Regular City Council Meeting

· Item number:Item #8 📄 Status: no agenda text

CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA

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

City revokes limousine license for Rare Transportation LLC

Rare Transportation LLC loses its license to operate limousine service in Birmingham due to failure to maintain required liability insurance. Passengers using unlicensed operators lose consumer protections.

👥 Counterparty: Rare Transportation LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: 2481 Valleydale Road, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #10 $ Total cost: $10K

Budget: $10K allocated for Arlington food supplies

City commits $10,000 from general fund revenue for food supplies at Arlington. Routine budget adjustment on consent agenda.

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

· Item number:Item #11 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City conveys 3 lots on 11th Avenue to SRA Foods for redevelopment

SRA Foods will take over three city-owned parcels at 1607 and 1613 11th Avenue North for redevelopment. This removes blighted properties from city inventory and may bring new jobs and investment to the neighborhood.

👥 Counterparty: SRA Foods, Inc. 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Ordinance 📍 Location: 1607 and 1613 11th Avenue North

· Item number:Item #12 · 🏗️ Property Recovery ✨ $ Total cost: $182

City transfers Wylam property to Doris Wallace Anderson for $182.10

City clears title to a tax-delinquent parcel by transferring it to a private owner for recovery of back taxes and costs. Removes a problem property from city liability.

👥 Counterparty: Doris Wallace Anderson 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Ordinance

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

State grant: utility and construction agreement with ALDOT

City enters agreement with Alabama Department of Transportation for state-funded infrastructure work. Details on project scope and benefits to residents not disclosed in agenda item.

👥 Counterparty: State of Alabama, Alabama Department of Transportation 🏛 Funding source: State Grant 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #14 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City renews occupational health services contract with UAB

Provides employee health screenings and occupational medicine services for city workers. Sole-source contract ensures continuity of workplace safety programs.

👥 Counterparty: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #15 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $5K

Sales tax assessment: $4,969 charged to Petal Pushers

City assesses unpaid sales tax against Petal Pushers for 2010–2011 period. This is a tax collection action affecting the business owner's liability.

👥 Counterparty: Marie W. Lusain (Petal Pushers) 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #16 · 🏠 Housing Stability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council sets aside discretionary funds for community organizations

General fund money flows to local nonprofits and community groups. Details on recipient organizations and amounts determine what services residents can access.

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

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

City recognizes A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club's Field of Dreams Dinner

Council formally declares the celebration serves a public purpose and promotes goodwill. The recognition highlights the club's youth development mission in Birmingham.

👥 Counterparty: A.G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Proclamation 📍 Location: Sheraton Birmingham Hotel

· Item number:Item #18 $ Total cost: undisclosed

City backs Laughing for Lupus Awareness comedy show April 19

The city formally recognizes the 3rd Annual Laughing for Lupus Awareness Comedy Show as serving a public purpose, signaling municipal support for the lupus awareness fundraiser in Birmingham.

👥 Counterparty: Laughing for Lupus Awareness 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Proclamation

· Item number:Item #19 $ Total cost: undisclosed

City endorses American Red Cross Paint the Town Red festival April 20

Council recognizes the Red Cross digital arts and street festival as a public event serving the community. The downtown festival brings arts programming and civic goodwill to Birmingham residents.

👥 Counterparty: American Red Cross 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Proclamation 📍 Location: Downtown Sheraton

· Item number:Item #20 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $250

City pays $250 to Northside Church of God for meeting space

Fairmont Neighborhood Association will use the church facility for public meetings. Routine facility rental to support neighborhood engagement.

👥 Counterparty: Northside Church of God 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

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

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 302 Avenue U, Pratt City

Pratt City property identified as hazardous will be torn down to eliminate public health and safety risks in the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 302 Avenue U Pratt City, Birmingham

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

City to demolish unsafe structure at 1916 15th Terrace North

Building deemed unsafe and a public nuisance will be removed from the neighborhood. Demolition clears a blighted property and reduces community hazard.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1916 - 15th Terrace North, Birmingham

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

Unsafe building at 1129 Oakwood Street ordered demolished

Property declared a public nuisance and safety hazard; city will remove the structure to reduce blight and improve neighborhood safety.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1129 Oakwood Street, Birmingham

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

Building at 4501 Shuttlesworth Drive declared unsafe; demolition ordered

City will demolish this blighted structure, removing a public safety hazard and eyesore from the neighborhood. One less abandoned building to maintain or secure.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 4501 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Drive, Birmingham

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

Unsafe building at 1531 Cooper Hill Road ordered demolished

City will demolish a blighted structure deemed unsafe and a public nuisance, clearing the property for potential recovery or redevelopment.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1531 Cooper Hill Road, Birmingham

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

City orders demolition of unsafe duplex on 1st Street North

Unsafe building at 956-958 1st Street North will be torn down. Removes a blighted structure from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 956-958 1st Street North / 10 9th Court North

· Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $4,844 demolition cost at 14 Woodcrest Drive

Property owner charged for city demolition of unsafe building. Assessment becomes a lien on the property if unpaid.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 14 Woodcrest Drive, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $8K

City assesses $7,903 demolition cost to 1427 16th St. North

Property owner will be billed for unsafe building removal. Special assessment becomes a lien on the property and must be paid before sale or transfer.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1427 - 16th Street North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $3K

City assesses $2,832 demolition cost against 403 Court F property

Property owner at 403 Court F in Pratt City will be billed for the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building on the site. The $2,832 special assessment becomes a lien against the property.

