Regular City Council Meeting

· Item number:Item #10 📄 Status: no agenda text

CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA

· Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Remove inoperable vehicle as public nuisance

Abandoned vehicles clutter neighborhoods and attract blight. Removal costs are charged to the registered owner.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #12 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City removes inoperable vehicle; owner pays removal cost

Abandoned or broken-down vehicles are removed as public nuisances. The registered owner is billed for the removal cost.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

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

City removes inoperable vehicle as public nuisance

Abandoned or broken-down vehicles are cleared from neighborhoods and costs charged to the registered owner, improving neighborhood conditions.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #14 $ Total cost: $39K

Budget amendment: $39,240 reallocated from IMS to cover professional and tech fe

General Fund dollars shift within Information Management Services to cover professional consulting and technology costs. This internal reallocation doesn't change total city spending but reflects shifting operational priorities mid-fiscal year.

👥 Counterparty: Information Management Services 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

· Item number:Item #15 $ Total cost: $100K

City set to spend $100K state grant on healthy food access

Birmingham is using a state grant to expand access to healthy food through the Mayor's office. The funding comes from Alabama's economic development program.

👥 Counterparty: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

· Item number:Item #16 $ Total cost: $50K

Budget amendment: $50K reallocated from conference and boxing program

City is shifting $50,000 between budget categories — moving funds from an economic development conference line and a boxing program to cover spending elsewhere in the general fund.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

· Item number:Item #17 $ Total cost: undisclosed

Tutwiler Hotel gets permit for two outdoor awnings on city right-of-way

Hotel's new fabric awnings with signage will occupy public sidewalk space in downtown Birmingham. License agreement sets terms for the encroachment.

👥 Counterparty: Tutwiler Hotel Holdings, LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Right-of-way easement

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

City accepts free fitness equipment donation from YMCA

YMCA donates cardiovascular and strength training equipment no longer needed at its Northeast location to the city at no cost, expanding public fitness resources.

👥 Counterparty: YMCA of Greater Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Private 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #19 · 💰 Hidden on consent ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Settlement: City resolves Kevin Sellers lawsuit (Circuit Court CV-2016-902545)

City Attorney recommends settling a long-running case filed in 2016. Settlement terms are not disclosed in the agenda item.

👥 Counterparty: Kevin Sellers 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Settlement

· Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 5216 Court P

Condemned property declared unsafe will be torn down to remove public hazard and blight from the neighborhood. Clears the path for potential redevelopment or land recovery.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 5216 Court P, Birmingham

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

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 5212 Court P

This unsafe, abandoned structure will be torn down to remove a blight hazard from the neighborhood and clear the path for future development or land recovery.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 5212 Court P, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Court P building declared unsafe; demolition ordered

Unsafe building at 5208 Court P will be demolished, removing a public nuisance from the neighborhood and reducing blight.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 5208 Court P, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe structure at 1626 52nd Street

Building deemed unsafe and a public nuisance will be demolished. Removal clears blight from the neighborhood and reduces safety risk to residents and property.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1626 - 52nd Street, Birmingham

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

Council orders demolition of unsafe building on 52nd Street, Ensley

Property at 1605–52nd Street is deemed unsafe and a public nuisance; city will demolish it. Removes hazard from residential area.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1605 - 52nd Street Ensley, Birmingham

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

Court P building ordered demolished as unsafe nuisance

Unsafe structure at 5220 Court P will be removed. The demolition clears a public nuisance that poses safety risks to the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 5220 Court P, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #26 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $22K

City awards $22,000 masonry contract to Flurry Masonry Co.

Birmingham Museum of Art's sculpture garden will get new stepping stones. This no-bid contract commit $22,000 in city funds to a Wattsville contractor.

👥 Counterparty: Flurry Masonry Co. LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #27 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $49K

City awards $48,575 reroofing contract to E. Cornell Malone

Birmingham Museum of Art's mechanical penthouses get roof replacements, protecting the building from weather damage and ensuring continued operation of critical HVAC systems.

