Regular City Council Meeting

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

Weed abatement liens imposed on blighted properties

City removes nuisances from abandoned or neglected properties; costs become liens against the owners. Affects property values and neighborhood conditions.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #10 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City hires Black Warrior Riverkeeper for consulting services

City contracts with environmental nonprofit to advise on riverkeeper development initiatives. Exact scope and cost not specified in public agenda.

👥 Counterparty: Black Warrior Riverkeeper 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #11 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City partners with Greater Birmingham Arts Education Collaborative

City commits to supporting a new arts education system with Greater Birmingham Arts Education Collaborative. Full details on scope and funding not available in the agenda item.

👥 Counterparty: Greater Birmingham Arts Education Collaborative 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #12 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

I-59 bridge rail replacement: State grant agreement authorized

Clears the way for state-funded safety upgrades to I-59 bridge railings. No local funding required.

👥 Counterparty: State of Alabama, acting by and through the Alabama Department of Transportation 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #13 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Mayor authorized to sign Alabama transportation project agreement

City enters into agreement with Alabama Department of Transportation for state-funded infrastructure project. Details on project scope and location are incomplete in available materials.

👥 Counterparty: State of Alabama, Alabama Department of Transportation 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #14 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City enters agreement with Alabama DOT for highway safety project

City accepts state grant funds for highway safety improvements on Interstate 45. Agreement enables federal-state-local partnership to advance traffic safety.

👥 Counterparty: Alabama Department of Transportation 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #15 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Mayor authorized to enter highway project agreement with Alabama DOT

City accepts state funding for Interstate highway project IM-I065. Details on budget impact and project scope not provided in agenda summary.

👥 Counterparty: State of Alabama, Alabama Department of Transportation 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #16 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City enters Standard Project Agreement with Alabama DOT for IM-I065

City authorizes the Mayor to execute a state project agreement with Alabama Department of Transportation for highway project IM-I065. Agreement establishes terms for state-funded infrastructure work.

👥 Counterparty: Alabama Department of Transportation 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #17 $ Total cost: undisclosed ⚠️ Status: Verification in progress

CONSENT ITEM 11. A Resolution approving and authorizing the Birmingham Police Department Division of Community Outreach & Public Education to host a Lunch & Learn Event Honoring Women's History Month on March 22, 2023, and authorizing the Mayor to execute

👥 Counterparty: Birmingham Police Department Division of Community Outreach & Public Education 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Proclamation

· Item number:Item #18 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $254K

City awards $254K contract to J.J. Morley for Vulcan Tower repairs

City spending $254,435 on exterior repairs to Vulcan Tower at 1701 Valley View Road. Work maintains public landmark infrastructure.

👥 Counterparty: J.J. Morley Enterprises, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: 1701 Valley View Road, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #19 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: undisclosed

Jail food services contract awarded to Trinity Services Group

City commits to ongoing food vendor for jail operations. Ensures consistent meal provision for incarcerated individuals and jail staff.

👥 Counterparty: Trinity Services Group, Inc., Oldsmar, Florida 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #20 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: undisclosed

Fire truck engines: 1-year supply contract awarded to W.W. Williams Co.

City locks in pricing for emergency vehicle engine replacements over the next year through competitive bidding. Ensures fire department can maintain truck fleet readiness.

👥 Counterparty: The W. W. Williams Co. Inc., Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #21 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City accepts new streets and grounds in Grand of Oxmoor Phase III

New streets, alleys, and public grounds in the Oxmoor development become city property and responsibility. The dedication ensures residents have legal public access and the city assumes long-term maintenance of these thoroughfares.

👥 Counterparty: The Grand of Oxmoor Phase III 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: Oxmoor

· Item number:Item #22 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City approves awards and recognition products from 4Imprint

Council authorizes spending on employee and volunteer recognition items through a competitive purchasing agreement.

👥 Counterparty: 4Imprint, Inc., Oshkosh, Wisconsin 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #23 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $2K

City approves $2,277 lubricant purchase from Budget Janitorial Supply

Routine spending to replenish inventory at Central Stores. No direct impact on residents; standard facility maintenance expense.

