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Council adopts multiple resolutions and licenses; key items include ALDOT agreements and liquor licenses
Summary
At its meeting, the Montgomery City Council approved a series of routine and discretionary items: ALDOT safety projects, multiple restaurant retail liquor licenses, demolition authorizations, appointments and a slate of small community funding allocations; the council also scheduled committee review for business license changes.
The Montgomery City Council adopted a series of resolutions, licenses and appointments Tuesday, covering road-safety projects, business licenses, liquor licenses and several administrative items.
Votes and key outcomes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved (unanimous). The council approved the consent agenda at the meeting's outset.
- Item 5, restaurant retail liquor license for operation as "Maris Carillo"/Alfonso Ramirez at 1863 Mountain Road: Motion to adopt carried; license approved (no recorded opposition).
- Item 9, resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with ALDOT for high-friction treatment installation on Belzer Avenue (Wearing Blue Drive to Haines Circle Road): Suspended the rules and adopted (unanimous).
- Item 10, resolution authorizing execution of an ALDOT agreement for Waresbury Road Elementary School crosswalk (90/10 split): Suspended the rules and adopted (unanimous).
- Item 11, amendment to the Central Alabama Regional Planning And Development Commission recipient agreement for critical home repair: Suspended the rules and adopted (unanimous).
- Item 12, restaurant retail liquor license for "Paid By 3 Years" (163 Eastern Boulevard): Public hearing held; council suspended the rules and adopted. Council required the business to install exterior parking-lot cameras and scheduled a 60-day follow-up review before the license is fully reviewed.
- Item 13, business license / retail location (Quick Shop at 4020 Troy): Suspended the rules and adopted (unanimous).
- Item 14, appointment of Michelle Summers to a city museum board (as listed): Motion to suspend rules and adopt; appointment approved unanimously.
- Item 15, authorizations under Ala. Code 11-53B-1 for demolition of unsafe structures at listed locations: Motion to adopt carried (unanimous); demolition authorizations upheld.
- Item 16, resolution assessing public nuisances and related signage/permit items: Council amended the resolution on the floor to strike subitem 16.16 from the record and adopted the remainder; suspension of rules and amendment were approved.
- Historic-preservation appointment: Council suspended rules and adopted a resolution appointing Vincent Hall to the Montgomery Historic Preservation Commission (unanimous).
- District funding allocations: Councilors offered and approved a set of modest community grants and allocations (district-specific allocations to youth teams and nonprofit groups as read into the record); council adopted the funding slate.
Other business
- Business license ordinance for builders (license tax classification, section 16-106 schedule): Council carried the item and agreed to meet in a finance committee meeting next Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. to review the fee cap proposal and related calculations. Several councilors said the proposed schedule had produced surprisingly large fees (one example cited a builder's license jumping from ~$1,100 to about $11,000), and the council requested staff and builder representatives attend the committee meeting.
Several items were adopted by unanimous voice vote after motions to suspend the rules, as noted above. Where the council required follow-up (for example, the Paid By 3 Years liquor license and the builders fee schedule), staff were directed to return with documents or conduct the committee meeting as scheduled.
