council · Birmingham
Regular City Council Meeting
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 · 63 agenda items · 0 votes recorded
Agenda items
63
50 consent · 13 regular
Votes
0
none recorded
Dollar items
9
with amounts
Topics
5
classified
Business
Regular Agenda (13)
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Procedural:
INVOCATION: Reverend Gwendolyn Webb, Founder/CEO, Foot Soldiers International
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Procedural:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Pro-Tempore Crystal Smitherman
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Procedural:
ROLL CALL
Item number:Item #5
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Status:
no agenda text
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
Item number:Item #6
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Status:
no agenda text
ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOARDS AND AGENCIES EXPIRATIONS - March 2023
Item number:Item #57
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Status:
no agenda text
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY CLERK
Item number:Item #58
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🚨 Emergency action
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Total cost:
undisclosed
Emergency repair: Water pipe fails at K-9 building
Water infrastructure failure at the police K-9 facility requires immediate emergency repair to restore operations.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Emergency procurement
Item number:Item #59
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🚨 Emergency action
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$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Emergency roof repair approved at Police HQ
Leaking roof at Police Department Headquarters is being fixed through emergency procurement to prevent further water damage and operational disruption.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Emergency procurement
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Location:
Birmingham Police Department Headquarters
Item number:Item #60
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Interlocal agreement with Birmingham Airport Authority approved
City enters three-year cooperation agreement with the Birmingham Airport Authority under state law. Details of the agreement—including specific services, costs, or operational changes—are not fully disclosed in the title.
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Counterparty:
Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA)
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Ordinance
Item number:Item #61
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Status:
no agenda text
ITEM 52. Addendum A Resolution approving the advanced expense account of a city employee.
Item number:Item #62
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Status:
no agenda text
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
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Procedural:
ADJOURNMENT
Consent calendar
Consent Agenda (50)
Items passed as a group without individual discussion unless pulled by a council member.
Item number:Item #7
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA All items designated as "Consent" are routine and non-controversial and will be approved by one motion. No separate discussion of these items will be permitted unless a Councilmember, the Mayor or Citizen interested in a pu
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Other
Item number:Item #8
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special weed-abatement assessment levied on properties
Property owners may face costs to remove noxious or dangerous weeds; this formalizes the special assessment authorized in 2021. Affected properties will be named in the full resolution.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #9
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment imposed on properties for weed abatement
Property owners will face a special assessment to cover the cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. Check if your address is listed to learn whether you owe a fee.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #10
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment levied for weed abatement on multiple properties
Property owners will face a special assessment bill to cover weed removal costs on their land. The amount and specific parcels affected are not detailed in this summary.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #11
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment levied for weed abatement on properties
Property owners declared to have noxious or dangerous weeds will be assessed costs to abate them. Check if your property is affected and the amount owed.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #12
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment: weed abatement charges on blighted properties
Property owners will be charged for city-ordered removal of dangerous weeds from their land. The assessment follows the city's 2020 declaration that these parcels pose public-safety hazards.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #13
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties
Property owners will be charged a special assessment to cover the cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their lots, following the city's abatement action authorized in 2021.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #14
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment issued for weed abatement on city properties
Property owners may owe costs for clearing noxious weeds on their land, as declared in a 2018 city resolution. The assessment sets the dollar amount due.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #15
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City assesses property owners for weed abatement costs
Property owners may face special assessments to cover city costs for removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as authorized under a 2020 council decision.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #16
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment imposed for weed abatement
Property owners will be charged for city-ordered removal of noxious weeds from their land. The assessment amount and affected parcels are listed separately in the full resolution.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #17
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties
Property owners may face charges to cover city costs for removing noxious weeds from their land. The specific properties and amounts are listed elsewhere on this agenda.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #18
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties
Property owners will receive bills to cover costs of removing noxious weeds from their land, or the city will pursue collection. This is a follow-up to the 2021 abatement order.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #19
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on city properties
