High Point Cancels Both Special and Regular City Council Meetings Feb. 2

“The City of High Point posted a cancellation notice on Feb. 1, 2026 stating that the Special and Regular City Council meetings scheduled for Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 (4:00 p.m. special meeting; 5:30 p.m. regular meeting) were cancelled due to weather and related concerns.”

The cancellations apply to a 4:00 p.m. Special Meeting and a 5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting that had been set for the High Point Municipal Building, 211 S. Hamilton Street. Both meetings were listed on the city calendar as chaired by Mayor Jefferson, with the Special Meeting scheduled for the 3rd Floor Conference Room and the Regular Meeting planned for Council Chambers on the 3rd Floor.

City calendar material for Feb. 2 showed an agenda for the Special Meeting that included a Capital Financing Update, a Major Strategic Projects Update, and a Closed Session Pursuant to N.C. General Statute §143-318.11(a)(3) for Attorney-Client Privilege. The calendar entry for the regular 5:30 p.m. session listed the meeting time and location but did not include the detailed agenda in the excerpt supplied.

The cancellation notice provided the single stated reason “due to weather and related concerns.” The city did not include a new date or instructions for rescheduling in the notice excerpt available here; that excerpt ends with the fragment “The notice advises that the Man,” which remains incomplete in the materials on hand. Because no reschedule date or alternative arrangement is included, residents and stakeholders should not assume the meetings or agenda items will be heard elsewhere until the city posts further information.

For local residents this affects timing and transparency around several items of municipal business. The Capital Financing Update and Major Strategic Projects Update were set for the Special Meeting and will likely be deferred or carried to a future agenda; developers, neighborhood groups, and taxpayers watching those items should monitor official postings. The closed-session item invoked N.C. General Statute §143-318.11(a)(3) for attorney-client privilege, signaling legal counsel matters that city officials had planned to handle in private but must now be rescheduled in accordance with state law and council procedures.

Other board and committee meetings listed on the city calendar for the week remain scheduled as posted: a Community Development Committee meeting chaired by Council Member Johnson on Feb. 3, a Planning & Zoning Commission special meeting Feb. 3, a Board of Adjustment meeting Feb. 4, a High Point Economic Development Board meeting (Jefferson/Holmes) Feb. 4 at 515 W. English Rd, and a Prosperity, Livability & Safety Committee meeting chaired by Council Member Peters on Feb. 5. There are no cancellation notices for those sessions in the materials reviewed here.

What comes next: watch the City of High Point’s official meeting postings and the CivicClerk agendas and minutes portal for any rescheduled dates or updated packets, and contact the City Clerk’s office or city communications for confirmation of when the cancelled items will return to a council agenda.