The police department, all of the security officers from the hospital.

There were twenty three people that are bringing it up.

He's nine and though.

He's they were at my house for Christmas.

That was thankful right now.

No.

That was Judge Brainville.

Wouldn't give us back our grandchildren.

I was fighting to get the children, the grandchildren that we raised.

I was fighting to get them out here.

Yeah.

She was good at us tonight, and then look at it.

And they thought she was paying it, so they treated her.

She was fine.

She recorded the police officer.

And I could do five.

This is the grandson care right now.

He wasn't married to the mother.

I want my hand.

So they have last.

And all of this right for all of this four of the three.

Okay.

I have to look forward to the information.

Yeah.

Right now it's three.

That's that's this is what we're trying to get as churches because these little churches are much.

You guys understand that we have nursery detection for years.

But the churches talk to the church south of Atlanta.

Let me turn it off.

Oh, yeah.

If that church in particular, they still have to use that whole podcast.

So I told them it's not easy.

So I feel like something else is a very good thing.

They have one kids that are drug infested issues and sexual system.

They go after like the four in the middle of my house that don't have the money flying.

Are we ready in the back?

Good morning, everyone.

Today is Tuesday, December 30th.

The time is 9 35 a.m.

I call to order the regular meeting of the Birmingham City Council.

This morning our invocation will be read by Minister Rico Makador, Faith-based identity leadership.

Sorry, Pastor.

Good morning.

Come on up.

And our Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Councillor Pro Tem Latanya Tate.

If you're willing and able, please join us.

Stay in and join us.

Thanks.

De Lord, thank you so much for another day.

Thank you.

This being the last uh council meeting of the year.

You brought us from January up until now.

And Lord, out of all we've been through, we're still standing.

Um thank you that even in the midst of challenges.

Uh you strengthened us.

I pray for this council.

I pray for the mayor of the city of Birmingham.

Uh and let's take things to the next level in 2026.

Uh we love you.

We give you praise.

Thank you for the meeting guidance.

Let there be on one accord.

In your mighty name, we thank you.

Amen.

Thank you very much, Minister Makador, for that prayer.

Thank you for leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance, Council Pro Tim.

Good morning, Mr.

Clerk.

Good morning.

Councilmember Gunn.

Right.

Councilmember O'Quinn.

Councilmember Smith.

Present.

Councilmember Smithman.

Councilmember Vossa.

Good morning, sir.

Councilmember Williams.

Councilmember Woods.

Good morning.

Council President Pro Tim Tate.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Council President Alexander.

Morning, President.

Councillors, at this time, the minutes are not ready from the meetings of September 2nd through December 23rd.

At this time, we'll entertain communications from the mayor.

Good morning, Chief.

Good morning, Madam President.

Good morning, Madam Pro Tem.

Members of the Council, members of the public, all those and all of those under the sound of my voice.

Madam President, it's a very brief mayor's report today.

The mayor wants to note as we approach the end of the year.

It's just a reminder to the public that household garbage and recycling will not run on New Year's Day.

The makeup date for households who typically receive pickup service on Thursday will be Friday, January the 2nd.

There will be no additional changes to the schedule.

The mayor wants to note that as a city, we wish our residents and businesses a happy, peaceful, and prosperous new year.

Madam President, Madam Pro Tem, that concludes the mayor's report.

Thank you very much.

At this time, before we entertain the consent agenda, I will read the statement of the conduct of business for this meeting.

All items designated as consent are routine and non-controversial and will be approved by one motion.

All items on the consent agenda will be approved by reading the item numbers only.

No separate discussion of these items will be permitted unless a council member or the mayor requests the item be removed from the consent agenda.

Additionally, a citizen interested in addressing the council with respect to an item on the consent agenda designated for public hearing.

That's what the PH may request the item be removed from the consent agenda to hold the hearing on the item.

Any items removed from the consent agenda will revert to its normal place on the agenda order of business for remaining matters.

All matters of permanent operation, and that's indicated with a capital P will be read, and all public hearings will be announced.

At this time, Mr.

Clerk, would you give us the items that are being considered for consent?

Okay.

Um consent agenda starts on page two.

Page three, we have items four, five, and six on consent.

Page four, we have items seven and eight.

Page five, we have items nine, ten, eleven, and twelve on consent.

Page six, we have items 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 on consent.

Uh page seven, we have items eighteen and nineteen on consent.

And you have one, two, three, four addendum items.

Yes.

Thank you.

At this time, counselors, are there any items you'd like to add or remove from consent?

Madam President, I would like to add items 20, 21, 22, and 23 to be placed on consent.

Okay, we'll do if it's okay.

We'll do the request is then for item 20 and 21 to be placed on consent.

Agreement.

23 is right.

Not 22, but 22.

That's correct.

22 and 23.

I would I don't want those on consent.

Oh, you don't want okay.

Okay.

So item 2021, everyone's okay with those being on the consent.

All right.

And so at this time.

Yes, Mr.

Williams.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um, I don't we we don't have to take these items off consent, but on some of these nonprofits that we have doing um, like item four or five, set six.

Can we get data on how they're performing, please?

And the new ones, yes, what the plan is.

Thank you.

The request is for data, not to pull out consent, but request for data to be submitted for items four and items five.

Is that okay, counselors?

Okay, and six, all right, thanks.

All right.

At this time, then we'll entertain a motion for the items to be considered for consent.

Second.

Oh man.

Okay, one second.

I have an ask.

All right.

Here we go.

Motion.

That was counselor Williams.

Right.

Yeah.

Who's the second?

I'm sorry.

Thought it was the gun.

Okay, thanks, sir.

Uh voting should be open.

I think that's everybody.

Should be up.

Um is that everybody?

It should be everybody.

Thanks.

Oh, you're okay.

I missed up.

I got it.

All right.

Those items are passed.

So any items that were considered for consent have been approved.

And those items are now approved by the council.

We have any other items that were not consented.

We'll take those items up.

Mr.

Clerk.

Okay.

Item 22.

Okay, resolution appointing a member to the Birmingham Human Rights Commission for City Council Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

And said terms pursuant to ordinance number 19-9.

So I guess we have the terms and the names for those.

Yes, I'm looking for my cheat sheet here.

I don't know who's committee, but here we go.

Okay, these items.

This particular item, counselors, these are members that we are appointing to the Human Rights Commission.

They're appointed by each counselor per their district.

At this time, these are the recommended appointees.

Uh for District 1, Rosalind Short, with the term that expires 131, 2029.

For District 2, Emily Northrop, her term expires 131, 2029.

District 3, Tiffany Saxon, that term will expire 131, 2029.

District 4, Patrick J.

Talley, that term will end 131, 2027.

District 6, Brandon M.

Cleveland.

That term will expire 131, 2027.

District 7, Robert Young, that term will expire 131, 2028.

District 8, IZET Ridley McNeely, the term expires 131, 2028.

And District 9, Tremaine Macintosh, that term ends 131, 2028.

We do not have a submission at this time for district five, but we'll come back later and make that submission once it goes through the process.

So counselors, these are the members, appointed members to the human rights commission.

Can we have a motion and a second for approval of those names?

So moved.

Second.

Who made the second number?

Councilor Smith.

Okay.

What did you say?

Okay.

I think we have a correction on the name.

Saxton Saxon with a T.

Okay.

S A X T O N.

Okay.

We'll make that correction.

Okay.

Ready to vote?

Yes.

Voting should be open.

All right.

That vote should be up, Madam President.

All right.

At this time, that motion does pass, and that item passes, and we congratulate these members that will be sitting as part of the Birmingham Human Rights Commission.

Thank you, Counselors, for going through the process and making those submissions.

Next item.

Item 23, a resolution to amend resolution number 1958-25 adopted by the council November the 4th, 2025, by adding the Arts and Parts Committee.

Motion please.

And Councillors, I did just want to explain that is adding making a change to our council committees list.

And at the beginning, we had combined the two committees, and now we just want to reflect that we have the arts and culture committee.

And that is the only change.

Correct.

Thank you.

So we're ready for the vote.

The vote should be up.

There it is.

All right, thank you.

So those changes are approved.

Thank you very much.

Counselor Tate, did you have something you wanted to add?