Property owners facing charges to cover cost of city-ordered weed removal on their land. Assessment amount and affected addresses not specified in this summary.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #20
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment: Weed abatement costs charged to property owners
Property owners may owe special assessment fees to cover the cost of city-ordered weed removal on their land. The amount owed depends on the property and abatement work completed.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #21
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties
Property owners may owe special assessments if the city abated weeds on their land under the 2020 program. The city is formalizing the cost recovery.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #22
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment levied on properties for weed abatement
Property owners may face new charges to cover costs of clearing noxious weeds from their land. Assessment details and affected addresses should be reviewed before the hearing.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #23
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment levied for weed abatement on problem properties
Property owners will face special assessments to recover city costs for clearing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. This follows earlier council declarations that weeds posed a public health or safety hazard.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #24
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment levied for weed abatement on blighted properties
Properties with noxious or dangerous weeds face special assessments to recover city cleanup costs. Owners may receive bills for abatement work ordered under a 2020 council decision.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #25
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment: Weed abatement costs charged to property owners
Property owners will receive bills for the cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as declared in November 2019. Check your notice to see if your property is affected and the amount you owe.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #26
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment fixed for weed abatement
Property owners will face special assessments to cover costs of clearing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as ordered under a prior city decision.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #27
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties
Property owners will receive bills to cover costs of removing noxious weeds from their land; failure to pay may result in liens or foreclosure.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #28
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment for weed abatement on blighted properties
Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will face a special assessment to cover abatement costs. Owners have a right to be heard on the amount.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #29
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment: property owners pay for weed abatement
Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will receive a special assessment bill to cover city abatement costs. The amount and affected properties aren't detailed in this summary.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #30
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment: weeds abated on blighted properties
City charges property owners for weed removal on neglected parcels. Property owners may owe additional fees based on abatement work completed under Resolution 4-19.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #31
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Special assessment for weed abatement on declared properties
Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will be assessed costs to clean them up, as authorized by Council in 2021. This item finalizes which properties owe abatement charges.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #32
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Weed abatement: Council sets special assessment on blighted properties
Property owners with noxious weeds will face special assessments to cover abatement costs. This follows the city's declaration of dangerous weeds on specific parcels in January 2022.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #33
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💰 Hidden on consent
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$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City settles Monica Abrams et al. litigation
Settlement resolves ongoing legal claim against the city. Outcome and payment terms will be finalized by the City Attorney.
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Counterparty:
Monica Abrams, et al.
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Settlement
Item number:Item #34
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🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City awards 1-year HVLS fan contract to 4Front Engineered Solutions
City commits to purchasing large-format ceiling fans from 4Front at pre-set prices for the next 12 months. Typical use: cooling warehouses, maintenance shops, and other large open spaces.
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Counterparty:
4Front Engineered Solutions, Inc.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Contract award
Item number:Item #35
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🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City awards outdoor power equipment contract to Advanced Mower
City purchases lawn mowers and related equipment through competitive bid. Contract covers one year with renewal options.
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Counterparty:
Advanced Mower, Bessemer, Alabama
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Contract award
Item number:Item #36
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🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Council renews fuel contract with Mansfield Oil Company
City continues supply of gasoline, E-85, and diesel for municipal vehicles and equipment at competitive bid prices.
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Counterparty:
Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville, Inc., Gainesville, Georgia
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Contract award
Item number:Item #37
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🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City renews uniform supply contract with Municipal and Commercial Uniform for 1
City employees continue receiving uniforms at negotiated prices. No new dollar amount disclosed in agenda.
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Counterparty:
Municipal and Commercial Uniform, Birmingham
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Contract amendment
Item number:Item #38
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🏠 Housing Stability
$
Total cost:
$2K
Pay Alabama Fire College $1,760 for professional development conference
City funds training for fire service personnel at the Alabama Fire Service-Professional Development Conference.