👥 Counterparty: Budget Janitorial Supply, Pelham, Alabama 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #24 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $94K

City approves $94,380 ballistic protection purchase from Galls

City buys body armor and protective gear for police through a cooperative purchasing contract. Routine equipment replenishment.

👥 Counterparty: Galls, LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #25 · 🏠 Housing Stability $ Total cost: $3K

City approves $2,734.64 electrical supplies from Graybar

Routine purchase to restock city electrical inventory. Small spending decision on consent agenda.

👥 Counterparty: Graybar Electric Company, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Appropriation

· Item number:Item #26 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $5K

City approves $4,950 office furniture purchase from Jasper Seating

City buys office furniture for the Grants Administration office from Jasper Seating Company at negotiated unit prices.

👥 Counterparty: Jasper Seating Company, Inc., d/b/a JSI, Jasper, Indiana 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #27 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $4K

Council approves $3,696 wreck repair for city vehicle 201004

City spends general fund money to repair a damaged municipal vehicle through a local collision shop.

👥 Counterparty: J. W. Auto Body and Collision, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #28 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $15K

LinkedIn employment ads: City pays $15,275

The city spends $15,275 on LinkedIn job postings to fill Human Resources Department positions. This is routine hiring support for city recruitment.

👥 Counterparty: LinkedIn Corporation 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #29 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $4K

City pays $3,597 for auto repair on three vehicles

General fund covers wreck repairs for city vehicles at Paul Pierce Auto Paint and Body. Routine maintenance spending that citizens fund through taxes.

👥 Counterparty: Paul Pierce Auto Paint and Body 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #30 · 🚨 Emergency action ✨ $ Total cost: $2K

City approves $2,205 wreck repair for rescue unit 082210

Sole-source payment to fix emergency vehicle. Keeps rescue equipment operational for public safety response.

👥 Counterparty: Southern Emergency Consultants, Roanoke, Alabama 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #31 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $3K

City approves $2,587 office furniture purchase from Strickland Paper

Routine spending decision on office furniture for Planning and Engineering departments.

👥 Counterparty: Strickland Paper Company, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #32 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $274

City buys office chair from Hon Company for $274.38

Routine purchase of furniture for the Information Management System using competitive bidding.

👥 Counterparty: The Hon Company, LLC, Muscatine, Iowa 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #33 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $2K

Council approves $1,931.76 shelving purchase for Police Department

Police Department receives storage equipment for operational facilities.

👥 Counterparty: Uline, Chicago, Illinois 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #34 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $15K

Council approves $14,825 for tactical headsets via GSA contract

City buys 3M Peltor SwaTac headsets and accessories from Waveband Communications using federal GSA pricing. No competitive bidding required under GSA agreements.

👥 Counterparty: Waveband Communication, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #35 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $60K

City approves $59,904 refund from general fund

Public money is being returned. Without details on the reason or recipient, the specific impact on residents is unclear, but this represents a spending decision that deserves public record.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement hearing date rescheduled

Property owner gets new hearing date on noxious weeds declared a public nuisance on their land.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #37 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council approves elected official's itemized expenses

Voters deserve transparency on how elected officials spend public funds. This vote confirms reimbursement for official expenses.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #38 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City approves advanced expense accounts for appointed officials

Appointed officials can now draw on advance funds from the city budget for authorized expenses. This sets the rules for how officials access discretionary spending before reimbursement.

👥 Counterparty: appointed officials 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #39 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City approves employee expense reimbursements

Council review of employee business expenses ensures public funds are spent appropriately on work-related costs.

👥 Counterparty: city employees 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #40 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council approves employee advance expense reimbursements

City employees receive advance reimbursement for out-of-pocket work expenses. This routine approval ensures employees can cover necessary costs upfront.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #41 📄 Status: no agenda text

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA

· Item number:Item #42 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City abates nuisances on unspecified properties; costs become liens

Property owners may face liens if the city removes nuisances (blight, hazards) and assesses cleanup costs against them. Interested parties can be heard before the abatement proceeds.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution