Bo Hess
Roles
Current
- Council Member · City Council Worksession on Policy, Finance and Infrastructure · City of Asheville2025-06-10 – present
- Chair · Public Safety Committee · City of Asheville2025-05-29 – present
- Councilman · City Council · City of Asheville2024-12-02 – 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
- 96%
- Attended
- 102
- Absent
- 3
- Excused
- 0
Attended 66 of 69 meetings with an official roll call.
Seen present at 36 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 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)
Public hearing to consider amendments to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances (Unified Motion to Approve Development Ordinance {UDO}) to update the UDO's definitions, and certain commercial zoning districts to remove regulatory barriers and encourage the development of housing along transit supportive corridors.
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)
Public hearing to consider amendments to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances (Unified Development Ordinance {UDO}) to increase the threshold for Level III site plan review, Carried on 4-3 vote adjusting corresponding review thresholds and providing incentives for the inclusion w/Mosley, Roney & of affordable housing along transit supportive corridors and within mixed-use districts.
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 YesPassedMar 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Mar 11, 2025)
Resolutions authorizing the City Manager to execute not-to-exceed on call contracts for an initial one year term and option for two 1-year renewals with All Pro Fire and Safety, Atlantic Emergency Solutions, Weisiger Group d/b/a Carolina Caterpillar, and Allsource Enterprises dba Safe Industries for Fire Apparatus Repair and Service for the City's Fleet.
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)
Resolutions authorizing the City Manager to amend the existing contracts with Ken Wilson Ford for Ford OE Repairs and Freightliner of Arizona d/b/a Velocity Truck Center for heavy truck repair and service to supplement Fleet Maintenance capacity.
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 approve Central Nebraska Packing Inc. as the City's sole source vendor for commercially prepared carnivore diets for the WNC Nature Center's carnivores.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassed