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council Birmingham · Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Regular City Council Meeting

Agenda items
61
32 consent · 29 regular
Votes
8
minutes text
Total dollars
$2.0M
14 items with amounts
Roll call

Votes (8)

passed #4977 official minutes · high
Re: #49. ITEM 20. A Resolution approving the Summer Feeding Program for 2017. structured fact · 80%
6–0
Abbott · YEA Lundy · YEA Rafferty · YEA Roberson · YEA Scales · YEA Hoyt · YEA
passed #4978 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Abbott · YEA Lundy · YEA Rafferty · YEA Roberson · YEA Scales · YEA Hoyt · YEA
passed #4979 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–0
Abbott · YEA Lundy · YEA Rafferty · YEA Roberson · YEA Scales · YEA Hoyt · YEA
passed #4980 official minutes · high
Re: #51. ITEM 18. A Resolution approving the agreement with The Birmingham Board of Education, in an amount not to exceed $10,000… structured fact · 90%
6–0
Abbott · YEA Lundy · YEA Rafferty · YEA Roberson · YEA Scales · YEA Hoyt · YEA
passed #4981 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
6–1
Lundy · YEA Rafferty · YEA Roberson · YEA Scales · YEA Tyson · YEA Hoyt · YEA Abbott · NAY
passed #4982 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
7–0
Abbott · YEA Lundy · YEA Rafferty · YEA Roberson · YEA Scales · YEA Tyson · YEA Hoyt · YEA
passed #4983 official minutes · high
Re: #53. ITEM 38. A Resolution accepting and approving the bid of A T & T, Birmingham, for the purchase of primary internet servi… text similarity · 75%
6–0 1 abstain
Lundy · YEA Rafferty · YEA Roberson · YEA Scales · YEA Tyson · YEA Hoyt · YEA Abbott · ABSTAIN
Business

Regular Agenda (29)

Procedural: INVOCATION: Reverend Dr. Larry Batie, Pastor, Metropolitan C.M.E. Church, Ensley
Procedural: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council President Johnathan F. Austin
Procedural: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council President Johnathan F. Austin
Procedural: ROLL CALL
Procedural: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS: January 3 and 10, 2017
Procedural: PRESENTATIONS
Procedural: COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
Procedural: COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
· Item number:Item #39 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy Total cost: $400K

City redirects $400K from Animal Control to demolition

Budget shift prioritizes demolition of blighted properties over animal services funding. Residents should know how this affects shelter operations and abandoned-building removal efforts in their neighborhoods.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Budget amendment
· Item number:Item #40 Total cost: $1.3M

Budget amendment reallocates $1.99M in community development funds

This shift moves nearly $2 million between grant accounts to redirect federal housing and community development money. Details on which programs gain or lose funding were cut off in the agenda text.

Funding source: Cares Action type: Budget amendment
· Item number:Item #41 Total cost: $331K

City budget amendment adds $331K to Law Department for claims

City is setting aside an additional $331,254 from fund balance to cover legal claims. This money comes from reserves rather than new revenue or tax increases.

Counterparty: Law Department, Claims Funding source: General Fund Action type: Budget amendment
· Item number:Item #42 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: $8K

City funds YWCA member services for AmeriCorps program ($8,000)

City commits $8,000 to YWCA Central Alabama to support AmeriCorps member services in Birmingham, extending community service capacity through a sole-source agreement.

Counterparty: YWCA Central Alabama, Birmingham Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution
· Item number:Item #43 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ Total cost: undisclosed

Titusville zoning change hearing rescheduled

Council is moving forward with a public hearing on proposed zoning changes for all Titusville Community properties. Residents in the area should prepare to weigh in on how their neighborhood's land use rules may change.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution Location: Titusville Community
· Item number:Item #44 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ Total cost: undisclosed

City targets 776 blighted properties for weed abatement

Overgrown vacant lots breed blight, crime, and pest infestations in neighborhoods. This action clears the way for the city to remove dangerous weeds from 776 parcels and bill owners or seize properties for tax recovery.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
· Item number:Item #45 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

City grants low-speed vehicle operating license to Joyride

Joyride (Joseph Dill) now has permission to operate low-speed vehicles in Tuscaloosa under city regulatory approval.

Counterparty: Joseph Dill, d/b/a Joyride Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
· Item number:Item #46 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Council grants pedal-tour license to Birmingham Pedal Tours LLC

Jason Kobza's business is authorized to operate commercial pedal tours in Birmingham, expanding tourist and recreational transportation options in the city.

Counterparty: Jason Kobza, d/b/a Birmingham Pedal Tours LLC Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution Location: 1701 - 1st Avenue South #218, Birmingham
· Item number:Item #47 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Downtown Pedal Tours gets license to operate in Northport

City grants Edward Chism permission to run a pedal-tour business in Northport. This opens a new commercial transit service for residents and visitors.

Counterparty: Edward Chism, d/b/a Downtown Pedal Tours LLC Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution
· Item number:Item #49 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: undisclosed

Council approves 2017 Summer Feeding Program

Free meals for kids over summer break when school food programs end. Keeps vulnerable students fed during months when families struggle most.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Resolution
Procedural: PRESENTATION
· Item number:Item #53 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy Total cost: undisclosed

City awards internet contract to AT&T for 1-year term

City commits funds to internet service for municipal operations. Contract is renewable for two additional years.

Counterparty: AT&T, Birmingham Funding source: Unknown Action type: Contract award
· Item number:Item #54 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: $2K

City reimburses Mayor's Office staffer $1,844.84 for travel expenses

Approves reimbursement to Bacarra Mauldin, Administrative Assistant in the Mayor's Office, for travel expenses (May 24–28, 2017, Omaha, Nebraska). Public funds go toward employee reimbursements routinely; this item documents the specific disbursement for transparency.

Counterparty: Bacarra Mauldin Funding source: General Fund Action type: Resolution
· Item number:Item #55 · 🏗️ Property Recovery Total cost: $2K

City reimburses Mayor's Office staffer $1,844.84 for travel expenses

Approves reimbursement to Bacarra Mauldin, Administrative Assistant in the Mayor's Office, for travel expenses (May 24–28, 2017, Omaha, Nebraska). Public funds go toward employee reimbursements routinely; this item documents the specific disbursement for transparency.

Counterparty: Bacarra Mauldin Funding source: General Fund Action type: Resolution
· Item number:Item #56 Total cost: undisclosed

Titusville zoning boundaries up for public hearing June 13

City will consider rezoning the Titusville neighborhood. Public hearing on June 13 will let residents weigh in on how their community is zoned.

Counterparty: City of Birmingham Funding source: Unknown Action type: Zoning Location: Titusville Community Public hearing: 2017-06-13
· Item number:Item #57 Total cost: undisclosed

Titusville zoning boundaries up for public hearing June 13

City will consider rezoning the Titusville neighborhood. Public hearing on June 13 will let residents weigh in on how their community is zoned.

Counterparty: City of Birmingham Funding source: Unknown Action type: Zoning Location: Titusville Community Public hearing: 2017-06-13
Procedural: REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC
· Item number:Item #59 Status: no agenda text

ITEM 38.

Procedural: OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
Procedural: ADJOURNMENT
Consent calendar

Consent Agenda (32)

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

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