Tuscaloosa finance committee approves three district improvement disbursements

The Tuscaloosa City Finance Committee approved three district improvement fund disbursements during a brief meeting, approving funds for a New Heights Foundation basketball court, support for the Gauntlet community event and a $1,000 contribution to transport Northridge High School to the state playoffs.

Committee members said the New Heights Foundation funding will support construction of a basketball court at the planned New Heights Center; the specific dollar amount was not specified in the meeting record. Savannah Hornsby, introduced during the meeting as the city's deputy chief financial officer, spoke briefly as staff support for the item. "Savannah Hornsby, deputy CFO," she said when asked to identify herself.

Members then approved a District 3 disbursement to support the Gauntlet event, described in the discussion as an increasingly regional attraction that draws participants from outside Tuscaloosa. The committee recorded that the Gauntlet is scheduled for April 5 at the Bay Powell Pavilion; the disbursement amount was not specified in the record.

The committee also approved a $1,000 disbursement from District 3 improvement funds to help pay travel costs for the Northridge High School basketball team to attend the state playoffs. A committee member said the city plans a later reception to honor Paul W. Bryant High School, and staff were working on scheduling that event.

All three items were adopted by voice vote during the meeting. No formal roll-call tallies or recorded dissent were included in the transcript. The committee did not set conditions or further follow-up tasks on the disbursements during the recorded discussion.