City of Fairhope City Council Meeting October 26th, 2026

The City of Fairhope City Council held a work session and regular meeting identified as October 26, 2026 (the metadata timestamp is October 27 UTC). The work session discussed a proposed Fairhope Single Tax Colony–funded living shoreline demonstration and education project at South Beach; no approval was recorded, and final design details remained to be developed. Officials also reviewed deliverables from a stormwater inventory and flood-risk grant project, including GIS mapping and a stormwater management manual. The Council approved a $17,857 amendment to Duplantis Design Group’s landscape architecture contract for Flying Creek Nature Preserve phases two and three, bringing the contract to a stated not-to-exceed amount of $410,017; the increase is funded by a $2.5 million GOMESA grant. It also approved selecting Krebs Engineering for Magnolia Beach Apartments lift-station engineering services, with the fee to be negotiated and returned for Council approval.

Other spending and procurement actions included approval of a Sourcewell-procured Elgin Regen X street sweeper for $344,466 plus freight, described as under budget, and approval of an award for labor and materials for the K1 Center south service alley paving project; the transcript does not clearly capture the contractor or award amount. The Council also authorized a land-purchase agreement with the Fairhope Airport Authority for 107 acres west of the airport; the discussion referenced approximately $45,000 per acre for reimbursement, but the full purchase terms are unclear in the transcript. The Council adopted an updated capital asset policy that raises accounting thresholds to reflect current costs, without changing requisition approval limits, and approved having the Alabama Department of Revenue administer and collect the city’s lodging tax. A public hearing on updated building and related codes was set for November 23, 2026.