docket.pub
Public meeting intelligence
/
/al/ birmingham/ overview
← Back to Birmingham
council Birmingham · Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Regular City Council Meeting

Agenda items
59
36 consent · 23 regular
Votes
22
minutes text
Total dollars
$191,134
8 items with amounts
Roll call

Votes (22)

passed #3842 official minutes · high
Re: #57. REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC text similarity · 75%
9–0
Alexander · YEA Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Smitherman · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3843 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Smitherman · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3844 official minutes · high
Re: #6. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA text similarity · 75%
9–0
Alexander · YEA Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Smitherman · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3845 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
5–3
Alexander · YEA Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA Parker · YEA Woods · YEA O’Quinn · NAY Williams · NAY Abbott · NAY
passed #3846 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3847 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3848 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3849 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3850 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3851 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3852 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
7–0
Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3853 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3854 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3855 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3856 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3857 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
7–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3858 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Alexander · YEA Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3859 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Alexander · YEA Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3860 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Alexander · YEA Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3861 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Alexander · YEA Hilliard · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Woods · YEA Abbott · YEA
passed #3862 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Alexander · YEA Hoyt · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Parker · YEA Williams · YEA Abbott · YEA
Business

Regular Agenda (23)

Procedural: INVOCATION: Reverend Dr. Tommie Lee Watkins, Jr., Rector, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Procedural: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilor Darrell O'Quinn
Procedural: ROLL CALL
Procedural: MINUTES NOT READY: April 2, 2019 - June 25, 2019
Procedural: COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
· Item number:Item #41 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: $18K

City allocates $18K to Sickle Cell Disease Association

Funds sickle cell support services for residents in central Alabama. This completes the full contract amount needed to deliver community health programming.

Counterparty: Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Central Alabama Chapter Funding source: General Fund Action type: Resolution
· Item number:Item #42 · 🚨 Emergency action Total cost: $18

Emergency waste contract: $18M to Santek Environmental

City commits $18 million in emergency spending to continue garbage disposal at Mount Olive Landfill. Ensures municipal waste service continuity but locks in substantial spending without standard competitive bidding.

Counterparty: Santek Environmental of Alabama, LLC Funding source: Unknown Action type: Emergency procurement Location: Mount Olive Landfill
· Item number:Item #43 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Sole-source agreement: drug screening vendor for city employees

City employees will undergo pre-employment and random drug screening through The Workplace Occupational Health Clinic. No other vendor was considered for this contract.

Counterparty: University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, P.C. (The Workplace Occupational Health Clinic of Birmingham, AL) Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution
Procedural: CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE
· Item number:Item #46 Total cost: undisclosed

Zoning freeze: City halts new permits and approvals temporarily

Development projects on hold while the city reviews zoning procedures. Any pending applications for new construction, site plans, or zoning changes will be frozen during the moratorium.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Zoning
· Item number:Item #47 Total cost: undisclosed

City vacates portion of 9th Street South downtown

Removes public right-of-way from a downtown street corridor. May enable private development, rezoning, or consolidation of adjacent parcels; outcome depends on who requested the vacation and what development is planned.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Other Location: 9th Street South between 8th Street South and 10th Street South, and between 5th Avenue South and 6th Avenue South
Procedural: INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
· Item number:Item #49 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: $3

Hotel tax hike: $3 per night surcharge on lodging rooms

Birmingham will add a $3 nightly fee to hotel stays within the city. Visitors and business travelers will see higher costs; the revenue goes to unnamed uses pending full council debate.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #50 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Driveway and sidewalk permit fees revised

Property owners applying for driveway or sidewalk construction permits will face updated fees under the new rules. Changes take effect once the ordinance is adopted.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #51 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Sewer construction fees adjusted under city code

Changes to how the city charges developers and property owners for sewer construction work in public streets. Exact fee impacts unknown from current materials.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #52 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Street excavation permits: fee changes approved on first reading

Changes to permit fees for street and sidewalk excavations may affect costs for contractors and residents doing underground work in Birmingham. The rule requires a second reading before it takes effect.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #53 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Commercial revitalization: Design standards updated for blighted properties

New design rules aim to speed redevelopment in commercial areas and improve neighborhood appearance. Affects property owners and developers working on revitalization projects.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #54 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Soil erosion permit application fees adjusted

Changes to permit fees affect contractors and property developers applying for soil erosion and sediment control work in Birmingham.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #55 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Building permit appeal rules and valuations updated

Changes how building permits are valued and how residents can appeal decisions—affecting timelines and processes for construction projects citywide.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Ordinance
· Item number:Item #56 Total cost: undisclosed

Council appoints special Municipal Judge for two-year term

New judge will preside over municipal court cases involving city ordinance violations and misdemeanor matters.

Counterparty: Special Municipal Judge Funding source: Unknown Action type: Appointment executive
Procedural: REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC
Procedural: OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
Procedural: ADJOURNMENT
Consent calendar

Consent Agenda (36)

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

Menu
More