Mayor· 2023–2027 (cycle default: NC terms begin first Monday in December)
Jacques K. Gilbert
Apex
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 18
- Total speaking time
- 3:21:32
- Avg per meeting
- 11:12
- Segments
- 5720
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Top issues during term (8)(Development)
Advisory board appointment process reform
None identified; interviews and swearing-in ceremonies would add modest staff time.
N. Salem Street Mixed-Use PUD stormwater and traffic concerns
Family homelessness and affordable housing
High housing costs raise wage demands for local employers and push workers to long commutes.
Welch Homestead / Lennar rezoning in New Hill
The developer offered $100,000 to the affordable housing fund plus 5% affordable units at 80% AMI.
Manufactured home community preservation in Peak Plan 2055
Concerns about apartment development and loss of Norris Park fields
Market rents cited ranged from roughly $2,000 to $2,650 per month for two-bedroom units.
Apex Light Industrial Phase III expansion
Naming practices
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Gilbert was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.