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Birmingham holds public hearing on 2025–26 budget as residents press for street, stormwater and trash fixes
Summary
At a June 4 public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2025–26 Birmingham City budget, residents urged the council to prioritize street repairs, emergency stormwater fixes, equitable trash service and to direct transit funds to city routes; council members and staff described implementation timelines for ARPA money and a new state school-zone mandate.
Council member Crystal Smitherman, chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, opened a public hearing June 4 on the City of Birmingham’s proposed fiscal 2025–26 general and capital budgets and invited oral and written comments.
The hearing drew two in-person residents who urged the city to redirect budget attention to street and stormwater repairs, to address inequities in trash collection, and to target transit funding within city limits.
Daniel Christiansen, a resident of 2412 Second Avenue North, commended the city’s recently installed protected bike lane on Rugby Avenue and urged expansion of similar projects. He raised concerns about the city’s allocation for maintaining private property while public infrastructure remains in disrepair, and said the city’s two-tier trash collection system — in which some residents must pay private haulers while others receive city-subsidized pickup — has…
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