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Homewood adopts ordinance establishing council-manager government with four single-member wards
Summary
Council passed an ordinance implementing the council-manager form of government approved by voters last September, defining four wards, residency requirements and qualifying fees; ordinance effective for the Aug. 26, 2025 municipal election.
The Homewood City Council adopted an ordinance on Monday to implement a council-manager form of government consistent with a special election held Sept. 24, 2024. The ordinance establishes a five-member council consisting of an at-large mayor and four council members elected from single-member wards and sets residency and qualifying-fee rules for the Aug. 26, 2025 municipal election.
The ordinance cites the Council-Manager Act of 1982 and references Alabama Code provisions discussed during the reading. It defines four voting wards by census-tract-based descriptions (Exhibit A) and includes a map (Exhibit B). It…
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