Birmingham City Council for the Week of 1/26/26
- abetterbham
- 5 hours ago
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Most interesting items:
Monday:
Transportation & Infrastructure Committee - BJCTA Report
Budget & Finance:
ACIPCO Tax Abatement - $2,500/FTE, $200k Max
DPW Maintenance Work Order System - Brightly Software Inc. - Up to $350,618.10 (Also on City Council Agenda)
Tuesday:
Council:
Sale of lot at 926 37th Pl N for $13,785.70
$160k for Create Birmingham Inc.
$2m Loan Credit Agreement with RPG Birmingham LLC to support development at 2300 Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard
Apply for $350k ALDOT Grant - requires $100k matching funds - To Repave Lakeshore Parkway from West Oxmoor Rd to Industrial Dr/Tom Martin Dr (~3,000ft)
Planning & Zoning:
Data Center Moratorium
2x Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) vacancies
Planning Commission vacancy
Other Items:
Council:
Appropriate $50,000 grant from ADECA to BPD
Appropriate $36,636.13 from Opioid Litigation Settlements to the Office of the City Attorney
Transfer $6,500 from Inglenook NA to Inglenook Rec. Center to purchase certain items.
Appropriate $5,000 donation from State Rep. Juandlayn Givan to Bush Hills NA for sidewalk construction.
Appropriate $100,000 donation from Anne M. Cabaniss Charitable Trust to Arlington House
Appropriating $436,000 in matching funds to Parks and Recreation, National Fitness Campaign
$1,000 for One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center (Also on Budget & Finance)
Up to $1,000 for Woodlawn United (Also on Budget & Finance)
Accepting $25,000 from the Alabama Historical Commission for Arlington Historic House (Also on Budget & Finance)
Appointing six members of the Board of Directors of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Correcting a previous resolution incorrectly declaring a property a public nusiance
Declaring 29 buildings at various locations (see Items 17-45) unsafe and directing their demolition
Fixing special assessments on 106 properties at various locations (see Items 46-151) for demolition of unsafe buildings. Total Assessment: $1,005,580.41
Approval of expense accounts of city employees
Declaring 23 properties (Item 155) to have noxious weeds and are thus a nuisance; setting a public hearing on the matter for March 3rd 2026
Transportation & Infrastructure:
Application for License - Apex Transportation - Darrick Pierce
Right of Way Encroachment - Lakeshore Station LLC
Right of Way Agreement - North Pratt Transmission Line - Alabama Power
Appointments to Storm Water Appeals Board
Budget & Finance:
$3,500 for Vulcan Park and Museum Inc - From Southside NA ($2,500) and Glen Iris NA ($1,000)
Authorization for up to $500 per Neighborhood to be spent on Holiday Parties
$9,044 for a monument sign at 16th Ct & 5th St N - From Enon Ridge NA
Authorization for $5,000 to be spent on Neighborhood Officer Training
$600 for meeting space at Southern Museum of Flight for North Eastlake NA - From North Eastlake NA
Up to $150,000 to The Sister City Commission of the City of Birmingham, Inc.
Authorization for up to $2,500 per Neighborhood to be spent on Community Events, plus up to $500 per Neighborhood for food for such events
Authorization for up to $2,500 per Neighborhood to be spent on Office Supplies
Up to $30,000 to Benevate Inc. aka Neighborly Software for Grant Management Software
Public Safety:
Liquor Licenses (PS Committee):
De Nada Tacos Margs & Mas - 1300 2nd Ave S - New
Café BMA By Kathy G - 2000 Rev Abraham Woods Jr Blvd - New
The Birmingham Museum - 2000 Rev Abraham Woods Jr Blvd - Transfer
Burrow and Bloom Events, LLC - 2024 Morris Ave - New
Junk Dealer’s Licenses:
Ez Pull N Pay - 1849 Ruffner Rd - New
Ordinances:
Modify 700 user software agreement with City and Station Automation, Inc., for Fire and Rescue Operations management software, increasing payment $4,200 for the next two years of the three year agreement ($182,076 to $186,276 total cost)
Purchase of 1-year DocuSign Enterprise Pro software license and support from Carahsoft Technology Corp. for $14,884
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