Birmingham City Council Regular Meeting, October 14, 2026 (Agenda Dated October 13)

This summary is based solely on the agenda for the Birmingham City Council regular meeting; no minutes or transcript were provided. The agenda is dated October 13, 2026 at 9:30 A.M., while the supplied meeting timestamp is October 14, 2026 at 4:45 P.M. UTC; the date discrepancy is noted. The agenda included a consent calendar, a zoning ordinance for final passage, appointments, and a scheduled public hearing on a right-of-way vacation.

Consent Calendar

• Nuisance abatement (Item 2): A resolution authorizing abatement of nuisances on numerous properties and assessing costs as liens, with a public hearing for interested parties. Property addresses were listed in the agenda.
• Community agreements (Items 3–9): Included an agreement with East Village Arts for courtyard transformation in East Lake (not to exceed $22,900); an agreement with Friends of Huffman Ballpark for youth sports and outreach (not to exceed $100,000, District 1 funds); an amendment increasing the Huffman Recreation Board project to $1,080,839.97 (adding $30,599.53 for infield improvements); an agreement with The Modern Greenbook Foundation for the Avenue Street Market (not to exceed $15,000); an agreement with Red Mountain Theatre Company (not to exceed $15,000, District 6 funds); a first amendment with the YMCA increasing the total to $1,020,871.00; and authorization to apply for the FY27 Alabama Summer and Afterschool Program Grant (up to $225,000).
• 2027 State Legislative Agenda (Item 10): Resolution approving the City’s priority legislative initiatives and policy positions for the 2027 Alabama Legislative Session.
• Legal settlements and civil costs (Items 11–13): Acceptance of $2,500 in civil costs from Vestmore, LLC; settlement of the Harry Toney claim not to exceed $32,500; and settlement of the Latonja Toney claim not to exceed $37,500.
• Demolition special assessments (Items 15–36): Twenty-two resolutions fixing special assessments for demolition costs of unsafe buildings, with amounts ranging from $5,425.40 to $24,706.00.
• Condemnation repair permits (Items 37–39): Authorizations to issue repair permits to Joseph Holt (217 53rd Street North), Roderick Turner (217 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard), and Leah Bajulai (4501 9th Terrace North).
• Contract awards and purchases (Items 40–45): Elevator repair at 712 19th Street North to Diversified Elevator Service and Equipment Company, Inc. for $46,475.00 (one proposal received); New Georgia Landfill Fire Hydrant and Wash Station Repair to JH Wright and Associates, Inc. for $34,717.00 (one proposal received); 2026 General Construction Work Order IDIQ Rebid to AMAC Construction and Development for up to $500,000.00 (one bid received); Wheeled Coach Rescue Unit OEM parts to Allsource Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Southern Emergency Consultants, LLC (three bids submitted, unit prices, one-year term); office furniture for the Police Department from Lesro Industries, Inc. for $9,981.00; and electrical parts and supplies from Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc. for $3,450.00.
• Expense accounts (Items 46–49): Approval of itemized and advanced expense accounts for an appointed official and city employees.
• Weed nuisance resolution (Item 51): Declaration that 212 properties have noxious or dangerous weeds, constituting public nuisances, with notice by posting and certified mail and a public hearing set for November 17, 2026.

Non-Consent Items

• Zoning map amendment (Item 1): Final passage of an ordinance to rezone 1259 Huffman Road from D-3 Single-Family Residential District to C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District, filed by Tosh Design, LLC on behalf of the owner, Boys & Girls Club of Central Alabama, to allow a new club. The agenda states this was on second reading, recommended by the Planning and Zoning Committee and NOT recommended by the ZAC, with a public hearing.
• Planning Commission appointments (Item 14): Resolution appointing three members to the Birmingham Planning Commission for terms expiring October 6, 2032.
• Right-of-way vacation hearing (Item 50): Resolution setting a public hearing for November 17, 2026 on vacating 23,277 square feet of right-of-way parallel to and between 1st Avenue South and 2nd Avenue South and perpendicular to and between 28th Street South and 32nd Street South, at 3100 2nd Avenue South, on behalf of Marx Management, Sloss #2 Shaw, LLC, Sloss Overlook, LLC, and Seaboard Yard Townhomes Association, Inc. The agenda lists this as first reading, Case No. SUB2026-00070, with recommendations from the Subdivision Committee and Community Development Committee.

Public Comments & Testimony

No transcript or minutes were provided, so no public testimony is available. The agenda scheduled public hearings for the zoning amendment (Item 1), nuisance abatement (Item 2), the weed nuisance resolution (Item 51), and the right-of-way vacation (Item 50).

Withdrawn Items

The agenda indicated that properties previously declared noxious and dangerous by Resolution No. 1892-26 on September 8, 2026 were withdrawn because the weeds had been abated. A list of those properties was included in the agenda.

Key Outcomes

No votes or decisions are recorded because the minutes and transcript were not provided. The agenda reflects intended actions only: final passage of the zoning ordinance, appointments, consent calendar approvals, and scheduling of public hearings for November 17, 2026. The agenda also noted that minutes for August 4, 2026 through October 6, 2026 were not ready.