No, madam President.

I just wanted to acknowledge OAA, One Hood, Jacobi Williams, and William Barnes, and thank you all.

We're publicly want to thank you all for the work and the sacrifices you all have done to reduce the number of violence in this city.

We still got a long ways to go, but I really want to thank you all.

Most some of you all have gun violence, victims yourself of gun violence and the sacrifices and the the hard work that you all have really done to really start Birmingham trending in the way that we imagine.

I can remember in 23 when Deborah and her team, Tim, and a lot of us traveled to New Jersey and saw what Mayor Baraka and his people were doing out there.

And so I publicly want to thank you all for the sacrifices that you all have given and make in the time that you take away from your families to see about families.

And we we we got some good numbers this year, and I'm super super excited to see what you all will continue to do, and really want to make it really publicly known that these are local people doing this work in Birmingham.

Thank you all.

Peace and blessings and love to you.

And you know I love each and every one of you, and I want to challenge my colleagues.

Go and visit these organizations, spend some time with them so you can get invested in the work and you can know what the work is all about, and you can get a clear understanding, the sacrifices that it takes.

This is a 24-hour job.

These people fall on the green day and night.

And so they have really done a great job helping families, um, getting people on the right track to workforce development, the needs being met, and we want to thank um Uche uh for doing a fine job and carrying the portfolio on the administration side and publicly want to thank the mayor for believing you know in this process and trust in the process.

So again, thank the mayor, thank Huche for the work that she's done because this is some hard work.

It takes a lot of work, takes a it's a lot of crying, sweat and tears when people want to see people win.

So I just publicly wanted to acknowledge you all and wanted people to know that we win it in Birmingham and thank you all for the sacrifices that you continue to make to change the trajectory of this city, and I look forward to what 26 will bring, and I look forward to continuing being in the streets with you all and getting um the people you know to the things that they need with workforce, giving people a second chance to get their lives right.

Thank you all.

Thank you, thank you, Councilor Tate.

At this time, we will entertain announcements from our counselors and who would like to start first, Councilor Fonsa.

Are you ready?

Thank you.

Thank you, Madam President.

So two two quick updates.

Um folks, we're excited about the district three resident priorities survey that we uh have put out.

Um we launched that just uh just a few days ago, and uh the sort of the purpose of the the survey is to make sure that residents who live in district three uh can have their voices heard, right?

So we have opportunities to uh fill out the survey and help us understand what are the the top three concerns issues that are relevant to the communities.

Our goal is to have 10 percent of the uh population in in district three.

Uh so that's two thousand respondents.

That's our goal.

Uh, from that, we will create a roadmap for what the next four-year priorities will be.

Uh, we're gonna keep that open for about a month.

Um so in your off time this week, hopefully, if you have optime.

Uh and if not, it only takes about two minutes to fill out.

Let us know what's important to you.

We're excited about that.

Uh, and secondly, just want to wish everyone a happy new year uh to colleagues and and council leadership, uh mayor's office and team.

Uh it's been a good few months, and we're looking forward to a great 2026.

Uh last but not least, I want to acknowledge our five points uh neighborhood association president Will Jones, who's in the office uh in the audience with us today.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councillor.

Counselor Williams.

Thank you.

Economic development tourism.

We'll have a regularly scheduled meeting this upcoming January the 6th.

Um please send submissions to India.

Bailey at Birmingham AL.gov.

Happy New Year.

Um everybody, and also wanted to shout out our 911 team in the back who was able to um come uh bring something.

Uh I think that's going to be uh really helpful and overall public safety with our with our new radio system that will integrate with real-time crime center and will I think be the first one of the first cities in the southeast to have this technology.

So thank you guys for your hard work on that.

That's all appreciate you acknowledging them as well.

Glad to see them and um looking forward to that.

Thank you so much.

Counselor Woods, are you ready?

Good morning.

Um hope everybody had a good holiday.

We have uh the Apple Valley Neighborhood Association, they will meet next Tuesday, January 6th at 6 30 p.m.

That meeting is at the East Pennsylvania Rec Center, and there is also an option to attend online.

