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Procedural:
INVOCATION: Dr. Kris F. Erskine, Operations Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church, Pratt City
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Procedural:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilor Steven Hoyt
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Procedural:
ROLL CALL
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Procedural:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM A PREVIOUS MEETING: March 31, 2015- Roberson and Abbott motion
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Item number:Item #10
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Total cost:
$430K
Council redirects $430,000 earmarked for animal services to capital projects. Reflects how the city prioritizes spending between day-to-day operations and building infrastructure.
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Budget amendment
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Item number:Item #11
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Total cost:
$518K
Council is moving $878K in General Fund money between accounts—shifting funds from furniture, data processing, and capital to cover spending priorities. The transfers may signal mid-year budget pressures or operational changes.
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Budget amendment
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Item number:Item #12
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Total cost:
$297K
Council redirects nearly $297,000 in general-fund money from mayoral consulting fees to another city fund, changing how the city spends tax dollars mid-fiscal year.
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Budget amendment
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Item number:Item #14
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Total cost:
$48K
Council shifts $48,000 from equipment purchases to another fund, affecting how city money is spent this fiscal year.
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Budget amendment
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Item number:Item #19
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$210.0M
Council approved $210 million in bonds to fund health care facilities serving children in Birmingham. This major investment will expand or upgrade pediatric medical infrastructure.
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Counterparty:
The Special Care Facilities Financing Authority of the City of Birmingham
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Funding source:
Bond
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #20
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
University gains approval to bury vaults and chilled water pipes beneath 7th Avenue. No direct impact on residents' taxes or services.
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Counterparty:
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Right-of-way easement
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Location:
7th Avenue
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Item number:Item #21
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
University of Alabama gains subsurface access on a city street to install utility infrastructure. This allows campus expansion but limits future city use of that section of right-of-way.
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Counterparty:
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Right-of-way easement
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Location:
7th Avenue, South
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Item number:Item #47
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$3K
City spending on event security infrastructure. Payment covers labor to install barricades at Regions Field for the Dalai Lama visit.
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Counterparty:
A & J Steel Products, Snead, Alabama
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Location:
Regions Field
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Item number:Item #48
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$3K
City spending on event security infrastructure. Payment covers labor to install barricades at Regions Field for the Dalai Lama visit.
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Counterparty:
A & J Steel Products, Snead, Alabama
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Location:
Regions Field
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Item number:Item #49
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$3K
Birmingham is using public funds to market itself as a host city for the 2017 NUSA Conference, buying promotional items like golf bags for board members. The spending is a discretionary marketing expense.
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Counterparty:
Highland Park Golf, LLC
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #50
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🏠 Housing Stability
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Total cost:
$7K
City spending from general fund for event production services related to the Dalai Lama visit and Magic City Classic festival.
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Counterparty:
Event Operations Group, Pelham, Alabama
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Appropriation
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Item number:Item #52
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🏗️ Property Recovery
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City employees' work-related spending gets reimbursed from the municipal budget. Citizens fund these expenses through taxes.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #53
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$146
Daktronics will repair the Legion Field scoreboard. This covers labor to restore the facility's display equipment.
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Counterparty:
Daktronics, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Location:
Legion Field, Birmingham
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Item number:Item #55
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Total cost:
$4.3M
City reallocates $4.3M in general fund revenue and transfers $1.4M from fleet/equipment budget to cover municipal operations for the 2015 fiscal year.
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Budget amendment
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Item number:Item #56
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Total cost:
$950K
City redirects nearly $1 million to replace or upgrade the aging scoreboard at Legion Field, a key venue for high school football and community events.
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Funding source:
Capital Improvement Plan
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Action type:
Budget amendment
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Location:
Legion Field
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Item number:Item #57
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🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy
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Total cost:
$1.5M
City commits $1.46 million in public funds for a video display system at Legion Field under a sole-source contract with Daktronics, bypassing competitive bidding.
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Counterparty:
Daktronics, Inc.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Contract award
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Location:
Legion Field
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Item number:Item #58
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$1K
Council approves reimbursement to Lisa Cooper, Director of Economic Development, for business travel expenses to Washington, DC on May 2. Routine accountability review of city-funded employee spending.
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Counterparty:
Lisa Cooper, Director of Economic Development, Mayor's Office, Washington, DC
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #59
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$1K
Employee travel expense claim; routine reimbursement from general fund.
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Counterparty:
Travis Brooks
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #60
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$934
Committee assistant from New Orleans received expense reimbursement for July 2–6, 2015 travel related to City Council work.
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Counterparty:
Jacqueline French
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #61
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$830
Approves expense reimbursement for Park & Recreation staff attending coaching development in Knoxville, TN.
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Counterparty:
Stephen G. Sewell
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Location:
Knoxville, TN
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Item number:Item #62
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$1K
Employee travel expense claim; routine reimbursement from general fund.
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Counterparty:
Travis Brooks
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #63
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$1K
Employee travel expense claim; routine reimbursement from general fund.
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Counterparty:
Travis Brooks
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Funding source:
General Fund
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #64
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$13K
City Hall internet infrastructure gets upgraded via competitive bid. AT&T's proposal was lowest among submitted offers.
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Counterparty:
AT&T
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Location:
City Hall
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Item number:Item #65
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
$13K
City Hall internet infrastructure gets upgraded via competitive bid. AT&T's proposal was lowest among submitted offers.
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Counterparty:
AT&T
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Location:
City Hall
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Procedural:
CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE
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Item number:Item #67
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
undisclosed
Updates to the urban renewal plan may affect property development, tax incentives, and neighborhood investment in North Birmingham. Details of specific changes will be presented at the public hearing.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #68
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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$
Total cost:
undisclosed
Updates to the urban renewal plan may affect property development, tax incentives, and neighborhood investment in North Birmingham. Details of specific changes will be presented at the public hearing.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Procedural:
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
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Item number:Item #71
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Total cost:
undisclosed
A zoning change could affect property rights and land use in a residential neighborhood. Residents in the affected area can comment at the public hearing.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Zoning
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Public hearing:
August 4, 2015
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Item number:Item #72
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
undisclosed
Establishes employee and retiree access to managed mental health and substance abuse services through a sole-source agreement. City employees and their families gain covered counseling and crisis support.
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Counterparty:
Behavioral Health Systems, Inc.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #73
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City is seizing abandoned or tax-delinquent properties through legal condemnation to clear titles and enable future development or demolition. Clears path for neighborhood recovery.
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Counterparty:
Robert A. Jones, Jr.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #74
$
Total cost:
undisclosed
City may change how it charges property owners for stormwater management. Hearing gives residents and businesses a chance to comment before any fee change takes effect.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Public hearing set
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Procedural:
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
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Item number:Item #76
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🏗️ Property Recovery
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Total cost:
undisclosed
Establishes employee and retiree access to managed mental health and substance abuse services through a sole-source agreement. City employees and their families gain covered counseling and crisis support.
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Counterparty:
Behavioral Health Systems, Inc.
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Funding source:
Unknown
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Action type:
Resolution
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Item number:Item #77
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Status:
no agenda text
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Procedural:
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC- VA in after UC vote for April
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Procedural:
ADJOURNMENT
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Procedural:
ADJOURNMENT