Regular City Council Meeting

Item number:Item #7 📄 Status: no agenda text

CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA

Item number:Item #8 $ Total cost: undisclosed

Restaurant liquor license transfer approved for Holiday Inn/Steel City Bar and G

Tulip BHM Hospitality gains permission to serve alcohol at the hotel restaurant on Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North.

👥 Counterparty: Tulip BHM Hospitality, LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Liquor license 📍 Location: 5000 Richard Arrington, Jr. Boulevard North, Birmingham

Item number:Item #9 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessments set against properties

Property owners face special assessments to recover costs of clearing noxious weeds from their land. Amounts and affected properties are listed in full.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #10 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment levied on noxious-property owners

Property owners with declared noxious or dangerous weeds may face a special tax bill to cover city abatement costs. Details on affected parcels and assessment amounts are not provided in the item summary.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed abatement assessment levied on blighted properties

Property owners will receive bills for city costs to clear noxious weeds from their land. Non-payment may result in tax liens.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #12 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: special assessments imposed on blighted properties

Property owners will receive bills for weed removal costs on their land. Assessments follow the city's October 2024 declaration of noxious weeds as a public safety hazard.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #13 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment set for weed abatement on declared properties

Property owners with blighted lots will receive bills for city weed removal. Costs are recovered through special assessments against those properties.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #14 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement at blighted properties

Property owners with noxious weeds will receive a bill for abatement costs declared necessary by the Council in November 2023. The assessment amount and affected parcels are listed in the full resolution.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #15 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessments levied for weed abatement on neglected properties

Property owners may face bills to cover city costs for removing dangerous or noxious weeds from their land. Details on affected properties and assessment amounts were not included in this notice.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

City removes inoperable vehicle as public nuisance

Abandoned vehicles create safety and neighborhood quality-of-life problems. The city will remove the vehicle and charge the registered owner for removal costs.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

Item number:Item #17 $ Total cost: $36K

Budget amendment: $36,150 redirected to AGO Warrants fund

City moves $36,150 from general miscellaneous revenue to cover 2021 Attorney General Warrants. Routine budget reallocation to settle outstanding legal obligations.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

Item number:Item #18 $ Total cost: $640

Council sets aside $640 from state grant for historic preservation

Planning department receives certified local government funding from Alabama Historical Commission to support preservation planning and review work.

👥 Counterparty: Alabama Historical 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement removed: 1569 Miles Street

Property at 1569 Miles Street is removed from the City's weed-abatement assessment list, ending charges against the property for noxious-weed cleanup costs.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement 📍 Location: 1569 Miles Street, Birmingham, 35061

Item number:Item #20 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $92K

CFO to issue 14 refunds totaling $92,064

City is returning $92,064 to citizens or vendors. Details of who receives refunds and why are not provided here.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

Item number:Item #21 $ Total cost: undisclosed

City awards rights-of-way mowing contract to JetMan Supply

City maintains roadsides and public spaces through regular mowing. JetMan Supply will provide this service as needed over the next year at pre-set rates.

👥 Counterparty: JetMan Supply, LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Right-of-way easement

Item number:Item #22 📄 Status: no agenda text

CONSENT ITEM 20. A Resolution approving the advanced expense account of an elected official.

Item number:Item #23 📄 Status: no agenda text

CONSENT ITEM 21. A Resolution approving the advanced expense accounts of city employees.

Item number:Item #24 📄 Status: no agenda text

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 23 WAS ADDED TO THE CONSENT

Item number:Item #31 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council approves registration fees for neighborhood volunteers

Removes cost barriers for residents who volunteer with neighborhood organizations and community safety programs. Helps boost participation in local civic engagement.

👥 Counterparty: various vendors 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution