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Hoover City Council approves series of appointments, service agreements and expanded livestreaming
Summary
Hoover’s City Council approved a slate of administrative resolutions that included personnel appointments, service contracts with Motorola and other vendors, and restored livestreaming for Planning & Zoning meetings.
The Hoover City Council approved a package of administrative resolutions authorizing appointments, service agreements and policy changes across city operations.
Among the personnel and governance measures, the council appointed Norman McDuffie as interim police chief (Resolution 8664‑25), confirmed Casey Bentley as fire chief (Resolution 8665‑25), and appointed Robert Yeager as city treasurer through Dec. 31 (Resolution 8663‑25). The council also approved an additional municipal court magistrate, Terisha Henderson (Resolution 8652‑25), and approved a reclassification of the economic development manager to director (Resolution 8662‑25) with a stated total annual salary and benefits increase of $28,790.22 funded from the department budget.
On training and interagency cooperation, the council approved an agreement with Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital to allow clinical emergency‑department staff to ride with Hoover Fire Department personnel in an observational capacity (Resolution 8653‑25). Finance and public‑safety contracts approved include an annual managed detection and response cybersecurity service through Motorola Solutions (ActivEye) at a stated annual cost of $193,315 (Resolution 8656‑25), and a year‑one Astro service upgrade with Motorola priced at $95,527, with the five‑year total listed at $507,166.32 (Resolution 8657‑25).
The council authorized a one‑year agreement with Integral LLC (doing business as Integral Protection and Staffing) to provide uniform security personnel at Aldridge Gardens at an hourly rate of $21 (Resolution 8658‑25). It also accepted a $75,000 contribution from the Alabama Department of Tourism to offset costs for hosting the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament, with quarterly payments to be included in the FY26 budget (Resolution 8654‑25).
Council also expanded the city’s livestreaming and archiving policy to include gavel‑to‑gavel streaming and eight‑year online retention of Hoover Planning & Zoning Commission meetings held in council chambers (Resolution 8651‑25). Staff said most of the items were budgeted for FY26 or would be included via budget amendment when required.
All listed resolutions were presented and passed by voice votes during the meeting; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the minutes for these items.
