Birmingham council approves consent agenda and several funding items; zoning hearing set
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On April 8 the council approved the consent agenda and passed measures including funding for Pioneer Chapel restoration, a $7,500 agreement with Holy Family Catholic Academy, purchase authority for police crash-data devices, and set a public hearing on a zoning text amendment.
The Birmingham City Council on April 8 approved its consent agenda and voted separately on several items, including funding increases for a historic-chapel restoration, a program agreement with a private academy, equipment for police crash reporting, and the scheduling of a zoning text amendment public hearing.
Item 2: Pioneer Chapel restoration — The council approved an ordinance authorizing the mayor to amend the city’s agreement with Oak Hill Memorial Association to provide an additional $60,000 for the Pioneer Chapel Restoration Project. That amendment increases the funding on the agreement for FY 2024–25 to an amount not to exceed $261,297 for the year. The item passed on a council vote.
Item 7: Holy Family Catholic Academy agreement — The council approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Holy Family Catholic Academy for an amount not to exceed $7,500. The resolution language was amended on the floor to state the funds will be used to “add additional education and enrichment opportunities” at below-market-rate discounts to poor and needy students, and to replace a prior reference to Birmingham City Schools with Holy Family Catholic Academy. Funds were stated to come from District 8 discretionary funds.
Item 19: Police crash-data equipment — The council approved a resolution allowing the department to purchase equipment to extract crash data from vehicles for use in accident reports. Birmingham Police Department staff told the council the approval allows ordering as many units as the department needs; the resolution authorizes the procurement. Council member Abbott asked questions about how the units will be deployed; the chief explained the devices support preparation of police accident reports.
Item 32: Zoning text amendment public hearing — The council set a public hearing for June 6, 2025, to consider adoption of a proposed text amendment to the city’s zoning ordinance (Ordinance No. 15-1-303; case ZSC2025-3).
Consent and housekeeping changes — Council reviewed the consent agenda and several clerical changes to line items, GL account numbers and amounts. Item 6 was withdrawn from the consent agenda; items 4, 7 and 19 were removed for separate action or discussion as noted on the record. The consent agenda then passed by voice vote.
All actions described above were approved by the council during the April 8 meeting. Details such as contract numbers, specific program deliverables, and subrecipient agreements were not provided in the transcript and are listed below where the meeting did not specify them.