Uh also note the Spring Lake neighborhood and the Echo Highlands Neighborhood Associations are both canceling their meeting that was scheduled for this Thursday.

And so enjoy your time.

We look forward to uh further coordination as the year goes on.

The budget and finance committee will meet on Monday, January 12th at 3:30 p.m.

Uh in the council chambers.

Uh submissions are due by January 7th at noon.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much, Councillor Woods.

Council Gunn.

Yes, thank you so much, Madam President.

Uh the upcoming district for events that we attended previously.

Uh, I want to give a shout out to the team at the Conjure Haunted Attraction, who hosted a toy drive uh for the families in the Kingston neighborhood.

Uh they did a phenomenal job and it was well appreciated and received by the families over there.

Uh if you haven't had a chance to go over there to meet Mimi, who is the owner, she's doing some phenomenal work uh for the community uh over in Kingston and in District 4.

Uh upcoming committee meetings, the community development committee will meet in the council chambers on January the 5th at 3 30 p.m.

And then upcoming neighborhood association meetings.

Maple Grove Neighborhood Association meeting is counseled for this month.

Zion City is canceled, and so is Brumman Heights.

Uh, meetings that will be happening this month.

The first Monday uh at 6 30 p.m.

the Brownsville Heights community will be meeting.

Uh Collegeville will be meeting at on the first Monday as well at 6 30 p.m.

at Greater New Antioch Baptist Church, and then the Fairmont Neighborhood Association will meet the first Tuesday at 6 30 p.m.

at the North Birmingham Library.

And as we enter into the new year, I just want to encourage everyone to be safe, celebrate inside, and do not do not do any celebratory gunfire uh in the city of Birmingham.

That's illegal.

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you so much.

Councilor Smith.

All right.

Oh, good morning.

So on Christmas Eve, December 24th, the Five Points West Community Leadership hosted an annual luncheon at the West Precinct for our police officers.

So just want to extend sincere gratitude to the men and women of the West Precinct for that their dedication and continued service in keeping our residents safe, especially during the holiday season.

On December 27th, I was honored to serve as a guest speaker for the Kwanzaa Day Two Kuji Chakalia self-determination ceremony.

Um the event brought together community and residents, um leaders to explore the principles of Kwanzaa.

So much appreciation to Miss April Mohammed along with Tyree Anderson, pastor of First Baptist Ansley for hosting that event, and also Clarence Mohammed.

Um and as we head into the new year, Ansley Highlands and College Hills will host their first monthly neighborhood meeting on Monday, January 5th at 6 p.m.

The um College Hills meeting will be at Legion Field, and the Endsley Highlands meeting will be at the Five Points West Library.

And lastly, as we welcome the new year, I extend my best wishes wishes to all of our residents, and I'm hoping that this year brings renewed hope, unity, and opportunity as we continue working together to build a stronger, more connected city.

So thank you for your engagement and commitment to our community.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

I'm sorry, one more.

I just also want to take a minute to acknowledge uh Marcus Smith in the audience.

So there he goes.

So yeah, thank you.

Thank you.

Madam Pro Tim.

Thank you, Madam President.

Central Pratt Neighborhood meeting will be held on Monday, January the 5th.

They do in our conference call at 6 p.m.

You can dial in back.

Call in 72074 9732.

The passcode is 343808.

The next neighborhood meeting is Sherman Heights neighborhood, and that'll be also held on January the 5th at 6 p.m.

at the Morning Star Christian Church, located 1600 Slayton Avenue.

And you can also dial in conference call 952-2064918.

Pass code is 223418.

The next public safety meeting will be held on Tuesday, January the 13th at 1 p.m.

in the council chamber.

Please submit your agenda items by email no later than Wednesday, January the 7th.

No later than 12 known to Gregory.gov and Ashanta.seefis at Birmingham AEL.gov.

We also want to um thank our partner B Kind Park and Rick for the Merry Kicks Musk.

It was a great event.

We were able to bless 200 families with 200 pair of new shoes, and we want to thank B Grace Media for also doing an extravagant job with the decor, and we want to thank TNT Sounds providing the music.

We actually had the music provided by DJ Peck himself.

