The Tuscaloosa City Council met on September 23, 2025, at approximately 10 PM. The meeting included proclamations, public hearings, consent agenda, resolutions, and ordinances. All votes were unanimous.
Good evening, everyone. The Tuscaloo City Council has now come to order. We ask that everyone please stand for a prayer and then remain standing for our pledge of allegiance. Let's bow our heads, please. Dear God, bless our proceedings tonight. Give us the wisdom to know what is just and the strength to do what is right. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the report for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty justice for all. Please be seated. I make the motion. We approve the minutes. Moved and second. We approve the minutes. Voting, Mr. Eatman. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Minutes stand approved. Proclamation savings by Mayor and Council. Tonight we have two really significant announcements. So first we're going to begin with Chief Markdale. Chief, if you would come forward and please address the city council. Good afternoon, Council. Today's a good day for Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue. We have an outside partner with New Core Steel who has decided to make a donation to our department. They had some issues on site and saw a need for upgrading some of their safety equipment. And instead of maintaining that safety equipment and keeping it on site, they decided to help out the entire community donating that to us. So that's on a truck in our in uh councilman Tiner's territory that can be used all over the city and can be the first truck that responds to New Core Steel. So at this time I'd like to call up Chris Brubeck and Julie Prijan from New Core Steel. We've got the new Corps Steel representatives here with us today. Who said who said this whole plan came to fruition when Chris brought it up? He said, Why would we keep that stuff here and not get the use that it needs? Why don't we let the community get the use out of it? And this is a significant donation. Over $50,000 of equipment is here. So with their donation, with their efforts, our city's safer with this equipment here today. So I think it's it's it's definitely without asking. I think it's definitely a round of applause, and if we can get some uh thank you. And if if the council would, can we come up here and get some pictures with with the new core representatives and just see the equipment that was here? The Colonel wants to turn some of this on. Hey, we've got fresh batteries ready to go. And Chief Chief Delk, would you mind introducing our firefighters that are here from station four as well? All right. We have Lieutenant Adam Kisner.