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Council authorizes legal challenges and purchase plan to retain oversight of Birmingham Water Works
Summary
The Birmingham City Council on May 6 approved a resolution directing the mayor and city attorney to pursue legal options to retain oversight of Birmingham Water Works, approved a $1 purchase-and-sale framework for the system and authorized outside counsel up to $95,000.
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a package of measures intended to preserve city control over the Birmingham Water Works system and to prepare court challenges to state legislation.
The council approved a resolution authorizing the mayor and city attorney "to pursue all options to retain its rightful oversight of Birmingham Water Works and to protect our citizens who it serves," and to initiate court actions to oppose SB 330, the measure the resolution says would have "irreparable and devastating effects" on the Water Works and its customers. The body separately approved a purchase-and-sale framework under which the city would buy the Water Works system from the Birmingham Water Works Board for $1 plus defeasance or payment of outstanding bond principal and…
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