And I want to just echo my colleague when Councillor Gunn said, please be safe, do not shoot these guns.

And I'm gonna extend a warm welcome to my colleagues.

Thank you all for being some great people, and it's good to be serving with you all and wishing you all and your families a very merry Christmas and um happy new year.

And I love all of you all.

Thank you so much, Councilor Pro Tim.

These are announcements for District 7.

There are no meetings in District 7 this week.

Our first meeting, the library is having some problems with heat, so there won't be a meeting uh for that particular one.

But we'll I'll talk with you all about that.

And that was the reason they said that we're canceling their meeting, so I will forward that information.

Um I do also echo the sentiments, wishing everyone a happy new year.

I just want us to be sensible and um just bring the new year in the right way, sensibly, peaceably, and um I do wish everyone a great and happy new year.

I uh also echo your sentiment.

I enjoy uh the opportunity that we have to serve together, and so I'm wishing each of your families as well, counselors, a great new year.

And so at this time, we will entertain public speakers, Mr.

Clark.

Donna Prince.

Good morning, counsel.

My name is Donna Prince.

My address is 1230 Bunting Drive, Alabaster, Alabama, and I'm here to um talk to you about the overreach of DHR.

My family has been generationally affected by that.

Um, my husband and I um were raising five of our grandchildren, and we were accused of abusing these children.

I found out later that that abuse allegation was actually made by a caseworker.

So they had no court orders, no signed documents from a judge, but they come to my house and they removed all five of my grandchildren and scattered them all over the state of Alabama, and then when we got our grandchildren back, and they started having babies.

DHR showed up at hospitals and took our newborn babies and placed them for adoption.

My um granddaughter Haley aged out of DHR's custody, and she had two children while she was in custody.

But when she aged out, they would not allow her to take her children with her.

She her parental rights were terminated, and their children were placed for adoption.

Even after she was married and had her third child, DHR shows up at the hospital and takes her two-day old baby, also placed her for adoption.

But we fought the system.

I went to Washington, D.C.

I met with senators, I went to um Montgomery and met with DHR representatives, and we were able to get that baby back.

But she's nine years old now, and DHR still shows up at the daycare, they show up at school, they harass my granddaughter, the mother of these children.

Um Braylon was a baby that was conceived in rape.

My granddaughter was 14 years old when she was raped, but she decided to give this baby life.

And again, DHR shows up at the hospital and took that baby.

We fought again and we got him back.

But he was promised for adoption.

We found out through a whistleblower that the uh hospitals are asked to put pictures up of these mothers.

When they go in to have these babies, they see these pictures and they are advised to call DHR.

When those mothers check in to have those babies, that's how they know to come and pick up these newborns.

Currently, I have a grandson, his name is Braden, and he has a child who is um right now in Jefferson County DHR foster care.

And he has taken a DNA test to prove that he's the father of this child.

He has asked for custody of this child.

Excuse me, Mrs.

Prince.

Um, your time is up.

I do appreciate you wanted to voice these issues that you're having with that agency.

But that particular agency is not in within the reach of the city council.

Um this is uh issue for that particular agency.

So I do appreciate you bringing that information to us, but I there isn't any um I don't know any power that we would have as a city council for Birmingham, Alabama, to um help you and assist you with any of these problems.

So I do appreciate you bringing that and voicing your issues.

So do you address DHR and your overreach to come to hospital?

No, ma'am.

This is the again, this is this is a state and a county issue.

It is not within the reach of the city council.

So if we'll go ahead and have our next speaker, please.

Thank you very much.

Is it uh Tana Wedown?

I don't know if I pronounced that right.

Good morning.

My name is Tana Wadowning, and I'm a civil rights advocate litigator out of Washington, D.C.

I need to provide a public notice to all of you.

This is in accordance with USCS rules of civil procedure, as well as Rule 17 and Rule 20 of the United States Supreme Court.

Constitution of the United States of America is the overarching requirements that every state must follow.

Trust that everyone here agrees with that.

States cannot enact their own alternative legislation, substitute that for the guarantees of the Constitution, then go out and enforce that.

That would be obviously quite unconstitutional.

Clause one of Amendment 5, 2, the United States Constitution says no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury.

