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.
May 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution authorizing the award of Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery multi-family housing funds to Commonwealth Development Corporation (District East Commons), and Laurel Street (319B Biltmore).
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Public hearing to consider a conditional zoning request for 1116 Sweeten Creek Road from RM-16 Residential Multi-Family High Density and CI Commercial Industrial District to Residential Expansion - Conditional Zone for the purposes of constructing a 126-unit multi-family development.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution requesting the release of property from a Deed of Trust related to Limited Obligation Bonds
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution authorizing the negotiation of an Installment Financing Contract and providing for certain other related matters thereto
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with VHB Engineering NC PC for design and engineering services for Helene Recovery Project - Citywide Road Structures Repairs and Replacements to repair and replace damaged bridges and large culverts; and further authorizing the City Manager to execute any change orders that may arise during the project; and approval of a budget amendment of $7,183,008 to add federal and state funds to the General Capital Projects Fund.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Utility Relocation Agreement with Duke Energy for utility relocations for the Johnston Boulevard Sidewalk Utility Relocations Project; and to execute any change orders that may arise during the project up to the contingency amount.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract amendment to the Plante Moran internal audit services contract; and granting authority to execute subsequent amendments up to a maximum not-to-exceed amount for supplementary internal audit program services.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution of the City of Asheville, North Carolina, authorizing the approval, execution and delivery of various documents in connection with the issuance of City of Asheville, North Carolina, Water System Revenue Bonds; providing for the sale of the bonds; setting forth the terms and conditions upon which the bonds are to be issued; and providing for certain other matters in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the bonds.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution adopting Bond Order authorizing the issuance of Water System Revenue Bonds of the City of Asheville, North Carolina, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $51,000,000.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a multi-year Agreement with the Mills River Partnership, Inc., for the Mills River Watershed Best Management Practices project over three fiscal years contingent upon funding each year.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to amend a contract with Creditron for a maintenance agreement for a mail scanner for the Water Resources Department.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Budget amendment, in the amount of $1,400,000, to the Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville operating fund to reflect updated Fiscal Year 2025-26 revenue and expenditure projections.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedMay 12, 2026 · City Council Meeting (In-Person) (May 12, 2026)
Resolution to amend a contract with Diakin Applied Americas Inc. for building automation at Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedApr 28, 2026 · City Council Meeting (Apr 28, 2026)
Public hearing to consider a conditional zoning request for the property located at 50 Coxe Avenue from Central Business District to Central Business Expansion - Conditional Zone.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassedApr 28, 2026 · City Council Meeting (Apr 28, 2026)
Second reading and final reading of Ordinance No. 5208 - Ordinance amending Article VI, Regulation of Graffiti, of Chapter 10, Nuisances, of the Asheville Code of Ordinances to amend the definition of “Graffiti”. - Public comment on this item was held on April 14, 2026.
From the agenda. Counted from the tally because the agenda did not name each voter.
Voted YesPassed