Regular City Council Meeting

· Item number:Item #6 📄 Status: no agenda text

CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA

· Item number:Item #7 $ Total cost: $12K

City receives $11,693 from CSX for Cooper Green Park T-ball field

CSX is paying the city $11,693 to relocate the T-ball field at Cooper Green Park, funding a park improvement without tax dollars.

👥 Counterparty: CSX 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Budget amendment 📍 Location: Cooper Green Park

· Item number:Item #9 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

IMS relocates Specialty Services Global HQ to Birmingham

Integrated Medical Systems moves its global headquarters and operations to the city, expected to bring jobs and economic investment to Birmingham.

👥 Counterparty: Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

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

Second amendment to Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen project agreement

Council is modifying the city's existing project deal with Pappadeaux. Details of the amendment are not specified in the agenda item.

👥 Counterparty: Pappas Restaurants, Inc., d/b/a Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract amendment

· Item number:Item #11 · 🏠 Housing Stability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council discretionary fund allocated to community organizations

City Council directs general fund dollars to various community organizations. Specific recipients and amounts unknown from agenda description.

👥 Counterparty: various organizations 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Appropriation

· Item number:Item #12 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $500

Council buys $500 in tables at Community Policing banquet

The city is spending $500 from the general fund to sponsor tables at a Community Policing and Revitalization event on September 20, 2014.

👥 Counterparty: Community Policing and Revitalization 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #13 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $17

City allocates $17 for neighborhood event messaging system

Funds a community messaging tool to help neighborhood associations announce local events and build civic engagement.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #14 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $400

City pays New Community Baptist Church $400 for Oak Ridge Park meeting space

Oak Ridge Park Neighborhood Association gets funding for a public meeting venue. This small grant supports community organizing and civic participation in the neighborhood.

👥 Counterparty: New Community Baptist Church 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: Oak Ridge Park

· Item number:Item #15 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

7405 Oporto Madrid Boulevard ordered demolished as public nuisance

City declares unsafe building at this address must be torn down. Removes blighted structure from neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 7405 Oporto Madrid Boulevard South, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 4240 Jackson Street

Building declared unsafe and public nuisance; demolition removes blight from neighborhood and eliminates hazard to residents and property values.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 4240 Jackson Street (Rear Garage Apartment), Birmingham

· Item number:Item #17 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 3349 31st Way North ordered demolished

Property deemed unsafe and a public nuisance will be demolished, removing a blight hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 3349 - 31st Way North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 1719 19th Ave. North ordered demolished

City removes a structure deemed unsafe and a public nuisance from your neighborhood. Demolition clears the property and reduces blight.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1719 - 19th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Blighted house at 7728 65th Street South ordered demolished

City moves to remove an unsafe, abandoned building in the area. Demolition clears blight and may pave the way for community recovery or redevelopment.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 7728 - 65th Street South, Birmingham

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

Building at 2712 Bush Boulevard ordered demolished

The city will demolish this property, declared unsafe and a public nuisance. Removes a blighted structure from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 2712 Bush Boulevard, Birmingham

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

Demolition ordered for unsafe structure at 6232 Handy Avenue

Unsafe building at 6232 Handy Avenue will be torn down to eliminate blight and improve neighborhood safety. Removal reduces risk to residents nearby.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 6232 Handy Avenue

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

6025 Taylor Street building ordered demolished as public nuisance

City will demolish an unsafe building at 6025 Taylor Street to remove a public nuisance. The action clears blight and hazardous property from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 6025 Taylor Street, Birmingham

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

Condemnation repair permit issued for 2808 - 38th Avenue North

Property owner Cheryl Marks can now repair a condemned house, moving it toward reoccupancy and removing blight from the neighborhood.

👥 Counterparty: Cheryl Marks 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: 2808 - 38th Avenue North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #24 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: $1.0M

Council awards $1M street project to Walker Patton Company

Graymont Avenue improvements will resurface and repair the roadway. Work on this public street should begin soon under the lowest qualifying bid.

👥 Counterparty: Walker Patton Company, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award 📍 Location: Graymont Avenue

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

Bostic Trucking hired for Quadrant IV demolition work

Clears blighted residential structures in Quadrant IV, part of ongoing blight-removal efforts to improve neighborhood conditions and property values.

👥 Counterparty: Bostic Trucking 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: Quadrant IV

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

Council awards demolition contract to Britt Demolition for Quadrant II

Britt Demolition will handle demolition of blighted residential structures in Quadrant II as the city continues removing abandoned properties. Contract pricing is on file in the Purchasing Agent's office.

👥 Counterparty: Britt Demolition, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: Quadrant II

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

City awards demolition contract to Motley Construction for Quadrant III

Motley Construction will demolish blighted residential structures in Quadrant III as part of the city's blight abatement program. Clearing abandoned properties removes eyesores, hazards, and barriers to neighborhood recovery.

👥 Counterparty: Motley Construction, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: Quadrant III

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

City contracts Swanson Enterprises for demolition services in Quadrant I

Blighted residential structures in Quadrant I will be demolished as needed through this contract. Clears abandoned properties to reduce neighborhood blight and safety hazards.

👥 Counterparty: Swanson Enterprises, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: Quadrant I

· Item number:Item #29 $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council rescinds Liberty Store work-uniform contract after bid withdrawal

City cancels 2014 uniform supply agreement as vendor exits market. Opens door to rebid or new supplier for police and city employee work gear.

👥 Counterparty: Liberty Store, Auburn, New York 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Bid rejection

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

Council awards work uniform contract to Fuery Image Group

City commits to buying uniforms from Fuery Image Group for one year. This is a routine vendor contract on consent.

👥 Counterparty: Fuery Image Group, Newark, New Jersey 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #31 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy $ Total cost: undisclosed

City approves sole-source truck chassis purchases from Ben Atkinson Motors

City commits to buying truck chassis under one-year contract (plus month-to-month renewal) from single vendor for Equipment Management operations. Sole-source procurement means no competitive bidding.

👥 Counterparty: Ben Atkinson Motors, Tallassee, Alabama 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #33 $ Total cost: $139K

Budget amendment: $139K shifts to Community Development personnel

General Fund reallocates $139,431 from Non-Departmental Kamtek line to fund Community Development staff positions. Direct impact on payroll capacity for development services in fiscal 2015.

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

· Item number:Item #34 $ Total cost: $160K

Budget: City redirects $160K from Kamtek to Steris

City moves $160,000 in general fund spending from Kamtek to Steris per an existing agreement. This routine budget reallocation keeps departmental spending aligned with current contracts.

👥 Counterparty: Steris 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Budget amendment

· Item number:Item #35 📄 Status: no agenda text

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA