 8, 2026) · Sep 8, 2026Present
- City Council Agenda Briefing (Virtual) (Sep 3, 2026) · Sep 3, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
- City Council Meeting (Aug 25, 2026) · Aug 25, 2026Present
- City Council Agenda Briefing (In-Person) (Aug 20, 2026) · Aug 20, 2026 · from TranscriptPresent
- Rescheduled: Public Safety Committee (Virtual) (Jul 29, 2026) · Jul 29, 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.
Mar 25, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 25, 2025)
Resolution ratifying the City's emergency contract with Environmental Testing Solutions for the provision of lead and copper testing for the City of Asheville Water Resources Department
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept, expend, and disburse Federal Transit Administration Grants apportioned to the Asheville Urbanized Area for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, FY 2020, and FY 2023 from the Section 5307 Urban Transit Funding, Section 5307 Job Access Reverse Commute, and Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Programs; and to execute all necessary agreements between the City of Asheville and applicable transit subrecipients for the disbursement of approved funds.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract with Cherry Bekaert, LLP for auditing City accounts for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the reallocation of undedicated public art funds to enter into an agreement with ArtsAVL to support Helene recovery in the form of the arts business relief grants and activation of Asheville's Art Districts; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary, including contracts and grant agreements, to give effect to this resolution.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Request of the Housing Authority for City Council to adopt a resolution affirming approval of a multifamily housing facility to be known as Laurel Wood Apartments in the City of Asheville, N.C., and the financing thereof with Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds in an amount not to exceed $12,775,000, with no City financial obligation associated with the bonds or any debt taken on by the developer.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution ratifying an emergency contract with Campbell Inc. for the Mills River Water Treatment Plant emergency response for Tropical Storm Helene
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Monthly municipal property tax refunds or releases per N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 105-381.
Monthly municipal property tax refunds or releases per N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 105-381.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Motion appointing Councilwoman Sage Turner (replacing Mayor Esther Manheimer) as one of the two members to the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville to adopt a resolution approving the issuance of up to $1,000,000 Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds to provide financing for Battery Park Apartments to satisfy Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, with no City financial obligation associated with the bonds or any debt taken on by the developer.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Budget amendment, in the amount of $61,500, for the Dept. of Energy Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience subaward grant.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Budget amendment, in the amount of $3,121,186 for previously unbudgeted pass-through funding from the Federal Transit Administration grants.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Jarrett Walker & Associates, LLC to conduct a Comprehensive Operational Analysis of the City's Asheville Rides Transit system.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution of support for the N.C. Dept. of Transportation to abandon a segment of Campus Drive as requested by the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a service contract with Rivertop Contracting, NC for mowing and maintenance of Riverside Cemetery.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a service contract with Wilde Acre Landscapes for mowing maintenance of city parks.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassed