2026-09-08 - Public Safety Committee

00:00seven.

00:01Due to a lack of porn today, we are

00:04going to move all the items

00:06um to we're going to hear the items and

00:10then we're going to move it um you know

00:12to the public safety

00:14um city council agenda. So, we're going

00:16to start with item seven. We're going to

00:19start at the bottom. Item number seven

00:22is

00:23an ordinance authorizing the mayor for

00:26the chief of police to execute a

00:28three-year interlock cooperative

00:30agreement between drug enforcement

00:33agency

00:34DEA and the city of Birmingham police

00:36for police force police department for

00:39participating participation of two

00:41Birmingham police officer in DA's

00:43highintensive drug trafficking er errors

00:47errors task force program and synthetic

00:51procurement enforcement and regulation

00:53spear task force program with the

00:55dispersement of HIDA and spear resource

00:58funds to the city of Birmingham

01:00reimbursement to the city for qualified

01:02salary and benefits as well as qualified

01:04expenses. The agreement covers the

01:06period beginning October the 1st, 2026

01:09and ending September the 29th. Food's

01:12here to represent that item.

01:16come to the podium and state your name

01:17and address for the record, please.

01:23>> Yes, ma'am. I'm Detective Busy with the

01:25Birmingham Police Department. Uh

01:28the uh program itself, there's there's

01:31two folds. There's a Haida program which

01:33is the officer who is assigned to the uh

01:36the enforcement of the high intensity

01:38drug task force and then there's a

01:40precursor side of it which I'm assigned

01:42to presently which is the portion that

01:45we deal with the uh illegal u

01:48prescriptions uh doctor shopping illegal

01:50doctors who are prescribing uh against

01:53the uh over their what they should be

01:56prescribing and stuff like that. So we

01:58have two officers, one assigned to the

01:59Haida and one assigned to the the prec

02:01precursor side. And basically what this

02:04is an agreement that they on the Haida

02:06side they provide a uh reimbursement for

02:09a vehicle that we purchase. On my side

02:11they actually provide a vehicle for me

02:13to use. They also provide all our o well

02:16up to about 20,000 per detective

02:19overtime reimbursements. So

02:22>> okay. All right. We're going to uh send

02:24this to the full council. I don't have a

02:26quorum today. We're going to send this

02:28to a full council's um just have

02:31somebody to come to the council meeting

02:33so we can um get it, you know, put on um

02:36consent.

02:36>> All right, we'll be there. Thank you,

02:37ma'am.

02:38>> Thank you. Appreciate it. Next item.

02:39Item number six is a resolution pursuant

02:42to subsection 11-40-1

02:46section 38-2-9

02:49Dakota, Alabama to authorize the mayor

02:50to expend funds and execute a agreement

02:52for the 2026 Magic City Tour drive. The

02:55mayor is authorized to solicit general

02:58donations and participation of citizens

03:00and local vendors through such means as

03:02billboards, radio ads, and other

03:04indirect means. The city is authorized

03:06to receive dispersed donations of toys

03:08and other items to provide to the care

03:10and emotion support of the poor needed

03:11children residing within the city. for

03:13the 2026 Majestic City Toy Drive. The

03:16meal shall be authorized to execute such

03:19contracts as as may be necessary for

03:22hosting the 2026 Magaj City toy drive

03:24promotion of the associate resources of

03:28the city and providing for vendor

03:30sponsor participation in event in

03:31accordance with the Birmingham general

03:33city code

03:35subsection 3-1-7 and the provisions of

03:38the Alabama corporate bid laws.

03:40Expenditure of city funds for the Magic

03:42City Tour drive shall not exceed $2,000.

03:46I see Ryan

03:48Jackson is before me and Chief Corey

03:50Moon. Talk about us these items. Tell us

03:52Ryan.

03:53>> Yes ma'am. Um thank you madam chair to

03:55the committee and everyone here. Um we

03:58are embarking upon another year of our

04:00Magic City tour drive as you all know.

04:03Um we serve over I believe approximately

04:07150 families traditionally but going

04:10forward we are looking to engage our

04:12partners AL42 and we will be bringing on

04:16additional partners in times past has

04:19been the title sponsor. It will look a

04:21lot different this year. However, the

04:24main emphasis on the program this year

04:26is to ensure that we are serving

04:28families of those who are most needed.

