What: the Central Alabama Home Builders Academy, a free 8-week construction workforce boot camp, asked Birmingham to adopt a $20 residential permit fee to help fund training, as other municipalities do.
Where it stands: presented to the Committee of the Whole on November 4; no vote. Ordinance language is in legal review.
Open question: presenters estimated $50,000 to $75,000 a year for Birmingham; a councilor cited an administration estimate of about $150,000 from 2025 permits.