Upcoming Committee Meetings on Key City issues
Mar 29th, 2021
Posted in: General News
Mobile, AL – The City Council will hold committee meetings on key city issues over the next couple weeks.
Tuesday, March 30th
The Council Capital Improvement Program Committee (CCIP) will meet following the regular Council meeting. The goal of the meeting is to receive updates from Administration staff on past CCIP projects and the process for slating upcoming projects. In addition to Councilman Small, who is chair of the committee, Councilmen Fred Richardson and John Williams serve as members.
Tuesday, April 6th
The Finance Committee will meet at 1:00 p.m. to discuss the statutory requirement that the City use every reasonable effort to award 15% of city contracts to contractors who are socially or economically disadvantaged. At this meeting it is expected that Administration officials will advise the Council on progress made over the past eight years in awarding city contracts to contractors and sub-contractors which meet the statutory definition. Councilman Joel Daves is chair of the committee and is joined on it by Councilmen Fred Richardson and John Williams.
Citizens interested in addressing the Council on these issues should contact the City Clerk’s office by the preceding Monday at 12:00 p.m. at: cityclerk@cityofmobile.org or 251-208-7411.
In addition to the Council Committee meetings, the Citizens Advisory Committee on Short-Term Rentals will meet on Thursday, April 1st at 2:00 p.m. to discuss a possible ordinance to regulate short-term rentals across the city. This is the second meeting of the ad-hoc committee of citizens appointed by the Council to take up the issue. No public comment will be taken.
All meetings will be held virtually and can be viewed at cityofmobile.org/livestream.