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.
Feb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with Buncombe County to administer their matching Code Purple funding; and to execute a funding agreement utilizing City and County funds with Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry to provide Code Purple emergency shelter this winter
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Resolutions authorizing the City Manager to amend the contracts with Atlantic Emergency Solutions Inc. and Cummins Inc. d/b/a Cummins Sales & Service 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 YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a services contract with Hydromax USA for the Valve Condition Assessment Program Project
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Motion to continue
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Motion to reconsider the motion to deny
Motion to reconsider the motion to deny
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Budget amendment in the amount of $225,010,000, for the total amount of the CDBG-DR allocation, noting that these funds are subject to HUD approval of the CDBG-DR Action Plan and are not anticipated to be available for expenditure until later in calendar year 2025
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing staff to submit an Administrative Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant to the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development in order to access up to 5% ($11,250,500) of the total allocation to pay for and reimburse the city for grant related administrative costs
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 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 YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend an agreement with Cityworks/Azteca Systems, LLC for hosting the enterprise asset management system software license, maintenance, and support
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with TranSystems Corporation for the New Haw Creek sidewalk project construction engineering and inspection services
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a funding agreement with Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry in the amount of $222,000 sourced through American Rescue Plan Act funds previously allocated for Code Purple
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedFeb 11, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Feb 11, 2025)
Budget amendment, in the amount of $500,000 from Debt Proceeds in the Street Cut Fund for the purpose of the acquisition of equipment needed to continue operations of the Utility Cut Program
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedJan 28, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Jan 28, 2025)
Resolution adopting the Asheville City Council 2025 Legislative Agenda.
Resolution adopting the Asheville City Council 2025 Legislative Agenda.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedJan 28, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Jan 28, 2025)
Resolution appointing Vice-Mayor S. Antanette Mosley as the ex-officio non-voting member on the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedJan 28, 2025 · City Council Meeting (Jan 28, 2025)
Budget amendment, in the amount of $4,994,885 in the City’s Special Revenue Fund, for recovery management services from Tropical Storm Helene.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassed