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Homewood committee approves City Hall Plaza permit and adopts 2025 election ordinance
Summary
The Homewood City Special Issues Committee on Feb. 17 approved a seasonal permit for use of the City Hall Plaza, took no action on a street-name administrative item, and adopted an ordinance describing 2025 qualifying fees and four voting districts.
The Homewood City Special Issues Committee on Feb. 17 approved a seasonal permit for use of the City Hall Plaza and adopted an ordinance setting qualifying fees and the four voting districts for the 2025 elections.
The actions were taken during a regularly scheduled special issues meeting at Homewood City Hall. Committee members voted unanimously on the ordinance and on the plaza permit; one administrative street-name item was withdrawn by staff before the committee acted.
The seasonal-use permit was presented by an applicant representative seeking approval for a pair of six-week recreational seasons on the City Hall Plaza in 2025. The representative said the group averages “about 40 to 50 players” and typically brings family members, picks up trash after events and provides its own equipment. The spring season was described as running from Monday, April 7, through Monday, May 12, and the fall season from Monday, Sept. 8, through Monday, Oct. 13; both seasons would meet on Monday evenings, with play beginning about 5:30 p.m. and ending about 7:30 p.m. The committee approved the permit by voice vote, recorded as 4–0.
Committee members also discussed an administrative request to correct signage wording for South Forest Drive so that it matches the U.S. Postal Service and county usage. Staff said the change would align local signs with what residents and the Postal Service already use, and that no formal resolution was required. The item was subsequently removed from the agenda at the committee’s request and recorded as dropped.
On the final substantive item, City Clerk Beau Seagrest presented an ordinance to determine the election process for the mayor and the city council and to describe four voting districts for the 2025 election. Seagrest told the committee that the chartered qualifying fees are $50 for mayoral candidates and $25 for council candidates, and that the four districts are defined as shown on the map used during prior city-manager discussions. The committee approved the ordinance by voice vote, recorded as 4–0.
Procedural business included a motion related to reading minutes from the Feb. 3 meeting, which passed on a voice vote earlier in the session. With the ordinance adopted and other items disposed of, the committee adjourned.
