Tag: Bimingham Design Review Committee

Monday Morning Watch | Week of April 21, 2025

BirminghamWatch’s weekly rundown of public meetings and agendas in the city of Birmingham and Jefferson County. This week, it includes a council district town hall, one of the busier Design Review Committee meetings in weeks, and a town hall to discuss the 2025 budget.

Birmingham City Council Appoints New Design Review Committee Members After Tiff Over Vetting Candidates

The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday to appoint three new members – Willie Oliver, Abra Barnes and Scott Burnett – to the city’s Design Review Committee, glossing over concerns that the appointees had not been properly vetted by the council’s Planning and Zoning Committee.

It was the apparent end of a weeks-long, often confusing discussion that started Oct. 22, when the council initially approved appointments to all 11 seats of the DRC. Read more.