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Counterparty:
Alabama Fire College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Appropriation
Item number:Item #39
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
$2K
City pays $1,950 to Alabama League of Municipalities for advocacy day
General fund spending for city participation in statewide municipal networking and legislative advocacy event.
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Counterparty:
Alabama League of Municipalities
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
Item number:Item #40
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
$953
Fire Department buys temperature chart recorder from Amazon for $953.75
Routine purchase of equipment for Birmingham Fire and Rescue operations, paid from the general fund.
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Counterparty:
Amazon Capital Services
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
Item number:Item #41
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
$1K
Council approves $1,317 office furniture purchase from Friant
Routine spending from the city's general fund for office furniture through competitive procurement. Part of consent-agenda vendor payments citizens deserve to track.
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Counterparty:
Friant and Associates, LLC
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
Item number:Item #42
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🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy
$
Total cost:
$5K
City approves $5,500 safety gloves purchase from Industrial Fire & Safety
Sole-source contract renewal for nitrile safety gloves used by city personnel. Unit prices are on file with the Purchasing Agent.
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Counterparty:
Industrial Fire & Safety Equipment Co., Inc., Birmingham
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Contract award
Item number:Item #43
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
$1K
Birmingham Land Bank approves $1,110.77 office furniture purchase from Steelcase
Routine vendor payment for office furniture. Land Bank operations require equipment procurement to support its blighted-property acquisition and rehabilitation work.
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Counterparty:
Steelcase, Inc.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Contract award
Item number:Item #44
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🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy
$
Total cost:
$12K
Fire & Rescue buys $12,198 restraint package from Stryker
City spends $12,198 in general funds for an XPR restraint package to equip the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Department.
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Counterparty:
Stryker Sales Corporation
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Contract award
Item number:Item #45
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
$2K
City refunds $2,464.01 to two residents
Two residents receive refunds from city funds totaling $2,464.01. Specific refund reasons and recipients are not disclosed in the agenda.
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
Item number:Item #46
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Status:
no agenda text
CONSENT ITEM 40. A Resolution approving the advanced expense accounts of elected and appointed officials.
Item number:Item #47
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Status:
no agenda text
CONSENT ITEM 41. A Resolution approving the itemized expense accounts of city employees.
Item number:Item #48
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Status:
no agenda text
CONSENT ITEM 42. A Resolution approving the itemized expense accounts of city employees.
Item number:Item #49
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Status:
no agenda text
CONSENT ITEM 43. A Resolution approving the itemized expense accounts of an appointed employee.
Item number:Item #50
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Status:
no agenda text
CONSENT ITEM 44. A Resolution approving the itemized expense accounts of city employees.
Item number:Item #51
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Status:
no agenda text
CONSENT ITEM 45. A Resolution approving the advanced expense accounts of city employees.
Item number:Item #52
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Status:
no agenda text
CONSENT ITEM 46. A Resolution approving the advanced expense accounts of city employees.
Item number:Item #53
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🏚️ Blight Accountability
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City declares 70 properties public nuisance for overgrown weeds
Property owners will receive notice to clear noxious weeds or face city enforcement. Helps reduce blight and safety hazards in neighborhoods with abandoned or neglected lots.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Weed abatement
Item number:Item #54
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🚨 Emergency action
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$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Emergency contract: One Stop Environmental repairs K-9 Unit building
City is using emergency procurement to fast-track repairs and renovation of the police K-9 Unit building at 114 Peggy Lee Lane. This allows work to proceed without standard competitive bidding.
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Counterparty:
One Stop Environmental, LLC
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Funding source:
Capital Improvement Plan
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Action type:
Emergency procurement
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Location:
114 Peggy Lee Lane, Birmingham
Item number:Item #55
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Status:
no agenda text
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Item number:Item #56
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
$270K
City grants $270K to Land Bank for title clearance on tax-delinquent properties
Funds will help clear property titles so abandoned, tax-delinquent homes can be sold and renovated. This accelerates neighborhood recovery and gets homes back on the tax roll.
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Counterparty:
Birmingham Land Bank Authority
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution