City Council Budget Workshop, May 18, 2026
Votes on Straw vote: explore land use and transportation integrated model, passed 5 votes
What happened
This was a City of Charlotte budget workshop (straw-vote / budget adds-and-deletes session) for the FY27 budget; no land-use, zoning, or development entitlements were decided.
- Jurisdiction
- Charlotte, NC
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 18, 2026
- Decisions
- 22 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted, passed 5 votes
Free sample: decision 1 of 22
Straw vote: five modified-duty positions for Charlotte Fire
Council straw-voted to explore adding funding for five permanent modified-duty positions within Charlotte Fire to retain firefighters injured or diagnosed with job-related illness. No dollar amount set; staff to cost out. Received at least five votes to move forward.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
This was a City of Charlotte budget workshop (straw-vote / budget adds-and-deletes session) for the FY27 budget; no land-use, zoning, or development entitlements were decided.
Key Decisions (22)
Straw vote: five modified-duty positions for Charlotte Fire
Straw vote: restore Safe Alliance funding
Straw vote: explore funding For the Struggle ($100,000)
Straw vote: explore funding Carolinas Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Straw vote: explore STS fare equity for disabled riders
Straw vote: explore options to reduce proposed property tax increase
Straw vote: explore 10% pay parity for Charlotte Fire (CFD)
Straw vote: explore land use and transportation integrated model
Straw vote: explore funding Greater Enrichment Program
Straw vote: explore bringing Military World Games to Charlotte
Straw vote: explore 4% across-the-board increase for hourly city workers
Straw vote: explore funding Hearts for the Invisible ($100,000)
Straw vote: explore funding Just Movement ($100,000)
Straw vote: consider increase to animal adoption and code enforcement fees
Straw vote: explore decreasing CMPD increase from 10% to 7%
Straw vote: explore one-time increase of Housing Trust Fund to $200 million
Straw vote: explore expanding capacity for international relations
Straw vote: explore funding Prospera
Straw vote: increase business district organization funding to $1 million
Straw vote: explore 7% increase for all employees
Straw vote: explore restoring/unfreezing fire pay plan steps
Straw vote: explore removing $10 million CMPD helicopter hangar from CIP
Market Signals (6)
Housing Demand
Council is weighing a one-time doubling of the Housing Trust…
Infrastructure
State-maintained roads (NCDOT/CDOT) crossing city roads remain unfunded, and many…
Infrastructure
A new 1% sales tax (starting July 1) will fund…
Who Spoke (14)
On the record: 9 councilmembers and 4 staff members.
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