04:31um sometimes we can get in the habit of

04:33serving the same families and so we want

04:35to reach out to our community

04:37organizations. We've already began that

04:39outreach and we have just a brief

04:41timeline um that I don't mind sharing

04:43with you all but Birmingham Fire and

04:45Rescue has been a huge partner in this.

04:48Um we couldn't do it without Chief Moon

04:50and his team's leadership and how

04:51they've just wrapped their arms around

04:54this initiative. Um but a brief timeline

04:57on the 22nd you all will hear this item

05:00be made more public. Um it will come

05:02before you all in the form of the

05:05mayor's report. On the 22nd we will have

05:08a DY eblast that goes out. So, we are

05:11already in partnership with a lot of our

05:14corporate and citizen partners and they

05:16it will go out in the eblast and the

05:18registration for our Magic City Tour

05:21drive will open up October 22nd and we

05:25will have further information to go out

05:27after it. Um, we're holding on to some

05:30of that info until some final agreements

05:32are signed. But um I'll allow Chief

05:34Moore to kind of share what Birmingham

05:37Fire and Rescue's partnership has been

05:39and then we'll be free to answer any

05:41questions.

05:41>> Thank you, Ryan.

05:42>> Appreciate it,

05:43>> Chief.

05:44>> Good afternoon, everyone. So, I am Corey

05:46Moon. I serve as the fire chief of

05:47Birmingham Fire Rescue Service and like

05:50Reverend said, this this item just

05:51allows us the opportunity to give back

05:53to the community and help the kids have

05:55a good Christmas. This is something

05:57that's kind of a passion of mine. All 32

06:00of our fire stations collect uh toys for

06:02the donation. We even our my staff and

06:05all of our personnel even include and

06:07pay for some toys just so we can make

06:08sure these kids have a good Christmas.

06:09So, it's it's really a good good thing

06:11that we just we enjoy doing.

06:13>> All right. Thank you, Chief Mo. Thank

06:14you, Ryan. I guess Ryan, we'll um await

06:18that information as it unfolds and

06:20therefore my colleagues have an

06:21opportunity to hear to make sure that

06:23we're getting the information out

06:24throughout our um districts that we

06:27represent. Thank you all. Um if you can

06:29Ryan Tuesday we're going to send this to

06:31the council so it can be um you know

06:33consented due to me not having a quorum

06:35I got to you know send it you know to

06:37the full council.

06:38>> Thank you so much.

06:39>> Thank y'all. Appreciate it. Have a good

06:40day.

06:42>> Thank you. The next item is item number

06:45five. It is a resolution pursuant to

06:47subsection 11-40-1

06:5011-47-11

06:5211-4355

06:5411 41-1651B9

06:58code of Alabama authorizing mayor to

07:00execute an agreement with Crimestoppers

07:01of Metro Alabama Incorporated and

07:04Alabama nonprofit corporation under

07:06which Crimestoppers agrees to provide

07:08the city of Birmingham recurring

07:10advertising and promotion of resources

07:11of BPD via multiple media sources

07:14including but not limit committed to

07:16such media sources as filler signs, web

07:19pages, social media, newspaper, radio or

07:21television for the purpose of aiding BPD

07:23in the prevention and detection of

07:25criminal activity. The term of the

07:26agreement shall not exceed one year ends

07:28on June the 30, 2027 for said service.

07:32The city of Birmingham will pay Crime

07:33Stoppers a total total sum not to exceed

07:36$100,000. Who do we have before us to

07:39represent um the agency?

07:43State your name and address for the

07:44record, please,

07:46and just give us like an overview of

07:48what this is.

07:53>> I'm Frank Barfield, chairman of Crime

07:55Shoppers of Metro Alabama.

07:56>> Okay. And could you tell us about the

07:58agreement that you're entering in into

08:00with the city?

08:01>> I'm having a hard time hearing you.

08:03>> Can you tell us about the agreement that

08:05you guys are entering in about the

08:07Crimestoppper agreement?

08:08>> Yes, the same agreement that we've had

08:10in previous years. And basically, we're

08:12doing various forms of advert

08:13advertising, soliciting tips from the

08:15public, passing those tips along to law

08:18enforcement so that they can make

08:19arrests.

08:20>> Okay. All righty. Um, due to me not

08:23having a quorum today, I'm going to send

08:25this to the full council for the council

08:27meeting on Tuesday. And if you guys

08:29could just come to the meeting should

08:31any of my colleagues have any questions.

08:33>> Okay.

08:33>> Okay. Thank you.