However, the state of Alabama has enacted its own alternative legislation that permits prosecuting attorneys, police officers to charge by information as opposed to indictment, and that is unconstitutional.

Now, an emolument violation is when you pay someone to violate the constitution.

You can't do that, especially when you receive better funding.

You can't pay someone to violate better law when you receive better funding.

There's actually two areas of the Constitution that reinforces this.

The first is Article 1, Section 10.

That's where it says that no state shall create any law that shall impair the obligation of contracts.

Police officers, prosecutors, judges, they're all under a contract.

That's a contract to perform based upon the oath or affirmation that they took to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

So when the State of Alabama creates a law that directs them to disobey the Constitution, that would be obviously a violation of Article 1, Section 10.

The second place that reinforces this issue is the 14th Amendment.

That's where it says that no state shall create or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and unities of United States citizens.

The privileges and immunities of United States citizens are in minimum, those enumerated within the voter rights.

This is affirmed by the United States Supreme Court 2019 unanimous decision, Tim's first Indiana, but it cannot be impaired.

Thus the state of Alabama is enacted law and is directing their agents whom you all pay to violate the Constitution of the United States.

As a result, there is an inordinate amount of people currently in prison here in the state of Alabama, illegally and unconstitutionally.

I'm here today to let you guys know that if you continue to pay these public officials to violate the Constitution, the criminal sanctions can come from that.

We don't want to head down that path, but we must make sure that public officials are aware that when they pay people to violate the Constitution, that is an emulation is illegal and it is a crime.

So I'm preparing to litigate this at the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the more than 700,000 people who are currently in prison here in America, illegally and unconstitutionally.

I'm asking you, honorable individuals, please take a look at clause one of Amendment 5, confirm what I'm saying to be true, and then direct your agents to act in a lawful constitutional manner that is consistent with the obligations that they have codified in the Constitution for the United States of America.

I have a notice that I need to provide to the record.

You guys, all my contact information is here.

I would highly recommend that you do it.

Failure to review this does not mitigate your culpability within this particular issue.

Before I go, I want to say one more thing.

I know that you're going to go to the attorney as soon as we're done.

You're going to ask that attorney whether or not what I'm saying is true, and that attorney is going to point you to a case from 1884 called Hurtado versus California.

And before you choose to rely upon that as the foundation, I must remind you that the Constitution of the United States of America is the foundation.

Another judge made room.

Another judge made room, Supreme Court in the United States has no constitute authority to alter men or destroy any of the provisions or guarantees of the Constitution.

Thank you guys so much.

God bless and have a great holiday.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Jessica.

Where would you like this chair?

This notice.

You can place it right there.

You can leave it on the Oh, I need to hand it to someone.

Should it be to the city?

I'll put it right here, and I'll consider that drop secret.

Thank you.

Please state your name and your address, and you have three minutes.

My name is Jessica Saxon.

I'm from Washington, D.C.

I'm also a civil rights advocate and litigator, and I am here to also provide notice in accordance with USCS rules of civil procedure.

The Constitution for the United States, as Mr.

Downing just said, it is the overarching requirement.

No state, no county, no city, no court has the authority to create or enforce policies that contradict the Constitution or deprive citizens of their rights that are secured and protected by the Constitution, paying individuals to do that, it is a crime.

Across this nation, unfortunately, there are children that are being removed, not for abuse, not for neglect, but strictly for profit.

It is profit under Title IV and Title IVE.

This federal funding has created our children and turned our children into nothing more than a pipeline of financial commodity.

Unfortunately, I wish I could say that this is a conspiracy, but it is not.

But it actually does.

Because when government officials, including judges, attorneys, the clerk of court, law enforcement, and other county-funded agencies, even though you are part of the city, when they knowingly or negligently deprive citizens of their rights that are secured and protected by the Constitution, that is a federal crime under 18 USC 24142.

When two or more agents operate under the color of law and deprive children and families of their rights secured and protected by the Constitution, that is a criminal conspiracy under 18 USC 241.

When state actors deprive individuals of rights in exchange for federal gain, that constitutes the emolument violation under Article 1, Section 10, otherwise known as RICO.

