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Homewood council approves a slate of routine resolutions, sets bids and appointments in unanimous votes
Summary
At its April 27 meeting, the Homewood City Council approved multiple routine resolutions by unanimous votes, including the appointment of Dr. Sam Markham to the District 1 Board of Education, budget amendments for legal and capital accounts, bid dates for two projects, and several administrative items (resolutions 2638–2651).
The Homewood City Council approved a series of administrative, budgetary and personnel items in unanimous votes at its April 27 meeting.
The council confirmed the appointment of Dr. Sam Markham to the District 1 Board of Education following a set of interviews (motion by Councelor Sims; second by Councelor Lane). The council recorded the appointment and multiple other approvals as resolutions during the meeting.
Key actions the council approved (all votes recorded as unanimous unless noted):
- Resolution 2638: Letter of support for an America 250 Alabama grant to fund the Nikki Sepsis lecture series at the Homewood Public Library (no match required).
- Resolution 2639: Approval for work in the right-of-way adjacent to 609 Devon Drive, including execution of the required indemnification/agreement (exhibit A).
- Resolution 2640: Direction to the city manager to evaluate a BJCTA microtransit pilot and return a proposed agreement (separate article covers the microtransit direction in detail).
- Resolution 2641: Budget amendment to fund Barnes and Barnes Law Firm for an upcoming municipal appeal; staff moved $15,000 from legal services and $15,000 from carryover fund balance into maintenance contracts.
- Resolution 2642: Budget amendments for storm-water and capital projects discussed at pre-consil.
- Resolution 2643: Adoption of a driver selection policy as presented by staff.
- Resolution 2644: Funding for an annual Citybots web chat subscription to improve website accessibility and translation features.
- Resolution 2645: Approval of vouchers for April 14–27, 2026, including an add-on item submitted by staff.
- Resolutions 2646–2649: Administrative approvals including changing the second May meeting date (to avoid Memorial Day), nominating Sam Gaston for regional planning commission consideration, and setting May 28, 2026 bid openings for the US-31 pedestrian tunnel improvements and the 185 Oxmore Road parking lot project.
- Resolution 2650: Authorization for the mayor to travel to Washington, D.C., with municipal and county leaders to meet with Senator Katie Britt.
- Resolution 2651: Letter of support for the Exceptional Foundations grant (timing required the council’s approval to meet the grant deadline).
Most motions included recorded movers and seconders on the floor; all recorded votes on the items above were 5–0. Several items had been vetted in pre-consil and were described briefly during the meeting before the votes.
The council concluded the meeting with ward updates, community announcements and recognition of local events and sports teams before adjourning.