👥 Counterparty: E. Cornell Malone Corporation 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: 2621 Queenstown Road, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #28 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: undisclosed

Dell contract renewed for desktop and laptop purchases

City extends its standing agreement with Dell for personal computers at negotiated unit prices, enabling procurement of desktops and laptops as departmental needs arise.

👥 Counterparty: Dell Marketing, L.P. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #29 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Police uniforms: Galls, LLC awarded supply contract

Birmingham Police Department gets uniforms and equipment through competitive bidding. No direct cost to residents shown, but ensures officers have necessary gear.

👥 Counterparty: Galls, LLC, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #30 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Police uniforms contract awarded to Gulf States Distributors

City approves uniforms and equipment supply contract through competitive bidding. Routine vendor selection for police department operational needs.

👥 Counterparty: Gulf States Distributors, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #31 · 🚨 Emergency action ✨ $ Total cost: $12K

Fire truck parts purchase: $12,050 to Emergency Equipment Professionals

City buys replacement parts for Pierce Fire Truck fleet through sole-source vendor EEP. Maintenance costs like these keep emergency response vehicles in service.

👥 Counterparty: Emergency Equipment Professionals (EEP), Southaven, Mississippi 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #32 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $110K

Council approves $110K tire purchase from GCR Tires and Service

City fleet gets replacement tires and maintenance services under state contract pricing.

👥 Counterparty: GCR Tires and Service, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #33 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $2K

City pays Graybar Electric $1,738 to repair Sloss Furnace lights

Sole-source repair contract for Sloss Furnace, a historic municipal site. General fund covers the $1,738 fixture replacement.

👥 Counterparty: Graybar Electric Company, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Contract amendment 📍 Location: Sloss Furnace, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #34 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $1K

City pays J.W. Auto Body $1,453.30 for vehicle repairs

Equipment Management Department vehicle repairs funded from general fund.

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

· Item number:Item #35 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $2K

City pays Supreme Automotive $2,482.53 for vehicle repair

Equipment Management repair funded from general fund; routine maintenance spending.

👥 Counterparty: Supreme Automotive, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #36 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $1K

City pays $1,287 to Supreme Automotive for vehicle repair

General fund covers wreck repairs to city vehicle 094343 managed by Equipment Management Department.

👥 Counterparty: Supreme Automotive, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #37 · 🏠 Housing Stability $ Total cost: $468

Council reimburses Councilor Hilliard $468.76 for conference travel

Public dollars reimbursed to a city councilor for attendance at the Alabama League of Cities conference, May 19–21, 2018.

👥 Counterparty: John Hilliard, Councilor, City Council 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Appropriation

· Item number:Item #38 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $322

City pays $322.64 for Councilor Tyson's travel to peace conference

City funds cover attendance at 2018 Livefree Peace conference in Atlanta, March 21–22. Routine staff/official travel reimbursement from general fund.

👥 Counterparty: Sheila Tyson 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #39 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $1K

City approves $1,148 expense reimbursement for Kevin Owens

Chief Administrator Assistant Kevin Owens receives reimbursement for official travel expenses (June 6–8) to Orange Beach, Alabama.

👥 Counterparty: Kevin Owens 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

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

Council approves employee expense reimbursements

City employees receive reimbursement for work-related expenses. This routine approval ensures staff are paid back promptly for authorized costs.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #41 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

City approves advanced expense reimbursements for employees

Reimburses city staff for out-of-pocket work expenses, maintaining cash flow for operations.

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

· Item number:Item #42 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: 513 properties declared public nuisance

City will post notice and enforce weed removal on 513 blighted properties to reduce neighborhood blight and public health hazards. Property owners have time to cut weeds before city action proceeds.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #46 📄 Status: no agenda text

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA

· Item number:Item #49 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Sole-source: BHS renews Employee Assistance Program contract

City employees keep access to confidential counseling and mental health support through BHS. Sole-source procurement means no competitive bidding.

👥 Counterparty: Behavioral Health Services, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution