The Birmingham City Council held its regular meeting on January 14, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers. The pre-council meeting scheduled for 9:00 a.m. was not held due to a lack of a quorum. The meeting began with an invocation by Rev. Doug Taylor, the Pledge of Allegiance led by Council President O'Quinn, and a unanimous resolution honoring the life of James Rodger Alexander. The Council then considered a large consent agenda and introduced and adopted several significant ordinances, including measures for local hiring preferences, a restated moratorium on automated car washes, and emergency contracts for landfill repairs. Public comments were limited. The meeting recessed at 11:58 a.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. to address emergency items and announcements, adjourning at 1:51 p.m.
Trying to block it out. However long you like. Somebody has a new spot. But you should consider getting a security system. I just heard it's all myself just very called. I got one thirty. All right, it's one thirty. Uh we are going to call this the council meeting uh back into order. So we'll reconvene. Ms. Clerk, could you please read the role? Council Member Abbott. Council Member Clark. Present. Council Member Moore. Council Member Smithman. Councilmember Tate. Council Member Williams. Council Member Woods. Council Pro Team Alexander? Council President O'Cord. Present. All right. Um, so taking up where we left off, uh we will take up item sixty. Item sixty. Item sixty. Wow. A resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an emergency contract with SCS field services to provide repairs at each area land field in accordance with the emergency provisions of section 41-16-53 code of Alabama. The circumstances giving rise to the need for emergency repairs are likely to cause harm to an individual if leaking is allowed to continue to accumulate in the eastern area land field and repairs are necessary without an undue delay to mitigate any potential harm. Two vendors uh work contacted for price quote quotations. Motion, please. A resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an emergency contract with SCS field services to perform work on abandoning the 24 uh inch HDPE storm water drainage pipe and the 24-inch pipe inside manhole to the uh let's it drainage system at the eastern area landfill in accordance with the emergency provisions of section 32-2-2E of the coat of Alabama. The circumstances giving rise to the need for the emergency repairs are likely to cause harm to an individual if leaking is allowed to continue to accumulate the east and area landfill and repairs are necessary without under delay to mitigate any potential harm. The total rate the city should pay shall not exceed $7,800 under the terms of the agreement. Uh three vendors were contacted for the price quotation, the price estimates were obtained from one vendor SCS field services with the lowest price, and so a motion on both items because I uh second so counselor Abbott and O'Quen. Okay, items over for you. Counselor Abbott. Yeah, I have some questions about this one. Okay, item 60, the emergency provisions are of section 41-16-53 Code of Alabama, and in 63, it's the emergency provisions of 32-2-2 code of Alabama. And then this one, the first one, 60,000. Item 60 says it shouldn't exceed 30,000, but then in item 63, we're giving them more money. So can somebody explain what we're doing? Yes, Mr. President. Chief Metchel. Yeah, I do my best, and then Ms. Denise Bell is outside. Um, as we were opening up our new cell at New East Area Landfill, they found out a a pipe, a new storm line need to be installed in order to do most of the the drainage that is required by ADM. So what's before the council is the actual uh capping and installation of a drainage system at our Easter area landfield. Okay, but why do we have two different items with two different code sections?