Local Politics
  1. Home
  2. US
  3. Alabama
  4. Birmingham
  5. Meetings

2026-11-10 - City Council

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; outcomes are unknown because no minutes or video exist yet.

  • First reading of an ordinance adding a "Public Camping" article to the city code that prohibits camping on public property and rights-of-way, requires removal of unlawful camps and provides for connecting people to resources (see Public Camping Ordinance).
  • First reading of an ordinance adding a "Medical Cannabis Dispensary" schedule to the business license ordinance (see Medical Cannabis Dispensary Business License).
  • First reading of the FAA ordinance for the police drone program under the Skyfire contract (see Public Safety Drone Program).
  • First reading of a HOME agreement with Titusville Development Corporation and, on consent, one with Renew Birmingham, each up to $100,000 (see Magic City Champions HOME Agreements).
  • Consent contracts: Alabama Symphonic Association (up to $25,000), Red Cross blood products ($60,000), Cvent ($189,930.65) and ROK Technologies ($511,090); see Technology and Software Contracts.
  • Thirty resolutions declare buildings unsafe public nuisances and direct demolition (see Unsafe Building Demolitions and Nuisance Abatement), plus an abatement-cost lien resolution for dozens of properties and a weed nuisance resolution for 136 properties setting a December 15, 2026 public hearing.
  • Nonprofit and community agreements (Symphonic Association, Red Cross) are also tracked under Nonprofit Agreements and Afterschool Grant; most consent items were first on the November 9 Budget and Finance agenda.
  • The agenda has 57 items; no amended agenda was found. The agenda attachment packet was not read.
  • Minutes for August 4, 11, 18 and 25 are up for approval; minutes for September 1 through November 3 are listed as not ready (see Council Minutes Backlog).
  • Invocation by a Salvation Army commander; pledge led by Council Pro Tempore LaTonya A. Tate.

Agenda

Opening: invocation, pledge, roll call, approval of minutes (August 4, 11, 18, 25, 2026), minutes not ready (September 1 to November 3), communications from the Mayor.

Final passage

  1. Resolution authorizing abatement of nuisances on listed properties, with assessed costs as liens (consent, public hearing)

First reading
2. Public camping ordinance (Title 11, new Article C)
3. Medical cannabis dispensary business license schedule (Schedule 421, NAICS 453)
4. FAA ordinance for police drone operations (Skyfire contract, Resolution 487-26)
5. HOME Program Development Agreement with Titusville Development Corporation, up to $100,000

Consent
6. Alabama Symphonic Association, up to $25,000 over three years
7. American Red Cross blood products, up to $60,000
8. Cvent software, up to $189,930.65
9. ROK Technologies GIS hosting, up to $511,090
10. HOME Program Development Agreement with Renew Birmingham, up to $100,000
11. Settlement of $25,567 for an automobile insurance claim against Travelers
12. Acceptance of $1,000 in civil costs in a nuisance case against a realty company
13-42. Thirty resolutions declaring structures unsafe public nuisances and directing demolition
43. Change Order #1 with Johnson Controls Security Solutions ($1,546.38), Arlington House Museum fire alarm
44. Renew Birmingham bid for weed abatement and debris (one year)
45. Sam Tell Companies bid for food service equipment and supplies
46. Strickland Paper Company bid for paper and envelopes
47. United Contracting bid for asbestos abatement
48. Payment to Amazon for Stormwater Division equipment ($1,163.74)
49-50. Payments to Paul Pierce Paint and Body for vehicle repairs ($8,523.41 and $5,714.52)
51. Payment to Pole Vault Georgia for Crossplex track and field equipment ($29,749.00)
52-53. Payments to Stiver's Ford for vehicle repairs ($3,946.13 and $5,254.01)
54. Thompson Tractor Company parts and services, one year
55-56. Advanced expense accounts for officials and for city employees
57. Declaring 136 properties noxious weed nuisances; public hearing December 15, 2026

Closing: old and new business, presentations, request from the public, adjournment. Weed nuisance properties abated since the October 6 resolution (Resolution 2189-26) are listed as withdrawn.

Sources