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Regular City Council Meeting

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 · 99 agenda items · 16 votes recorded

Agenda items
99
79 consent · 20 regular
Votes
16
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Dollar items
26
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Topics
9
classified

Executive Summary

The Birmingham City Council considered authorizing two major service contracts — a $1,541,293 agreement with Urban Alchemy for homeless outreach services and a $1,196,510 agreement with Faith Chapel Christian Center (dba Faith Chapel Cares, LLC) — alongside a rezoning ordinance (Case No. 2024-00011, filed by Nate Fu) that would shift certain properties from Mixed-Use High to Qualified General Commercial District. The council also considered permanently vacating approximately 114,074 square feet of public right-of-way in the Ensley area near Fulton Avenue SW and 49th Street, with a proposed waiver of $87,456.73 in associated fees to support the Legacy Prep Resurvey redevelopment project, as well as a $252,880 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant appropriation and a contract with CJ's Ventures, LLC to demolish burned residential structures. The council also handled approximately 30 unsafe-structure demolition orders across the city, along with 20 budget items, 8 public safety matters, 7 routine contracts, and other consent business.

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Roll call

Votes (16)

passed #1687 official minutes · high
Re: #10. STATEMENT OF CONDUCT OF BUSINESS All items designated as "Consent" are routine and non-controversial and will be approv… structured fact · 80%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1689 official minutes · high
Re: #4. ROLL CALL text similarity · 75%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1690 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1691 official minutes · high
Re: #88. ITEM 5. A Resolution to waive the right-of-way vacation fee in the amount of $87,456.73 for approximately 114,074 square… structured fact · 90%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1692 official minutes · high
Re: #89. P ITEM 9. An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor, upon receipt of payment in the amount of $6,609.85, to execute a quitclai… structured fact · 90%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1693 official minutes · high
Re: #89. P ITEM 9. An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor, upon receipt of payment in the amount of $6,609.85, to execute a quitclai… structured fact · 90%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1694 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
7–0 1 abstain
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Moore · ABSTAIN
passed #1695 official minutes · high
Re: #4. ROLL CALL text similarity · 75%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1696 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
7–0 1 abstain
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Williams · ABSTAIN
passed #1697 official minutes · high
Re: #94. CONSENT ITEM 15. A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute any and all documents required for the City to complete a… structured fact · 80%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1698 official minutes · high
Re: #72. CONSENT ITEM 71. A Resolution approving payment to Premier Boiler & Combustion, LLC, Ringold, Georgia, in the amount of … structured fact · 80%
7–0 1 abstain
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA Williams · ABSTAIN
passed #1699 official minutes · high
Re: #97. CONSENT ITEM 67. A Resolution approving payment to Eduporium, Inc. DBA Eduporium, Newton, Massachusetts, for the purchas… text similarity · 75%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1700 official minutes · high
Re: #18. CONSENT ITEM 11. A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Agreement with the Birmingham Board of Education, in a… structured fact · 80%
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1701 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
passed #1702 official minutes · high
No agenda item linked.
8–0
Abbott · YEA Clarke · YEA Moore · YEA Smitherman · YEA Tate · YEA Williams · YEA Alexander · YEA O’Quinn · YEA
Business

Regular Agenda (20)

Procedural: INVOCATION: Shepherdess Betty Byrd, Transformed Ministries Church of God in Christ, Birmingham, AL
Procedural: INVOCATION: Shepherdess Betty Byrd, Transformed Ministries Church of God in Christ, Birmingham, AL
Procedural: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilor J. T. Moore
Procedural: ROLL CALL
Procedural: APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS: October 22 & 29, 2024
Procedural: ADJOURNMENT
Consent calendar

Consent Agenda (79)

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

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