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Votes at a glance: council approves violence-intervention and opioid contracts, HUD amendment and community contingencies

January 07, 2025 | Montgomery City, Montgomery County, Alabama


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Votes at a glance: council approves violence-intervention and opioid contracts, HUD amendment and community contingencies
At the meeting the council approved several contracts, resolutions and district contingency allocations. The following items were adopted by unanimous voice vote (recorded as “unanimous” in the meeting):

- Resolution approving a contract with Project Move Free USA (listed in the meeting as Project Move Free USA) for $200,000 to support violence-intervention programming. The motion to suspend rules and adopt carried unanimously.

- Resolution approving a contract with UAB Heersink School of Medicine for $345,676 (described in the meeting as funding tied to opioid settlement monies). Council discussion indicated part of settlement proceeds were allocated to community substance-abuse efforts and part to UAB for prevention and treatment work; the mayor said the funds were distributed to Council for Substance Abuse and UAB.

- Resolution approving substantial amendments to the HUD Action Plan (program years 2021–23) allocating $328,710.61 to the Fairview Farmers Market. Council voted to suspend rules and adopt; the resolution was adopted unanimously.

- Ordinance amending the composition, appointment and term of office for members of the planning commission (codified in section 21-32 of the Code of Ordinances) was moved and adopted unanimously.

- Resolutions approving abatement of public nuisances on various lots were adopted by unanimous vote.

- The council approved a number of district contingency allocations and grants presented near the end of the meeting (examples: district contingencies to neighborhood and arts groups; amounts were introduced by councilmembers and approved by motion). The meeting transcript lists multiple small allocations by district (amounts and recipients were recorded on the record and adopted by voice vote).

The transcript records unanimous adoption for the listed items; where a specific tally or mover/second was not recorded in the transcript, this summary notes the unanimous outcome as stated during the meeting.

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