Monday Morning Watch | Week of Oct. 12, 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

• Budget and Finance Committee, Oct. 12, 3:30 p.m. | Agenda
  • Item 4* – Allows the city to execute an agreement with the Modern Green Book Foundation for up to $15,000 to coordinate the upcoming Avenue Street Market. The agreement is set to end on June 30, 2027.
  • Item 5* – This allows the city to request up to $225,000 for the FY27 Alabama Summer and After-School Program (ASAP) Grant and expend it if awarded. “The funds will be used to support partnerships that provide summer programming and after-school care, enhancing education and promoting student advancement.”
  • Item 6 – Allows for the city to execute an agreement with Friends of Avondale Park for up to $4,000, supporting their efforts to activate, conserve and maintain Avondale Park.
  • Item 7 – Allows for the city to execute an agreement through June 30, 2027 with Space One Eleven for no more than $6,000.
  • Item 8 – Allows for the city to execute an agreement through June 30, 2027 with the African American Male Wellness Agency for up to $1,000.
  • Item 9 – Allows for the city to execute a lease agreement with WAHG Birmingham, Inc. for $52,625 for three suites at 3001 27th St. N. to provide space for the city’s Reinvest Birmingham team.
  • Item 10* – Allows for an agreement with East Village Arts to transform an existing courtyard in East Lake Village into “into a welcoming, accessible, and vibrant destination that will serve artists, residents, students, and visitors for a term ending June 30, 2027 for an amount not to exceed $22,900.
  • Item 11* – Allows for the city to execute an agreement through June 30, 2027 with Red Mountain Theatre Company.
  • Item 12* – Allows for an agreement with Friends of Huffman Ballpark through June 30, 2027 for an amount not to exceed $100,000.
  • Item 13 – This is the public transportation services agreement between the city and the BJCTA. The combined $17,000,000 for the next year breaks down as follows: $11,500,000 for fixed route and paratransit services; $2,500,000 for on-demand services; and $3,000,000 for bus rapid transit services.
  • * = items included on the consent agenda for the Oct. 13, 2026 Birmingham City Council meeting
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Oct. 12, 3:30 p.m. | Cancelled
• Birmingham City Council, Oct. 13, 9:30 a.m. | Agenda
  • Non-consent items
    • Item 1 – This will be the second reading of the ordinance changing zoning district boundaries at 1529 Huffman Rd. from Single-Family Residential (D-3) to Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) to allow for a new Boys and Girls Club of Central Alabama location, (Case No. ZAC2026-08007), recommended by the Council’s Planning and Zoning Committee but not by the ZAC.
    • Item 50 – This sets a public hearing for Nov. 17, 2026 to consider the vacation of 23,277 square feet of right of way located parallel to and between 1st Ave. S and 2nd Ave. S and located at 3100 2nd. Ave. S. “on behalf of Marx Management, Sloss #2 Shaw, LLC, Sloss Overlook, LLC, and Seaboard Yard Townhomes Association, Inc., owners, so that the owners can consolidate property, and whether such vacation will deprive other property owners of such right as they may have to egress and ingress from their property (Case No. SUB2026-00070).
  • Consent items of note
    • Item 10 – This approves the city’s 2027 legislative agenda, “establishing the city’s priority legislative initiatives and policy positions for the 2027 Alabama Legislative session.”
    • Item 14 – This allows for the appointment of three members to the Birmingham Planning Commission. All of these terms would expire Oct. 6, 2032.
• Public Safety Committee, Oct. 13, 1 p.m. | Agenda
• Planning and Zoning Committee, Oct. 13, 3 p.m. | Agenda
  • Item 3 – ZAC2026-08005 is a request to change the former Trinity Medical Center property from Qualified Mixed Use High (QMU-H) and Health and Institutional (B-6) to General Commercial District (C-2) in order to allow for the new Redeemer Community Church campus.
  • Item 4 – This involves the adoption of the 2022 Shelby County Hazard Mitigation Plan. The city requested to be added to the Shelby County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, ensuring that 100% of Birmingham residents (including all living within Shelby County) are covered by such a plan.
  • Item 5 – an updated related to the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Other City of Birmingham

• Birmingham Public Library Board meeting, Oct. 13, 4:30 p.m. | More info
• Design Review Committee meeting, Oct. 14, 7:30 a.m. | Agenda
• Framework Plan Implementation Committee Public Information Meeting, Oct. 14, 5:30 – 7 p.m. | More info
  • SocialVenture, 5529 1st Ave., S.

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Neighborhood info:

• Garbage: Regular schedule.
• Recycling: Schedule 1
• Existing bulk trash calendar, Oct. 2026 | Daily bulk trash updates

Neighborhood meetings

Oct. 12

• 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
• 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)

Oct. 13

• 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 Pratt, 6 p.m., New Haven Apartments
• Penfield Park, 6 p.m., Brownsville Heights Community Center
• Sandusky, 6 p.m., Jimmie Hudson Recreational Center
• South Titusville, 5:30 p.m., Holy Family Christo Rey School

Oct. 14

• No meetings

Oct. 15

• Brown Springs, 6 p.m., via teleconference (712-832-8330, Access Code: 5102692)
• Ensley, 6 p.m.
• Germania Park, 6 p.m., via teleconference (701-802-5384, Access Code: 3042330)
• Hillman, 5 p.m., Mary Dorsey Center
• Hillman Park, 5 p.m., Mary Dorsey Center
• North East Lake, 6 p.m., Southern Museum of Flight
• North Avondale, 6 p.m., Dr. Martin Luther King Recreation Center
• Pine Knoll Vista, 6:30 p.m., East Pinson Valley Recreation Center
• Southside, 6 p.m., Birmingham Police Dept., South Precinct

Oct. 16

• Garden Highlands, 4 p.m., Mt. Hilliard Baptist Church, 2612 23rd Street SW, 35211

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

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