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The mayor also encouraged registration for the Tuscaloosa Mayor's Cup, saying online registration was open for about 48 hours and that on-site registration would be available the morning of the race. He said the event raises funds for pre‑K classrooms and noted higher-than-usual registration this year.

Council member Lanier announced that a groundbreaking for upgrades to Burrell Odom Park would be held the following morning at 10 a.m. and invited the community to attend.

During citizens' comments, Jim Knox, president of Steelworkers Local 351, invited the mayor and council to the union's 78th anniversary on May 2 and described the planned schedule and location. Resident Runtree Dunn asked why certain public water fountains on the city's west side were not operating and raised a separate concern about lighting on a recently built bridge on Skyland/McFarland; city staff said they would reconnect with the resident and that bridge lighting was under state (not city) responsibility.

Those items were announcements and public comments; no formal action was taken on the park or the fountain or bridge issues during the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tuscaloosa City Council Meeting - Apr 22, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Mayor Walt Maddox read a proclamation declaring Medical Laboratory Professionals Week in April 2025 and promoted the Tuscaloosa Mayor's Cup. Council announced a Burrell Odom Park groundbreaking; public commenters invited the mayor to a union anniversary and asked about local water fountains and bridge lighting.","taxTitle","Tuscaloosa City, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama","taxId",4830,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6264479,"Tuscaloosa council adopts series of resolutions, contracts and funding amendments",119,937000,1056000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096401-a3bdbe8f0a042fc05ac9d6fb659d83e5&start=937&end=1056","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096401-a3bdbe8f0a042fc05ac9d6fb659d83e5/thumbnail_937000.jpg","/articles/6264479/Tuscaloosa-City/Tuscaloosa-County/Alabama/Tuscaloosa-council-adopts-series-of-resolutions-contracts-and-funding-amendments","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6264479-5f6b909405b129748d83747d7fdcc731/orig.mp4?Expires=1771206955&Signature=Tck7rJd~lDDEYM-pwOMAboqSJJ2OLq-oiQjWGzmTUW9K3Lx4Nb24uHfwki9eH7A4F8KCOIGAmcpgjrGQjuLMLyPnWxEUitP2rtxpa7kdJ0ecIBv0318yiKBR-6xafTNJGnYzXJE84Kc-J5rfXFiNgJXObeWocDSUAQYt-rZ5B90KgEO7xPJpS5x7Vxb4oCvjo~Bc9sWg22akFSE~DvtrUptKLLZsMUOMFTRaVDtm2419Oa7b3Wxh-Qo2m9OEJ40~3iHna-sd5j~M6LtiyeairFN1kc0zj0Q9fwPji-a0qQfvNf~LUSU93FgHxJtmzi22t5s-hVABGky9m1JQ8WoZyA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tuscaloosa City Council adopted a range of resolutions and professional and minor public-works contracts during the meeting, approving vendor agreements and subrecipient funding amendments and authorizing financial drafts for right-of-way acquisitions.

Key approvals included a professional services contract with Lamar Media Corporation; disbursement from District 3 Improvement Funds; minor public-works contracts with Alabama Guardrail Incorporated, Alabama ProStripe, Browning Masonry Company Inc., and Budget Blinds of Tuscaloosa; and a professional services contract with Vision Security Technologies Inc. The council also authorized the chief financial officer to draw drafts for right-of-way acquisitions on the University Boulevard Improvements Project and approved a draft payable to LLL LLC related to the Firing Range Road access improvement.

The council adopted Amendment 2 to subrecipient funding contracts with the Salvation Army, Temporary Emergency Services Inc., and Turning Point. Council members also approved job class specifications for a UD principal planner position. Several ordinances amending Code of Tuscaloosa sections (exhibits A and B to Section 19-42, and amendments to sections 19-2-29 and 19-2-35) were introduced; one set of amendments was deferred to the next meeting for adoption.

All listed resolutions and contracts were adopted by council vote during the meeting unless noted as deferred. The clerk recorded the votes and the council moved to the next agenda items.","At its meeting the council approved multiple professional and public-works contracts, amendments to subrecipient funding contracts, district disbursements and job-class changes. Several minor code exhibit amendments were introduced or deferred.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6264484,"Tuscaloosa council orders demolition of 434 Eighth Avenue Northeast after housing-code violations",41,435000,476000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096401-a3bdbe8f0a042fc05ac9d6fb659d83e5&start=435&end=476","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096401-a3bdbe8f0a042fc05ac9d6fb659d83e5/thumbnail_435000.jpg","/articles/6264484/Tuscaloosa-City/Tuscaloosa-County/Alabama/Tuscaloosa-council-orders-demolition-of-434-Eighth-Avenue-Northeast-after-housing-code-violations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6264484-559bf09c42e0f29633015d6f39cec97b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771206955&Signature=jy~cFTbCxnl35lC3doEcxDKurMhGxf8J-G3uvMqtEJ--QH81fXtlHHTroZWFBArFUrlWPVvZ1jMkO-Yf6DbYacJC4EX8jXpfNDdnTS9p35nPbnU3Bo4A9hBr9M4ZvDcMrhuCtGzKBFWLgX~oyET8NKnerwRGbW5kg6jxpOIJnFcjkvX1ElvS8H1SmbiZaJFNl-xeFWmOU2iu43J0pOrO-tgLfXvijinWLKon7KYjn7m0~8eiF6VJ-k9AulRrJ97wE42UJJQOZdRv0YocyVF8JdzecSgfUQmLv0vUsELkK5yGOjsYVam5bxyvqvLHUZ6HwLeQVD1Fatf~6tprdR2TCw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tuscaloosa City Council voted to order the demolition of a condemned structure at 434 Eighth Avenue Northeast after a staff presentation said the property has 49 housing code violations and the owner did not appear at the hearing.

City inspector Mister Williams told the council the property was condemned on Dec. 5, 2025, and that the owner has been contacted and is aware that if the property is demolished the cost will be charged back to the owner. Williams said the owner was not present to represent the property at the hearing.

The council held a public hearing and asked whether anyone present wished to speak for or against the demolition; no one appeared. After the hearing, the council voted to adopt the demolition order and instructed the clerk to record the action.

The order directs city staff to proceed with demolition and to charge the owner for associated costs; the council did not specify a demolition date during the hearing.","The council adopted an order to demolish a condemned house at 434 Eighth Avenue Northeast, citing 49 housing code violations; the property owner did not appear at the hearing and will be charged demolition costs.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6264489,"Tuscaloosa council approves alcohol licenses for new Walmart 2500, including separate liquor box",285,490000,775000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3096401-a3bdbe8f0a042fc05ac9d6fb659d83e5&start=490&end=775","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3096401-a3bdbe8f0a042fc05ac9d6fb659d83e5/thumbnail_490000.jpg","/articles/6264489/Tuscaloosa-City/Tuscaloosa-County/Alabama/Tuscaloosa-council-approves-alcohol-licenses-for-new-Walmart-2500-including-separate-liquor-box","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6264489-054996ab5dfefb65f5fc8f2165d29525/orig.mp4?Expires=1771206955&Signature=CYiNAaiJ3Un77DjCocX8wK1d7HBfnUg4Y7VVGhFHQS4aq64RpySSBP6qOb851gHDQhHMyYZtQK~HG-3veQ0DECKCn1zfIocXDor8sO~7gTcqlMx1yB-yR3C4sgdlRvFAk7apoR~uayFIyYC-vsE~o3nWkKaW8~1Rkwg~8x3u8kgi74RlRtuQs594-WD2E2Q-LsE0p1K1zAG0U3w42bgmfkyxSP6dNnoH7j1xYAyemTmFgVYfUrZbs6cpFCJzzQaMXh4nPIsXwO4oJlsb2mQgLgYh21TLMwJdkIhHFCt96-UUozLf5V5ZU985DTAispjit9e1NUZDjfUdRTvv-74G6A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tuscaloosa City Council approved a set of Alcoholic Beverage Control applications for a new Walmart (DBA Walmart 2500), allowing off-premises retail beer and table wine sales at the store and fuel station and authorizing a Class 2 lounge retail liquor package store for a separate \"liquor box.\" The votes came during a public hearing in which the police department reported no objections.

The approvals cover ABC applications 25-020A and 25-020B for retail beer and retail table wine at the Walmart store, 25-021A and 25-021B for the fuel station, and application 25-022 for a Class 2 lounge retail liquor package store (the liquor box). Mayor Walt Maddox opened the public hearings; Officer Champion of the Tuscaloosa Police Department told the council the police department “doesn't have any objections to this applicant.”

James Sheets, presented himself as the store manager for the Tuscaloosa Walmart and said he looked forward to opening the store and “the opportunity we have right now as far as what we're planning to do with this Walmart.” Patrick McWhorter, representing Walmart Stores Inc., told the council the company will use a model with a fully separated liquor box and separate entrances, similar to designs used in other states. McWhorter said that the liquor box “will not be close to the service station. It'll be in the physical building itself” and that hard liquor would be sold only from within the liquor box.

Council members asked about alcohol sales at the fuel station. Sheets said the fuel station will sell single-serve canned beer and cases at the pumps but that hard liquor would not be sold at the pumps. He described the liquor box as connected to the store but requiring its own entry: “You have to actually exit the store and go in and out of the liquor box. There's no other way in and out.” He also confirmed the fuel island will have 10 pumps (double-sided, serving 20 positions) and that the store's grand opening is presently slated for June 18.

All ABC applications were approved after the public hearings. The council recorded the motions, and multiple council members voted in favor during the roll calls called by the mayor.

Votes at a glance: ABC application 25-020A (Walmart 2500 retail beer off premises) — approved after public hearing; ABC application 25-020B (Walmart 2500 retail table wine off premises) — approved; ABC application 25-021A (Walmart fuel station retail beer off premises) — approved; ABC application 25-021B (Walmart fuel station retail table wine off premises) — approved; ABC application 25-022 (Walmart 2500 liquor box Class 2 lounge retail liquor/package store) — approved.

The city clerk recorded the approvals and the council moved on to other agenda items after the votes.","The City Council approved multiple Alcoholic Beverage Control licenses for a new Walmart and its fuel station, including a Class 2 package store \"liquor box\" with a separate entrance. Police reported no objections during public hearings and Walmart representatives described the store layout and planned opening date.","actionData","errors"]

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