Monday Morning Watch | Week of Aug. 24, 2026

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, Aug. 24, 2 p.m. | More info
• Budget and Finance Committee, Aug. 24, 3:30 p.m. | Agenda
  • Item 4 – This item is related to the $45 million investment in Birmingham City Schools approved earlier this month by the City Council (one of several on this meeting’s consent agenda). Twenty existing elementary and middle school athletic courts will be enhanced and upgraded, and 14 additional courts would be built from scratch. All become the property of Birmingham City Schools upon completion. It is on consent
  • Item 5 – This would fund a “Financial Freedom Project,” developed, managed and administered by IMC Financial Consulting, LLC, “to provide financial literacy education and financial empowerment programming to low-and moderate-income households throughout the City of Birmingham.” It is on consent.
  • Item 6 – Allows the City to enter into a purchase agreement with Cincinnati Sportscapes, LLC through Sourcewell for $4,187,640 to complete the work called for in Item 4 above — “to supply, design and install VersaCourt outdoor tile, paint game lines to include basketball, multisport and playground games, the removal of existing goals, the supply and installation of court protect edging to the perimeter of the courts and the supply and installation of in-ground 72” Dominator aluminum locking shatterproof goal,”
• Birmingham City Council, Aug. 25, 9:30 a.m. | Agenda
  • Item 1 – This zoning case would allow for a duplex converted without the necessary permits or approvals at 5900 Avenue M by changing the zoning boundaries from D-3 (Single Family District) to QD-4 (Qualified Medium Density Residential District). This is the second reading, and the Planning and Zoning Committee and the city’s Zoning Advisory Committee recommend passage.
  • Item 2 – This brings the zoning change for property in Redmont Park before the City Council. This is the second reading. While the Council’s Planning and Zoning Committee recommends, the Zoning Advisory Committee does not. We’ve previously written about the proposed hotel and condos project in July.
  • Item 3 – This formally allows the investment in 34 athletic courts included in the $45 million investment in Birmingham City Schools to move forward. The Budget and Finance Committee will have just approved the measure on Aug. 24, and it has the support of Mayor Woodfin.
  • Item 4 – Allows the City to authorize the Birmingham Police Department to enter a multidisciplinary team on its behalf with “other local municipalities, counties and state agencies.”
  • Item 5 – This ordinance allows the City to sell ~11 acres of land at 620 Republic St. in the Daniel Payne Industrial Park for $495,000 for development of a 50,000-square-foot office and warehouse facility.
  • Item 6 – This ordinance allows the City to execute a quitclaim deed for property at 321 Iota Avenue.
  • Item 25 – This approves the appointment of one member to the city’s Land Bank Authority to a term set to expire on Oct. 2, 2029.
• Public Safety Committee, Aug. 25, 1 p.m. | Agenda
• Planning and Zoning Committee, Aug. 25, 3 p.m. | Agenda
  • Item 3 – An update to the Southern Area Zoning Map as called for by the Southern Area Framework Plan.
  • Item 4 – This allows for the appointment of Ezra Lee to the city’s Design Review Committee

Other City of Birmingham

• Design Review Committee meeting, Aug. 26, 7:30 a.m. | Agenda

Jefferson County

• Pre-Commission Work Session, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. | Agenda
• Commission Meeting, Aug. 27, 9 a.m. | Check for Agenda

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Neighborhood info:

• Garbage: Regular schedule.
• Recycling: Schedule 2
• Existing bulk trash calendar, Aug. 2026 | Daily Bulk Trash Updates

Neighborhood meetings

Aug. 24

• Crestwood South, 6:30 p.m., Levite Jewish Community Center
• Druid Hills, 6:30 p.m., Protective Stadium
• East Birmingham, 6 p.m., Shields Center
• Huffman, 7 p.m., Huffman Baptist Church (also via Zoom, MID: 833 7785 6795 / Access Code 359464
• Kingston, 6 p.m., Royal Event Center
• Redmont, 5 p.m., Birmingham Botanical Gardens
• South East Lake, 6 p.m., East Lake United Methodist Church (also via Zoom, MID: 861 7134 5083 / Access Code: 992893
• Tarpley City, 6 p.m., Mary Dorsey Center
• Woodland Park, 6 p.m., Woodland Park Church of Christ

Aug. 25

• Bush Hills, 6:30 p.m., Bush Hills Connection
• Crestwood North, 6:30 p.m., Girls Inc.
• Forest Park/South Avondale, 6 p.m., Birmingham Public Library – Avondale Branch
• Fountain Heights, 6 p.m., Fountain Heights Recreation Center

Aug. 26

• Norwood, 6 p.m., via Zoom, Meeting ID: 3126266799 / Access Code: 9913175540

Aug. 27

• Crestline, Jan. 22, 6 p.m., McElwain Baptist Church
• Enon Ridge, Jan. 22, 5:30 p.m., New Salem Baptist Church
• Harriman Park, Jan. 22, 4:30 p.m., Harriman Park Recreation Center
• Industrial, Jan. 22, 6 p.m., Mary Dorsey Center
• Liberty Highlands, Jan. 22, 6 p.m., First Ebenezer Baptist Church

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

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