City Council Work Session - October 22, 2026

Hoover, Alabama City Council work session, October 22, 2026: The council reviewed proposed professional-services agreements and project spending. A government-relations/lobbying agreement with a Bingham firm was described at $20,000 per month, capped at $240,000 for the year, plus authorized business expenses. Agreements with Naram Strategies and Hospitality Business Solutions were also discussed; the tourism agreement’s $5,000 monthly fee remains unchanged, but language was clarified to allow reimbursement of approved direct and indirect expenses. The council also considered a five-year Oliver Wyman actuarial engagement at $24,000 per year, with no annual increases, and a budgeted FireStats renewal for fire-department data and reporting services. No votes were recorded in the transcript.

Infrastructure and funding items included $20,000 in proposed county grant funding for the Lock Haven Park trail extension; a proposed $25,000 Shelby County grant for Inverness Nature Park disc-golf improvements, requiring a $6,250 city match and a budget amendment; and a $100,000 Alabama Forestry Commission grant for invasive-vegetation removal and native plantings, with no match required. The council reviewed additional NCFI expansion project authorizations of $120,000 for Neil Shafer inspection services and $85,000 for LeMoyne program management, funded from existing project funds. It also considered awarding the Glenwood Road storm-sewer improvements bid to Car Development LLC for $350,686.50, described as under budget, and an emergency Riverchase force-main replacement contract to Kevin Miller Development; the transcript’s stated bid amount is garbled, though it appears to be about $54,103. Other items included disposal of 11 vehicles and 10 equipment items, and proposed business-license ordinance changes increasing several fees and delinquency penalties.