Votes at a glance: Homewood Finance Committee actions, Jan. 27, 2025

The Homewood City Finance Committee recorded the following formal actions during its Jan. 27 meeting. All votes listed below reflect the committee’s roll-call tallies as stated in the meeting transcript.

Votes at a glance

- Insurance renewal (agenda item 180125): Approved 4-0. Motion to approve insurance renewal with the recommended option that retains a $500,000 crime limit and uses marketplace options including Hiscox. (Mover: Mister Brandt; Second: Mister Harden.)

- Contract with UES Professional Services for concrete testing (agenda item 10125): Approved 4-0. Contract amount shown as $5,000; funding reallocated from city-hall repair to building improvements capital account. (Mover: Mister Guatney; Second: Mister Harden.)

- Surplus of filing cabinets and miscellaneous finance items (agenda item 02 0125): Approved 4-0. Items listed included 10 filing cabinets, a couch, desk floor mats, a broken backing cleaner and a laser printer. (Mover: Mister Harden; Second: Mister Guatney.)

- Upgrade accounting assistant position to revenue examiner (agenda item 030125): Approved 4-0. Motion to reclassify an accounting assistant to a revenue examiner following personnel-board eligibility; staff noted revenue recoveries associated with the role. (Mover: Mister Brandt; Second: Mister Walton.)

- Contract with Gossett Construction for sidewalk and midblock crossing on Columbiana Road (agenda item 04125): Approved 4-0. Contract amount $15,128; beacons to be funded separately. (Mover/Second: recorded in transcript; vote 4-0.)

- Contract with Great Southern Recreation for Salter Road Pocket Park equipment (agenda item 050125): Approved 4-0. Committee selected option 2 (equipment) and will use grant-funded recycled-tire surfacing. (Mover: Mister Pauline; Second: Mister Harden.)

- Approve issuance of RFP for outsourced payroll and HR services (agenda item 160125): Approved 4-0. Bid due date set for Feb. 10; staff to coordinate with encode upgrade and return with vendor recommendations. (Mover: Mister Brandt; Second: Mister Walton.)

- Ordinance to allow appointment of a city manager pursuant to Alabama Code section 11-43-20 (agenda item 170125): Approved 4-0. The committee approved forwarding the ordinance to council to permit the hiring process under the cited code section. (Mover: Mister Waltney; Second: Mister Harden.)

Other committee actions and carryovers

- The Homewood Beautification Plan (131024) and a tax-incentive agreement item (141124 for Pivley Wiggly Construction Project) were carried over for future committee meetings; staff will present proposals or applicant representatives at subsequent meetings.

Notes: Where the transcript did not capture a specific mover or seconder name for an item, the committee’s recorded roll-call (4-0) is reported as stated in the meeting.