08:35Next item is a resolution authorizing

08:37and approving the mayor to execute and

08:39deliver an agreement between the city of

08:41Birmingham government jobs.com doing

08:44business as NEO gov under the NEO gov

08:47will provide maintenance and support for

08:49power DMS which is currently being used

08:51by the Birmingham Police Department for

08:53a term of three years FY2747,48525

09:00for 2028 it'll be 50,954

09:04and For FY2029,

09:07it'll be $52,8527

09:10for a total not to exceed $150,433,46.

09:15Who do we have before us? State your

09:18name and address for the record, please.

09:23>> Good afternoon. I'm Annette Harris. I

09:25serve as deputy director in IMS.

09:27>> Okay. Talk to me about this item. So I

09:30believe the police department uses Neo

09:32gov to um manage their training like

09:35when they have to schedule to do their

09:37fit testing at the at the range and

09:40other mandatory training or and um any

09:44ordinances or something that changes

09:47that affects them.

09:48>> Okay. All right. Um just make sure

09:50there's a representative is at the

09:52council meeting on Tuesday. We're going

09:54to send it to the full council if they

09:56have any questions. um that somebody

09:58will be here to answer those questions,

10:00but it'll come to the you know the full

10:02council for a vote.

10:03>> Okay. Thank you. First item, Detective

10:08Campbell.

10:09>> Yes, Madam President. This item is going

10:11to be Iron and Oak Tavern 2021 Park

10:14Place, Birmingham, Alabama 35203.

10:18>> It's the applicant here.

10:23>> And this is with the trap kitchen.

10:26What's it called?

10:27Iron Oak Tavern.

10:30>> Oh, I'm sorry. Number three. Okay. So,

10:31we starting with number three. Okay.

10:33Tell us about um this this item.

10:35>> I'm wanting to open the restaurant up

10:37inside the TWeer Hotel across the street

10:40and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

10:43>> Okay. Any um incidents at this location?

10:46>> No incidents.

10:47>> All right. Does the applicant meet

10:48zoning?

10:49>> Probably zone mixeduse downtown and it

10:51does meet zoning requirements.

10:52>> Miss Brown, good standard with taxes and

10:54revenue.

10:55>> Yes. stand Texas and revenue.

10:57>> Okay. Anybody here to speak for or

10:59against this item? Seeing none, we see

11:02that you met with the Central City

11:03Neighborhood Association on 81 18 2026

11:06for was in attendance and four

11:08supported. So, you're opening up a

11:10restaurant inside of the Tubiler.

11:11>> Yes, ma'am.

11:11>> What's the hours of operation?

11:13>> 6:30 in the morning till 11:00 p.m. at

11:15night.

11:16>> Okay. All right. So, breakfast, lunch

11:18somewhere, dinner somewhere. Okay. What

11:20type of food would you be will you be

11:21serving? Uh classic American breakfast

11:24with brunch and then full lunch menu of

11:27salads, sandwiches,

11:30um couple entre and dinner. Just a full

11:33on cage and greet.

11:35>> All right. You'll be open seven days a

11:37week.

11:37>> Yes, ma'am.

11:38>> All right. All right. Um we're going to

11:40send this item to the full council. Um

11:43um make sure that you're here in case

11:45anybody have any questions um Tuesday um

11:49for a vote.

11:50>> Okay.

11:50>> Thank you. Appreciate Thank you.

11:52>> All right. Next item. Uh, Detective

11:54Campbell.

11:54>> Yes, Madam President. Item number two is

11:56going to be Double Cups, 524 19th

11:59Street, Ansley, Birmingham, Alabama

12:0135218.

12:04>> Seeing the applicant, when you approach

12:06the podium, please state your name and

12:08address for the record, please.

12:12>> Uh, my name is Orante Picket. Um, it's

12:1452419th Street in Ansley.

12:17>> Okay. Um, Detective Campbell, any

12:20incidents at this location?

12:22>> No incidents.

12:23>> All right, Mr. Low, does the applicant

12:25meet zoning?

12:26>> Property is zone B3 and it does meet

12:27zoning requirements.

12:28>> M Brown, are they in good standing with

12:30tax and revenue?

12:31>> Yes, they are in good standing with

12:32taxes and revenue.

12:33>> Are anybody here to speak for or against

12:35this item? Seeing none, you met with the

12:38Ensley neighborhood on 8 20 26 15 were

12:42in attendance. Two opposed, 13 supported

12:46your venture. Tell me about the double

12:48cups. I need to know your hours of

12:49operations and tell me about your public

12:52safety plan.

