Episode Twenty-Four - Council Wrap Up (6/18/26) and Reflections

Wilmington Weekly with Matt Purkey · Jun 21, 2026 · 15m

Council took data centers from a permitted use to a conditional one on the same night a separate rezoning locked one specific property out of ever becoming one. A fire department restructuring got its second presentation without becoming an ordinance. A zoning amendment missed its filing deadline with no documented justification for how it got added anyway, a sitting council member says he hadn't even seen it in time. And a financial case for ending curbside recycling doesn't survive contact with the city's own numbers. Matt walks through what changed, what's still missing, and why residents…