Under Title 18, USC subsection 4.

This is called Miss Prison of Felony.

What this states is that whoever, if you look that code up, it starts out with whoever, that includes you.

Regardless of what legislative body you're a part of, whether you're part of the county commissioners, whether you're a part of the city council, it does not matter.

It says whoever is made aware of a crime, of a felony crime that is cognizable by any court of the United States and does not report that to some civil or military authority as soon as possible commits the felony in itself.

Today, as elected officials, I'm here to remind each and every one of you that you swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

And because this council is being made aware of the crimes that are being committed in this city, you now, under USC uh 18 USC 4, Miss Prison of Felony, you now have a duty to report those crimes.

Your children are not for sale.

Parents do not have revenue streams and no system can profit off of the destruction of our families.

You have been made aware, and you have all that speaker.

Drop service has been provided good morning, Mr.

Jones.

You'll give us your name and your address.

Good morning, counselors.

And uh the mayor's staff.

The uh reason I'm here is in response to the announced changes to Birmingham on demand.

So first, I'd like to recognize members of the city council and the mayor's office who have implemented the on-demand, and it's been exciting seeing it uh expand over the years.

So I appreciate those efforts.

And uh because that's something that I think has been an exciting addition to the city, and it has been very beneficial for people, it's sad to see an announcement that is gonna be a detrimental impact to people who have become they depended on this service.

So if there is any way that that could be reversed, stole a way to return uh the service to what it has been up to this point.

I think that would be an important goal for the city due to the impact that it has well to a lot of residents, and if there is anything that I can do, which probably there's not much I can do, but if there's anything that I can do to help uh in any any way, any endeavors to return the service to what has been up to this point and keep the positive trend of expanding it going, I will enthusiastically help.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councillor Williams.

Thank you, Mr.

Jones, for bringing that up.

Um, you know, to the administration, I have concerns about the email that I received from the BJCTA about this reduction in service because after we promised them a certain amount of money, and then we we signed a contract with them, then they immediately reverse the certain the amount of service that we were that the city of Birmingham was receiving with in regards to on demand.

Um they said that the ridership was lower, but we passed an amount of money.

Um I think that it's something that we need to collectively look at.

Um this is a this is uh the 10 millionth complaint I've gotten about the BJCTA.

I'm so tired of hearing about them.

And but but this but you know it's like we passed we passed the largest budget that they have ever had from the city and then they pull back service.

It it it doesn't make a lot of sense.

So anyway, I think that we need to collectively look at if we just gave them a the largest budget they've ever had from the city, and then they pull back the service only to the city of Birmingham.

So I want to want to look at that.

Thank you, Councillor.

Next speaker, Rob Walker Morning, Mr.

Walker.

Good morning, council staff, uh Mayor's uh Mayor's office.

Uh my name is Robert Walker.

I reside at 312, 68th Place North, Birmingham, Alabama.

Uh I'm the president of our Homer Neighborhood Association, also president of the East Lake Community.

Uh what brings me here today, I have a concern about what's been going on in my neighborhood, and also uh in uh in the community, and that's with the Love Lady Center and what they had done uh recently about kicking out the the neighbors that we have in that particular uh apartment complex.

Now, some of those folks have been over there uh 14, 20 years, and they call those apartments home, and all of a sudden they uh they purchase these apartments, and then now they're kicking them out.

I don't think it's fair that the thousand dollar what they say they're gonna give uh in addition to them moving before March, nowhere near enough to help those people move.

And so uh uh I'm I know it was probably done, is done, and uh I don't know who gave them the opportunity to operate two businesses in one place over there because it seemed like the Love Lady Center did buy it, and then now they they uh allow people to rent there, they're allowing them to rent there uh with the uh idea of uh of being part of their program.

It's not supposed to be two businesses there, and not a lot of my friends instead of uh enjoying the the uh the Christmas, uh they Christmas and New Year's they were thinking about moving.

Secondly, uh uh I think that the subject should have been uh discussed with the community uh at large, at least with the neighborhood, uh, so they can get an idea of what we're talking about, well how we feel about it.

Uh thirdly, uh there's a number of the number of apartments there.

