Dan Besse - Southwest Ward Council Member

June 2009 highlights - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

In June, the City Council adopted Winston-Salem's annual balanced budget, without public service cuts and without a tax increase.

May 2009 highlights - Sunday, May 31, 2009

We received some good news this month on our continuing public safety efforts, while we continued to prepare this upcoming year's budget, and took final action on an ordinance dealing with soliciting.

April 2009 highlights - Thursday, April 30, 2009

During April, Winston-Salem made important decisions on federal stimulus bill projects and moved forward on other work.

March 2009 highlights - Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Planning to help obtain, and effectively use, federal Recovery Act funds for Winston-Salem was again my biggest focus in March.

February 2009 highlights - Saturday, February 28, 2009

Winston-Salem is preparing to take advantage of funding available for city needs through the recently-adopted federal economic stimulus bill.

January 2009 highlights - Saturday, January 31, 2009

Worsening economic problems, and the development of effective responses to them, were the top concern in January.

December 2008 highlights - Wednesday, December 31, 2008

There were noteworthy city news developments regarding police patrols, park repair needs, and economic stimulus prospects in December.

November 2008 highlights - Sunday, November 30, 2008

Locally, no less than nationally, the economy was the dominating topic in November.

October 2008 highlights - Friday, October 31, 2008

That howling you hear isn't a Halloween werewolf. I think it's neighbors who've gotten one robocall too many...but let's take a look at city news.

September 2008 highlights - Tuesday, September 30, 2008

In September, the City Council approved goals and a local action plan for reducing our contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change.

August 2008 highlights - Sunday, August 31, 2008

In August, the City Council approved an update to Winston-Salem's minimum housing code, as well as the new Southwest Suburban Area Plan.

July 2008 highlights - Thursday, July 31, 2008

In July, we saw completion of a major intersection realignment of particular interest to the suburban neighborhoods of the Southwest Ward. In addition, final action was taken on infill development standards, but front-yard parking rules were returned to committee for more review.

June 2008 highlights - Monday, June 30, 2008

In June, Winston-Salem acquired both a new annual budget and a new chief of police. Looking ahead, proposed restrictions on front-yard parking will be the subject of a July 7 public hearing.

May 2008 highlights - Saturday, May 31, 2008

May saw final City Council action on the important stormwater rules revisions that have been under development for most of two years.

April 2008 highlights - Friday, May 09, 2008

The April report is coming to you a little late due to the rush of activity around statewide elections this week.

March 2008 highlights - Monday, March 31, 2008

The Public Works Committee in March sent forward a comprehensive update of stormwater rules for full City Council discussion in April.

February 2008 highlights - Friday, February 29, 2008

The Police Department this month announced plans to address the troubling increase in robberies.

December 2007 highlights - Monday, December 31, 2007

December was quiet in terms of formal City Council actions, but there were several other city issue developments worthy of note.

November 2007 highlights - Friday, November 30, 2007

The City Council approved our new urban area sidewalk plan this month.

October 2007 highlights - Wednesday, October 31, 2007

October 31 is All Hallow's Eve, and the streets of Winston-Salem were filled with costumed children having a howling good time.

September 2007 highlights - Sunday, September 30, 2007

September saw debate continue on some quality-of-life and public safety issues which have proven resistant to easy solutions: street-side electronic signs, and nightclub safety problems.

August 2007 highlights - Friday, August 31, 2007

August was one of those months which was extremely busy with city business and deliberations, even though it was fairly light on final decisions. Among the important work topics were stormwater runoff rules, and recycling and solid waste programs

July 2007 highlights - Tuesday, July 31, 2007

July was a quiet month in terms of final Council action on major policy matters. Work continued mostly through public hearings and committee discussions on topics like the proposed nightclub ordinance.

June 2007 Highlights - Saturday, June 30, 2007

Adoption of the 2007-2008 budget was the big city action for the month of June.

May 2007 highlights - Thursday, May 31, 2007

Sign ordinances, nightclub operations, and even climate change were on an active city issue agenda in May.

April 2007 highlights - Tuesday, May 01, 2007

April was Fair Housing Month in Winston-Salem, and May will see the start of Council meetings on our annual city budget process.

March 2007 highlights - Saturday, March 31, 2007

The City Council spent much time in March discussing stormwater management issues around the city.

February 2007 highlights - Wednesday, February 28, 2007

City news in February has been dominated by two major criminal justice matters. read more ...