# Mobile City Pre-Council Meeting, October 27, 2026

The City of Mobile’s October 27, 2026 pre-council meeting covered several procurement items and the city’s response to a $14.7 million fraudulent wire transfer. The council discussed a proposed professional-services contract with the Bloom Group, which was held over one week pending information about the firm’s municipal clients and a clearer scope of work. Other items included a $38,500 purchase order for biometric readers for the Mobile Cruise Terminal, a $76,400 software subscription, a $26,532 employee-conduct training subscription, a GIS software renewal, and a roughly $30,000 litter-education program. The agenda also included a grant application for construction of Segment 5 of the 3M Creek Greenway Trail, contracts for tennis lessons, a Spire contract, and acquisition of property for an alleyway. No final awards or approvals on these items are established in the transcript.

The mayor described the $14.7 million loss as resulting from a criminal vendor-payment scheme involving altered payment information; the funds had been budgeted as arena owner’s contingency under a previously council-approved contract. The city is working with the FBI, Secret Service, CISA, insurers, and forensic specialists to pursue recovery and strengthen controls, including manual verification of payments and vendor changes. Council members requested regular updates and budget-impact information, and proposed an ad hoc committee of local financial experts to review transaction-security policies and procedures. Separately, proposed tax-increment financing resolutions and related public-hearing calls were laid over two weeks so the council and its partners could review further information and discuss the plans; no TIF approval occurred at this meeting.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 27, 2026

### Sources
- [Mobile City Pre-Council Meeting, October 27, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNupWlsvCEQ) - City of Mobile, AL