Mobile City Pre-Council Meeting, November 3, 2026

The City of Mobile pre-council meeting on November 3, 2026, reviewed several procurement and spending items. The council discussed a proposed five-year contract with Park First Alabama to operate the city’s public parking program for $380,900. Staff said the vendor was selected through an RFP after complaints about the current service; the new term would begin December 1, subject to approval. Council members asked about the fixed fee, revenue sharing, enforcement approach, and responsibility for parking-lot maintenance and lighting, and some requested more time to review the item. Other listed purchases included $155,524 for janitorial services at the Mobile Alabama Cruise Terminal, $19,500 for Wilkins Miller to audit the police and fire pension fund, $15,175 for plastic barricades and lights, and $39,922 for traffic signs and related items. The agenda also included purchase orders for storm-drainage, vegetation, and debris work, as well as a garbage-services agreement involving A1 McDuffie Sanitation and Eco South Services; staff said the same service standards would continue without interruption as Eco South acquires A1’s assets.

Additional items included a professional-services contract with the Bloom Group held over, a proposed easement to Alabama Power for underground service at John Kidd Park, and purchase-and-sale documents for the acquisition of 455 Crawford Lane. The council asked to take the Kidd Park easement under consent to meet a project timeline, with no objections heard. The transcript records these items as agenda actions or proposals and does not establish final approval of the listed contracts and purchase orders. Separately, officials discussed a reported $14.7 million wire transfer and an ongoing FBI investigation; the FBI provided information on cyber-enabled fraud but did not discuss procurement decisions.