👥 Counterparty: unknown 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 403 Court F, Pratt City and Garage, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $10K

City charges owner $9,764 for demolition at 3517 27th St. N

Property owner faces a special tax bill to recover the city's cost for tearing down an unsafe building. This is how Birmingham recovers demolition expenses from owners of blighted properties.

👥 Counterparty: 3517 - 27th Street North property owner 🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 3517 - 27th Street North, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #31 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $6K

Special assessment: $5,754 demolition cost at 1407 Avenue I, Ensley

Property owner at 1407 Avenue I will receive a bill for the full demolition cost. This recovers the city's expense for removing an unsafe building.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 1407 Avenue I Ensley, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $4K

City seeks $4,228 from property owner for demolition at 919 18th Place S.W.

Owner of an unsafe building will be billed for demolition costs. The city is recovering expenses from the responsible party instead of absorbing the cost in the general fund.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 919 - 18th Place S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #33 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $2K

Special assessment: $1,701 demolition cost for 7 Center Street South

Property owner at 7 Center Street South will be charged $1,701.04 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on their lot.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 7 Center Street South, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $2K

Special assessment: $1,701 demolition cost for 9 Center Street South

Property owner pays $1,701 to cover city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building at this address. Special assessments are added to property tax bills.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 9 Center Street South, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: $2K

Special assessment: $1,701 demolition cost for 11 Center Street South

Property owner at 11 Center Street South will be billed $1,701.04 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building. The charge becomes a lien against the property until paid.

🏛 Funding source: Special Tax 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 11 Center Street South, Birmingham

· Item number:Item #36 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy ✨ $ Total cost: $344K

City awards $343,813 street light maintenance contract to Utility Lines Construc

Street lighting repairs will improve safety and visibility across Birmingham neighborhoods. Project covers city-wide maintenance of existing street lights.

👥 Counterparty: Utility Lines Construction Services, 617 - 13th Street North, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Contract award

· Item number:Item #37 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council approves demolition of 24-unit building at 232 3rd Ave S.W.

Blighted 24-unit apartment complex at 232 3rd Avenue S.W. slated for demolition. Removal clears tax-encumbered property and opens land for redevelopment.

👥 Counterparty: Richardson and Richardson, Birmingham 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 232 3rd Avenue S.W., Birmingham

· Item number:Item #38 · 🛡️ Public-Safety Tech & Privacy ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

Police Department: mini cargo van contract with Ben Atkinson Motors

City commits to purchasing mini cargo vans from Ben Atkinson Motors under a no-bid contract for police and other departments. Contract runs 1 year plus month-to-month renewals thereafter.

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

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

Software license and support for fire and police records systems

City renews critical software that manages fire incident records and police decision tools. Supports emergency response coordination and public safety record-keeping.

👥 Counterparty: New World Systems, Troy, Michigan 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #40 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $12K

Council approves $12,242 annual membership dues to U.S. Conference of Mayors

Birmingham renews its annual membership in the national mayors' organization, enabling participation in policy advocacy and peer networks. Membership auto-renews yearly if funding is available.

👥 Counterparty: The United States Conference of Mayors 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: Washington, District of Columbia

· Item number:Item #41 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $81K

Finance Director authorized to issue 15 refunds totaling $81,019

City is returning $81,019 to residents and vendors through 15 separate refunds from the general fund. Details on who receives refunds and why are not disclosed in this summary.

👥 Counterparty: Director of Finance 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #42 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $830

Council reimburses Councilor Rafferty $831 for travel expenses

Routine expense reimbursement for a council member's official travel; citizens can track how public funds support elected officials' work.

👥 Counterparty: Kimberly Rafferty 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution 📍 Location: Washington, District of Columbia

· Item number:Item #43 · 🏠 Housing Stability $ Total cost: $2K

City reimburses Council Assistant Jeanty $2,239 for Las Vegas travel

Council Assistant Kimberly Jeanty is reimbursed for May 2013 travel to Las Vegas. This is routine city spending on employee expenses.

👥 Counterparty: Kimberly Jeanty 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Appropriation

· Item number:Item #44 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: $726

City rescinds $726.75 police expense reimbursement from 2013

Rescinds an 11-year-old reimbursement to Officer Phillips for expenses approved in 2013, clearing the books of an outdated obligation.

👥 Counterparty: Larry K. Phillips, Jr. 🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #45 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council approves employee expense reimbursements

Routine approval of city staff travel, meals, and work-related expenses from the general fund. Residents can track how public money supports employee operations.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Resolution

· Item number:Item #46 · 🏗️ Property Recovery $ Total cost: undisclosed

Approval of employee expense accounts

City employees' itemized expense claims are reimbursed from the general fund. Citizens should see routine spending on city operations.

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

· Item number:Item #47 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability ✨ $ Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 36 properties public nuisance for noxious weeds

Property owners of 36 blighted parcels will receive notice of weed violations and risk forced abatement and liens if they don't comply. Targets neighborhood blight and safety hazards.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

· Item number:Item #57 📄 Status: no agenda text

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA