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council Birmingham · Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Regular City Council Meeting

Agenda items
88
70 consent · 18 regular
Votes
7
minutes text
Total dollars
$149,659
6 items with amounts

Executive Summary

The Birmingham City Council considered granting broadband franchise agreements to Farmers Telecommunications Corporation and MCI Communications Services, LLC — allowing both companies to install and operate fiber optic and broadband infrastructure within city rights-of-way — and voted on a project agreement with Carver Jones Market, LLC to be signed by the Mayor. The council also took up several zoning map amendments that would reclassify properties from downtown mixed-use (QMU-D) and medium-density residential (QD-4) districts to new designations, though the specific destination zones were not detailed. Additionally, the council considered 21 resolutions declaring various buildings across the city unsafe and ordering their demolition, along with 38 public safety consent items, 8 budget items, and other routine matters.

Provisional · minutes not yet adopted
Roll call

Votes (7)

passed #1358 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Gunn · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Smitherman · YEA Vasa · YEA Woods · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA Williams · ABSENT
passed #1359 official minutes · high
Re: #84. P ITEM 21. An Ordinance approving a Broadband Services Franchise Agreement with Farmers Telecommunications Corporation … structured fact · 80%
8–0
Gunn · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Smitherman · YEA Vasa · YEA Woods · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA Williams · ABSENT
passed #1360 official minutes · high
Re: #84. P ITEM 21. An Ordinance approving a Broadband Services Franchise Agreement with Farmers Telecommunications Corporation … structured fact · 80%
8–0
Gunn · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Smitherman · YEA Vasa · YEA Woods · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA Williams · ABSENT
passed #1361 official minutes · high
Re: #85. P ITEM 22. An Ordinance approving a Fiber Optic Franchise Agreement with MCI Communications Services, LLC, under which … structured fact · 80%
7–0
Gunn · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Smitherman · YEA Vasa · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA Williams · ABSENT
passed #1362 official minutes · high
Re: #85. P ITEM 22. An Ordinance approving a Fiber Optic Franchise Agreement with MCI Communications Services, LLC, under which … structured fact · 80%
7–0
Gunn · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Smitherman · YEA Vasa · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA Williams · ABSENT
passed #1363 official minutes · high
Re: #86. ITEM 23. A Resolution approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and as the act of said City, a Project Agreem… structured fact · 80%
7–0
Gunn · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Smitherman · YEA Vasa · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA Williams · ABSENT
Business

Regular Agenda (18)

Procedural: INVOCATION: Rev. Ennis Gaddis, Jr., Associate Pastor, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church – Zion City Birmingham, AL
Procedural: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilor Josh Vasa
Procedural: ROLL CALL
Procedural: MINUTES NOT READY: July 1, 2025 – November 25, 2025
Procedural: COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
Procedural: ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOARDS AND AGENCIES EXPIRATIONS - January 2026
Procedural: CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE
Procedural: PRESENTATIONS
· Item number:Item #79 Total cost: undisclosed

Zoning map change: QMU-D and QD-4 districts realigned

This zoning change alters permitted uses and development rules for affected parcels. Check the case details to see if your property or neighborhood's zoning classification is changing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Zoning
· Item number:Item #81 Total cost: undisclosed

Zoning map change: QMU-D and QD-4 districts realigned

This zoning change alters permitted uses and development rules for affected parcels. Check the case details to see if your property or neighborhood's zoning classification is changing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Zoning
· Item number:Item #82 Total cost: undisclosed

Zoning map change: QMU-D and QD-4 districts realigned

This zoning change alters permitted uses and development rules for affected parcels. Check the case details to see if your property or neighborhood's zoning classification is changing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Zoning
· Item number:Item #83 Total cost: undisclosed

Zoning map change: QMU-D and QD-4 districts realigned

This zoning change alters permitted uses and development rules for affected parcels. Check the case details to see if your property or neighborhood's zoning classification is changing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Zoning
· Item number:Item #84 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Broadband franchise: Farmers Telecom gains right to install citywide network

Opens city right-of-way to broadband infrastructure, potentially expanding internet access across Birmingham neighborhoods. Franchise terms will govern service quality and expansion obligations.

Counterparty: Farmers Telecommunications Corporation Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #85 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

City grants MCI Communications fiber-optic franchise rights in street corridors

MCI gains permission to install and operate fiber-optic cables in Birmingham's public rights-of-way, potentially expanding broadband infrastructure across the city. The long-term franchise agreement shapes how telecom infrastructure develops in city streets.

Counterparty: MCI Communications Services, LLC Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #86 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

City approves project agreement with Carver Jones Market, LLC

Council authorizes the Mayor to execute a project agreement with Carver Jones Market, LLC, a development partnership. Details on investment, location, and community benefit are not provided in the publicly available summary.

Counterparty: Carver Jones Market, LLC Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution
Procedural: OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
Procedural: REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC
Procedural: ADJOURNMENT
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Consent Agenda (70)

Items passed as a group without individual discussion unless pulled by a council member.

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