Pelham council approves FY2026 budget, pay plan and several infrastructure and land-use measures
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Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting the Pelham City Council unanimously adopted the FY2026 operating and capital budgets, a classification pay plan, rezoned a 5.22-acre property near Ridge Drive, accepted easements for a sewer lift station project, and appointed five members to the stormwater board.
The Pelham City Council on Sept. 8, 2025, unanimously approved a bundle of fiscal, personnel and land-use measures, including the city’s fiscal year 2026 operating and capital budgets and a companion classification pay plan.
Councilors approved Resolution 2025090808 to adopt the FY2026 operating and capital budgets and related debt service schedule. The council also approved Resolution 2025090810 adopting the City of Pelham classification pay plan for fiscal year 2026; city staff described the pay plan as a companion to the budget that will affect the pay schedule and implementation details will be handled by the finance department and city manager’s office.
On land-use and infrastructure matters, the council adopted Ordinance 135268 on final vote (first reading was Aug. 18, 2025) rezoning approximately 5.22 acres near Ridge Drive from B-2 (general business) to R-1A (single-family residential). The council unanimously approved Resolution 2025090809 to accept all real property easements associated with the Eagle Cove Subdivision sewer lift station rehabilitation and improvement project.
The council also passed Resolution 2025081802 appointing five citizens to the Pelham Stormwater Board: William Carroll, Catherine Davenport, Will Moore, James Morris and Aaron Wilkes. Each of the measures passed on unanimous voice or roll-call votes recorded in the meeting transcript.
Motions to approve the budget and related items were offered, seconded and carried without recorded opposition. City officials thanked staff in the finance department and the city manager’s office for preparing the budget materials.
The complete text of each ordinance and resolution is available at Pelham City Hall and online at pelhamalabama.gov.
