Hoover council reviews consent items including recycling of old IT equipment, AT&T fiber contract and zoning map update

The Hoover City Council considered multiple consent and routine items spanning equipment disposition, contracts, budget amendments and zoning matters.

Mr. Moose (staff member) explained the city's annual process for disposing of obsolete electronic equipment (computers, servers, docking stations) and said hard drives are removed and devices are now sent to a recycler (sometimes generating modest payments to the city rather than landfill disposal). Moose also presented a proposed contract with "AT and T Enterprises" to replace copper phone lines with fiber for the NCFI expansion, noting the monthly per-line cost (~$35) was comparable to current charges.

The council heard from Chief (speaker 9) about an annual service agreement with Firehouse Ministries to provide occasional emergency shelter bed space for the homeless; staff characterized it as a recurring, yearly contract. Mister Gilbert (speaker 10) presented a renewal for floodplain-management services (Shoal/Scholl Engineering) to manage FEMA compliance, elevation certificates and hazard-mitigation grant support; staff said the city had applied twice for FEMA buyout funds but had not been selected to date.

Mister Miller (speaker 11) summarized change order #1 for the NCFI addition project totaling $26,037.21 to be paid from the project's contingency, leaving about $173,962.79 in contingency funds. Dr. Lopez (speaker 13) described three modest budget amendments: $10,000 for a fire-department training simulator (from opioid funds), $2,500 from a CSX contribution for grounding/bonding equipment, and a reallocation of federal inmate funds toward a jail security screening-system upgrade.

The council approved one consent item on the record: Resolution 878726, an alcohol license for 5 Star Concessions at the 2026 region's tradition golf tournament, was presented and approved by voice vote ("All in favor, say aye"). For other consent and ordinance items the transcript records presentation and discussion but does not include a roll-call or final recorded vote in the captured segments; staff will return with follow-up as needed or the items will be addressed on the regular agenda or at scheduled public hearings.

Other planning and zoning matters included setting a public hearing for a conditional-use request for an event venue at 2084 Valleydale Road, presentation of a revised official zoning map (an oversized working copy to replace the worn 2023 map), and rezoning requests to formalize annexed properties into R-1 and RLSF districts. The meeting concluded after a brief exchange about the city's master plan (adopted 2019) and the council adjourned.