Uh the love lady did buy those apartments, they're gonna move people in there.

But this the second set of apartments they've done in my neighborhood.

And uh another thing that uh that that brings uh concern about us because there's so many uh addicts there, and I know some people like to say for covering addicts, but they still add that that draw a lot of drug dealers there.

And uh one more thing that concerns me, I'm running out of time here, and that is to uh the area that that is in.

It's just one block away from uh our church and uh one block uh one block away from uh from Barrett Elementary School.

I think that's too big a risk on our neighborhood for them to bring those kind of bring those people in there.

And uh I'll just let that be what I have to say.

I thank you so much for your time, and I wish we had some kind of consideration for the neighborhood to uh look at this more closely.

Thank you, Mr.

Walker.

Yeah, thank you.

Next speaker, Willie Jenkins.

Morning, Mr.

Jenkins.

Good morning.

Uh I just wanted to say I had a lot of children doing it for uh for Santa Claus.

They enjoyed me, Santa Claus this week uh last week.

And we had a nice I went to a neighborhood.

Uh they had um uh Brownville Community Center when uh Deborah invited me to a bunch of uh Christmas program.

I mean Christmas gathering for a lot of people, it was real nice.

And I want to let everybody know that y'all know the famous Katie Sinkin used to sing for uh gospel.

You know, she passed away.

I heard about Katie Sankin, did you?

Yeah, I was at the service, but you know, she was a lot of preachers and a lot of preachers with them, and it was a lot of a lot of people, and then also my men are praised.

Um uh guys used to play for us.

Uh in uh remember Katie Sankin, you know, pray for Katie Sanger and one of the guys from some of my men are prayed, they was at the service at the uh home government and uh um they was at the service too, and I just want y'all to know pray for the Kate Sankers Katie Sankard family, and I also pray for the people lost one and their family.

Like I said, I I had a birthday on Quinnity Summer.

I'm 71 years old, Councillor.

Seventy-one.

I went my sister took me.

I went out to the restaurant and uh celebrate my birthday, seventy-one birthday, Councillor Garner.

And I still want you to come to the church council gun, Reverend um uh Reverend Um Urban, Pastor Avery.

You know, once you come out and come out and visit our church one Sunday.

Oh, so y'all didn't know this, but Councillor, I mean uh uh Tyson is bringing the mighty clouds of joy in Birmingham.

He'll he'll commoder, and he'd be, I think he'll be coming each day coming here in uh in August.

I don't know what day, but he is coming to Birmingham, Alabama.

And I want y'all to come to my tree, O Street.

And uh we we um we moving on uh councillor, I mean uh councillor gun wants you to come back my church.

We had our cruising program.

I was going to a little brother and came in with the children at Oak Street Baptist Church and surprise, you know, to uh came in.

Also, Mr.

Smith told me to tell you how low he gave behind Carver High School.

I wish anybody y'all could do something to old Carver High School.

We know it's been there a long time.

I came out of Carver High School, 1973.

It's been out uh long time, been out a long time.

Carver High School and uh community of uh North Birmingham.

We got a roof up there at North Birmingham, got a new place where McDonald's used to be root.

Uh they sell chicken wing.

We got a new place up there in all Birmingham.

It looked it looked good, and they sell good food.

And I just want y'all to uh look out for the community building all Birmingham.

Well, if it's it's going down, just want y'all to know to be a community, you know, because last a long time we had a community build up in all bringing.

We had a lot of places in all Birmingham.

It's going on, and also uh Max, I mean Mass Wave, uh uh they um get ready to move.

I don't know when, but they get ready to uh Max Wave.

When we didn't want some more places up there in all Birmingham, they ain't finna move now, but they is uh turning the move.

Max Wade's been up in Al Birmingham a long time.

Thank you, Mr.

Jenkins.

I appreciate you.

Okay.

Uh Kobe Williams.

I think he's left the building.

That's it.

All right, counselors.

At this time we'll entertain a motion for adjournment before we do before we do.

I do want to thank Officers Pinkerton and Square for being with us today and serving us throughout the year.

We wish you all a happy new year and a safe one too.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

All those in favor, please say aye.

Meeting is adjourned.