12:53>> Um, okay. Operations is from Wednesday

12:56to Thursday um 5 to 1 and from Friday to

13:00Sunday um 5 to 2 to 2 o'clock. Um far as

13:06my safety plans, I have um I have

13:08abundant security um license security.

13:12We're going to have um have three

13:14securities. one one that's for the

13:16front. I mean, one one that's from the

13:17entrance and one one that's from the um

13:20the exit and also there's uh one that's

13:22that'll be in between. Um I have cameras

13:27set up out front. I have um two cameras

13:30out front that's uh point on each side,

13:32one that's in the back. Um I have one

13:35that's over the bar um one that's that

13:39uh sits off from the balcony and one

13:41also in the exit area as well. Um,

13:46let me see. And

13:53>> pretty much, you know.

13:55>> Okay. And what's your age limit?

13:57>> Um, it's 25.

13:58>> 25 and Okay. Yes, sir.

14:00>> Um, have you talked to Detective

14:02Campbell or the compliance team about

14:03the Birmingham Connect? Like connecting

14:05your cameras to the real time crime

14:07center?

14:08>> Um, no I haven't.

14:09>> Okay. I would highly recommend that you

14:12step over and get some information about

14:14they're talking to Detective Campbell um

14:16and the team and Detective Fees about

14:18how do you how do you do that?

14:20>> Okay.

14:20>> Okay. So, Tuesday, um make sure you're

14:24at city council meeting in case some of

14:25my colleagues have any questions. Um

14:27we'll be taking a vote on it Tuesday.

14:30>> Yes, ma'am.

14:30>> Okay. In step with Doc, uh Detective

14:32Fees and that team over there. Thank

14:34you.

14:35>> Next item, Detective Campbell. Yes,

14:39Madam President. Item number one, Trap

14:41Kitchen, 1003rd Avenue West, Birmingham,

14:44Alabama 35204.

14:47>> State your name and address for the

14:48record, please.

14:49>> Don Cunningham, 10003rd Avenue West,

14:52Birmingham, Alabama 35204.

14:55>> Okay, Detective Campbell, any incidents

14:57at this location?

14:58>> No incidents.

15:00>> All right, Mr. Lois, the applicant meets

15:01zoning.

15:02>> Property is zone C2 and it does meet

15:04zoning requirements. Miss Brown, is the

15:07applicant in good standing with taxes

15:08and revenue?

15:09>> Yes, the applicant's in good standing

15:11with taxes and revenue.

15:12>> Okay. You met with the Bushell

15:14Neighborhood Association on 822 2026. 34

15:18people were in attendance. Zero opposed,

15:2121 support. Tell us about the Trap

15:23Kitchen, please.

15:24>> Uh Trap Kitchen is a local restaurant

15:26that we're bringing into the

15:28neighborhood. It going to create great

15:30food, great job energies and

15:32opportunities to work along with our

15:34neighborhoods association to uh help

15:37build the community. So basically just a

15:39restaurant, southern cooking, soul food

15:42restaurant with a little over the top

15:44cuisines with things like lamb chops,

15:47steaks, and things of that nature.

15:49>> What time will you be open?

15:50>> It'll be 5:00 a.m. to 5 No, I'm sorry.

15:535:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

15:55>> What days of the week? Is it every day

15:56or what?

15:57>> Wednesday. Wednesday through Sunday.

15:59Okay. Want. So, basically restaurant um

16:02types.

16:03>> Yes, ma'am.

16:03>> So, this is on Third Avenue. What about

16:05on Third Avenue?

16:06>> Uh Third Avenue cross street from the

16:09It's on the same street at the Shells on

16:12Third.

16:13>> Mhm.

16:13>> You go down probably about a block and a

16:15half and it sits on your right, right

16:17across from the Chevron.

16:18>> Okay. Alrighty. Alrighty. Um

16:24um make sure that you come to the city

16:25council meeting on Thursday. I mean, I'm

16:29sorry, on Tuesday.

16:31Um so if any of my colleagues have any

16:35questions um before and we'll be voting

16:37on it on um Tuesday.

16:39>> Yes, ma'am.

16:40>> Okay.

16:41>> Okay.

16:41>> Thank you. All right.

16:43>> All and new business. Seeing none,

16:46meeting is adjourned. Thank y'all.

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