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Mobile City Council approves consent items, introduces ordinances and outlines Water Street grant plan
Summary
Council adopted the agenda, approved consent and CIP items (including tennis-center security cameras), introduced ordinances to be laid over, set hearings and authorized the mayor to seek a USDOT grant up to $25 million for Water Street Complete Streets; the council also highlighted parks programming, Dolphin Street improvements and Mardi Gras plans.
The Mobile City Council on Jan. 13 adopted its meeting agenda and approved a slate of consent items and capital improvements, introduced ordinances for first reading and authorized a major grant application for street improvements.
The meeting opened with announcements from Mayor Chiragadas, who promoted the Parks & Recreation winter/spring 2026 activity guide, detailed partnerships with Mobile County and the Emergency Management Agency on cold-weather shelters (call 2-1-1 for help), and previewed Dolphin Street safety and infrastructure upgrades in coordination with ALDOT and Mobile County. The mayor also noted Mardi Gras schedules and said resources and a dashboard were available at the city website.
Council formally recognized Aaron Washington of the Mobile Tennis Center as employee…
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