Votes at a glance: council approves municipal lien enforcement, cemetery wall funds, port aid, ShotSpotter renewal and several contracts

Birmingham City Council members approved a package of ordinances and resolutions on Tuesday that covered municipal code enforcement, cemetery maintenance funding, support for port infrastructure, public-safety technology, and several procurement contracts. The items were taken as part of regular business and the consent agenda; several were called out for brief discussion before passage.

Ordinance on municipal-lien foreclosure (Item 14): The council passed an ordinance to add a new chapter to the building and land-use code to implement provisions the administration cited from the Code of Alabama, concerning judicial in rem foreclosure of municipal code-enforcement and nuisance abatement liens. The ordinance passed on a final vote (Item 14).

Oak Hill Memorial Association amendment (Item 15): Council approved an amendment to the agreement with Oak Hill Memorial Association to add $25,000 for work on the cemetery’s eastern perimeter wall, bringing the total not to exceed amount cited in the meeting to $226,297.…