Regular City Council Meeting

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

CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA

· Item number:Item #8 · 🚨 Emergency action ✨ $ Total cost: $3K

Emergency demolition costs: $2,945 assessment on 615 15th St, Ensley

Property owner pays for emergency demolition of unsafe building. Special assessment covers city's demolition costs for the Ensley property.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 615 - 15th Street Ensley, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #9 · 🚨 Emergency action ✨ $ Total cost: $6K

Special assessment: $5,915 demolition cost for 1270 Avenue M

Property owner receives bill for emergency demolition of unsafe building. Cost recovers city's emergency safety spending.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1270 Avenue M, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #10 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $4K

Council approves $3,974 purchase for Public Works cooling equipment

City spends general-fund money to replace water-cooled heat exchanger parts in Public Works operations—a routine maintenance expense.

👥 Counterparty: Compressed Air Technologies, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #11 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $12K

Council approves $11,721.50 for folding tables at Boutwell Auditorium

City spends funds from general budget to purchase furniture for the public auditorium venue.

👥 Counterparty: Kyle Office Supply Company, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: Boutwell Auditorium

· Item number:Item #12 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $2K

City pays $1,871.89 to Kyle Office Supply for Boutwell Auditorium dollies

Boutwell Auditorium receives equipment for venue operations. Routine vendor payment from general fund.

👥 Counterparty: Kyle Office Supply Company, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #13 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $13K

City buys $12,787 floor scrubber for Boutwell Auditorium

General fund spend on equipment maintenance for the city's performing arts venue.

👥 Counterparty: Southern Sweeper and Scrubbers, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #14 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: undisclosed

City approves Ford Explorer purchase from Stivers Ford

City buys mid-sized SUVs for municipal operations through competitive bidding. Exact cost and fleet size to be determined by unit prices on file.

👥 Counterparty: Stivers Ford Lincoln Mercury, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #15 · 🏠 Housing Stability $ Total cost: $5K

City Hall elevator: $5,116 HVAC parts purchase from Wittichen Supply

Routine maintenance keeps City Hall's elevator systems operational. No immediate resident impact.

👥 Counterparty: Wittichen Supply Co., Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Appropriation

· Item number:Item #16 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $8K

City pays $7,778 to repair police vehicle 104974

City spending on vehicle maintenance from the general fund. Repair of police fleet vehicle following wreck.

👥 Counterparty: Long Lewis Western Star Trucks, Bessemer, Alabama 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #17 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $440

Quick Motors: $440 auto repair supplement for city vehicle

City approves additional payment to repair a damaged vehicle. Small expenditure from general fund for routine equipment maintenance.

👥 Counterparty: Quick Motors, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #18 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $2K

City pays Rich's Collision Repair $1,725 for vehicle damage

General Fund spending on emergency fleet repair. Vehicle 144318 returned to service for Department Equipment Management.

👥 Counterparty: Rich's Collision Repair LLC 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #19 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $10K

Finance Director authorized to issue $10,101 in refunds

General fund money returns to four residents or entities. Routine consent-agenda processing of refund claims.

👥 Counterparty: Director of Finance 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

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

City approves expense accounts for municipal employees

Council reviews and authorizes reimbursement of work-related expenses claimed by city staff. Ensures accountability for how public funds are spent on employee operations.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #21 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City targets 121 blighted properties for weed removal

Overgrown lots breed blight, attract rodents, and reduce neighboring property values. This action clears the way for the city to post notices and enforce cleanup on 121 problem properties.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #22 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Electronic monitoring contract for police tactical building

City commits to electronic monitoring at the Police Department's 409 6th Ave tactical facility, funded from general operating budget.

👥 Counterparty: ADS Security 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: 409 6th Ave, Birmingham, Alabama

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

Fire and Rescue receives federal health emergency grant

Federal funding supports Birmingham Fire and Rescue's public health and emergency response capacity at no local cost.

👥 Counterparty: United States Department of Health and Human Services 🏛 Funding source: Federal Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $4K

City recovers demolition costs from blighted property on Garrison Ave

Property owner at 2812 Garrison Avenue will be assessed $4,194.96 to cover the city's cost of demolishing the unsafe building. Special assessments recoup public spending on blight removal.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2812 Garrison Avenue, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $3K

City assesses $3,335 demolition cost to 753 30th Place S.W.

Property owner will receive a bill for $3,335.20 to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building at this address. The cost becomes a special tax assessment against the property.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 753 - 30th Place S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $4K

Special assessment: $3,901 demolition bill for unsafe building at 1101 Pike Road

Property owner or tenant at 1101 Pike Road will be charged $3,901.48 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe structure. The bill becomes a lien against the property.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1101 Pike Road Ensley, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $6K

Special assessment: $5,976 demolition cost at 1208 Oakland Ave

Property owner at 1208 Oakland Avenue will be billed $5,975.60 to cover the city's cost for demolishing the unsafe building. The charge becomes a special assessment against the property.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1208 Oakland Avenue, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $6K

City charges property owner $5,560 for unsafe building demolition

Property owner at 1427 30th Street must pay the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building. The charge becomes a lien on the property unless paid.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1427 - 30th Street, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $6K

Special assessment: $5,600.88 for Ensley demolition

Property owner at 303 14th Street will be charged $5,600.88 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the lot.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 303 - 14th Street Ensley, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $4K

Demolition cost recovered: $4,191 charge on 28th St. S.W. property

City demolishes unsafe building, then bills the property owner $4,191 for the work. This is part of the city's effort to clear blighted structures from Birmingham neighborhoods.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 713 - 28th Street S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #31 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $4K

Property owner billed $3,759.52 for building demolition at 1515 Avenue G

Unsafe building at 1515 Avenue G has been demolished; the property owner is now responsible for the $3,759.52 cost through a special assessment on their tax bill.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1515 Avenue G, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $10K

City recovers $9,681 demolition cost from 2504 Lee Avenue owner

Unsafe building at 2504 Lee Avenue has been demolished; the property owner will be billed for the full cost. This clears blight and recovers public spending.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2504 Lee Avenue, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #33 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $3K

Property owner billed $3,340 for unsafe building demolition at 2519 Avenue D

Owner of 2519 Avenue D must pay the city for demolishing an unsafe structure on the property. The $3,340 cost recovers the city's expenses for removing the blighted building.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2519 Avenue D, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $9K

City charges property owner $8,788 for unsafe building demolition

Property owner at 700 30th Place S.W. will receive a bill for demolition costs, which the city can enforce as a special tax assessment against the property.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 700 - 30th Place S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $13K

Special assessment: $13,015 demolition cost charged to 2919 Avenue C

Property owner at 2919 Avenue C now owes $13,014.80 to cover city demolition costs for an unsafe building. Special assessments are added to property tax bills and become a lien if unpaid.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2919 Avenue C, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,101 for demolition at 2404 Avenue G

Property owner will be billed $5,101 for demolition of an unsafe building on their lot. Cost recovers city spending on clearing the blighted structure.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2404 Avenue G, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #37 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $6K

City assesses $6,162 demolition cost to property at 209-26th Ave SW

Owner of the unsafe building at 209-26th Ave SW will be billed $6,162 to cover the city's demolition cost. Property owners can be held responsible for demo expenses when structures pose safety risks.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 209 - 26th Avenue S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #38 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,126 demolition cost at 809 26th St. S.W.

Property owner will owe $5,126 to the city to cover demolition of an unsafe building. Special tax assessments typically attach to the property tax bill.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 809 - 26th Street S.W., Birmingham