The water works board canceled agreements with a nonprofit organization that helped local firms, especially those owned by women and minorities, qualify to bid on contracts for providing goods and services to the water works.
The board over the City of Birmingham Regional Water Works also Monday will debate the purchase of a house on Inland Lake, but it won’t be talking about a proposal to create an internal law department to cut costs on attorney’s fees.
The project is aimed at providing food access, education and entrepreneurship opportunities.
City councilors also approved ordinance changes to strengthen city’s parking enforcement efforts.
The move is to represent the Jefferson County Commission president in a suit the city filed after the Legislature changed the makeup of the water works board.
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The declaration lets the city hire contractors to catch up on cutting abandoned lots.
The city is spending $9.7 million to add cameras to a citywide network of video equipment used by police.
Games organizers presented the Jefferson County Commission with a crystal trophy for its support.
Work had been halted on a project to stabilize the Lake Purdy dam while new board members considered the dam’s structural integrity and ways to pay for the rehabilitation project.
