SALISBURY — The Salisbury-Rowan NAACP chapter is urging City Council members to add a revised Resolution of Reconciliation to Tuesday’s meeting agenda.

The resolution, which addresses the 1906 Salisbury lynchings, is not on an advance copy of the council’s agenda, despite Actions in Faith and Justice delivering a new version to the city last month. The group said it hoped the matter would be on the Jan. 15 agenda, especially because it’s the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

“We vehemently encourage the council to place this resolution on the Jan. 15 agenda as planned to show the willingness to not only reconcile our past but set the course for our future,” the NAACP said in a news release.

The release was signed by Gemale A. Black, president of the Rowan-Salisbury NAACP; the Rev. Anthony Smith; and the Rev. Marcus Fairley.

Mayor Al Heggins has also called on other council members to agree to add the resolution to Tuesday’s agenda.

“Our City Council should engage in public deliberative discourse about the Resolution of Reconciliation and make a decision regarding its contents,” Heggins said. “We can do this by placing the resolution of reconciliation on the Jan. 15, 2019, agenda as requested by AFJ.”

The City Council can decide to add or remove an agenda item before approving the agenda at the start of a meeting.

Items on Tuesday’s agenda include:

• Receiving an update from Chanaka Yatawara of the Salisbury Community Development Corp. on housing rehabilitation projects.
• Setting a public hearing on Feb. 5 regarding an economic development project named “Project Care.”
• Receiving an update on building STEM programs in the city and schools.
• Considering a resolution supporting an application for funds to upgrade Salisbury’s traffic signal network.
• Considering appointments to various commissions, including the Fair Housing Committee.
• Proclamations regarding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Elizabeth Maxwell Steele Chapter of the DAR 120th anniversary, and National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month.

The City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. Public comment will begin at 6 p.m.