This weekly rundown of public meetings, agendas and other items of interest aims to help you keep your elected officials accountable.

(We will update these lists as we become aware of new meetings, etc.) This collection of information is based on existing schedules and is subject to change.

Please let us know if there’s a specific meeting or organization you’d like to see included in our rundown.

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City of Birmingham

• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, May 11, 2 p.m. | Agenda
  • Item 3 – Review of a grant application for improvements along 19th Street, Ensley (see Item 4 on the Budget and Finance committee agenda)
  • Item 5 – Review of the REDESIGN Alabama Program (possibly related to Item 6 on the Birmingham City Council agenda and Item 18 on the Budget and Finance Committee agenda).
• Budget and Finance Committee, May 11, 3:30 p.m. | Agenda
  • Item 4 – This item explains the grant application for the proposed scope of work along 19th Street, Ensley. It suggests the project would run the length of the road, from the former Ensley Works to Bush Boulevard. It also suggests an 80/20 split with the Alabama Department of Transportation. The work has been revised to include preliminary engineering and construction.
  • Item 18 – This item explains changes to the REDESIGN Alabama project previously approved in April 2024, outlining changes to the terms of the agreement.
• Birmingham City Council, May 12, 9:30 a.m. | Agenda
  • Item 6 – This will ratify an agreement between the City of Birmingham, the City of Trussville and Norfolk Southern Railway to undertake a project to close at-grade railroad crossings.
  • RE: Item 31 – The Council has the amended Kelvyn Decker Ordinance on the agenda (as of Friday) for recall. It waived the second reading of the changes during last week’s public hearing and subsequently passed it unanimously. This means it did not require a second reading per the Mayor-Council Act. This is why most local media outlets correctly reported the ordinance being approved.
• Public Safety Committee, May 12, 1 p.m. | Agenda
  • Item 7 – This ordinance, submitted by the Chief of Police, would “establish public safety regulations for convenience stores to deter criminal activity, improve evidence collection, provide first responders with critical situational awareness during active incidents, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare.”
• Planning and Zoning Committee, May 12, 3 p.m. | More info

Other City of Birmingham

• Birmingham Public Library Board, May 12, 5 p.m. | 2026 Board meeting dates
  • Scheduled for the North Birmingham Regional Branch Library

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Neighborhood info:

• Garbage: Regular schedule.
• Recycling: Schedule 1
• Existing bulk trash calendar, May 2026 | Daily Bulk Trash Updates

Neighborhood meetings

Note: This list includes regularly scheduled times and may not reflect schedule changes due to weather, etc.

May 11

• Airport Highlands, 6 p.m., Pleasant View Baptist Church
• Ensley Highlands, 6 p.m., Birmingham Police Dept., West Precinct
• Gate City, 4 p.m., Marks Village Campus of Hope
• Inglenook, 5:30 p.m., Inglenook Recreation Center
• Killough Springs, 6 p.m., Smith Middle School
• North Birmingham, 6 p.m., Birmingham Public Library, North Birmingham Branch
• Oak Ridge Park, 7 p.m., Harris Homes Community Center
• Oxmoor, 6 p.m., Oxmoor Valley Community Center
• Powderly, 5:30 p.m., Henry Crumpton Recreation Center
• Rising West Princeton, 6 p.m., Rising-West Princeton Community Center
• Roebuck, 6:30 p.m., Birmingham Police Department, East Precinct
• Tuxedo, 5 p.m., Birmingham Public Library, East Ensley Branch
• West End Manor, 6 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church
• West Goldwire, 5:30 p.m., via teleconference (720-843-2957, Access Code: 6679362)
• Woodlawn, 6 p.m., via Zoom (Meeting ID: 98745720002) or Woodlawn Community App (iOS or Android)

May 12

• Arlington West-End, 6 p.m., Birmingham Public Library, West End Branch
• Belview Heights, 6:30 p.m., Charles A. Brown Elementary School
• East Avondale, 6 p.m., Birmingham Public Library, Avondale Branch
• East Brownsville, 5:30 p.m., via teleconference (605-313-4198, Access Code: 461297
• Highland Park, 6 p.m., Highland Golf Course Pro Shop
• Killough Springs, 6 p.m., Smith Middle School
• North East Lake, 6 p.m., Southern Museum of Flight
• North Pratt, 6 p.m., New Haven Apartments
• Penfield Park, 6 p.m., Brownsville Heights Community Center
• Riley Travelick, 6 p.m., Nobel Chapel CME Church
• Sandusky, 6 p.m., Jimmie Hudson Recreational Center
• South Titusville, 5:30 p.m., Holy Family Christo Rey School

May 13

• No meetings

May 14

• Hooper City, 6 p.m., Hooper City Recreational Center
• Oak Ridge/West Ensley, 4 p.m., via teleconference (952-206-4918, Access Code: 223418)
• Roebuck Springs/South Roebuck, 7 p.m., New Beginning Life Church
• Smithfield, 6 p.m., Smithfield Community Center
• West Brownsville, 10 a.m., via teleconference (720-740-9813, Access Code: 5502844)

Existing 2023-2025 Meeting Schedule (via Excel Spreadsheet)*

*Note: There have not been neighborhood elections for the next two-year cycle. More information is in our 2025 report.