City Council Meeting Recap – August 29, 2023
Aug 29th, 2023
Posted in: General News
MOBILE, AL – On August 29, the Mobile City Council authorized the expenditure of over $12.2 million in PAYGO funds to complete street resurfacing projects throughout the city.
The Council granted authorization for an amended contract with Volkert & Associates to provide professional program management services for the redevelopment of the Mobile Civic Center. The amended contract incorporated a clause designating a minimum of 15% from the total of $945,259.47 to be reserved for businesses falling under the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) classification. The funding for this project phase had been previously allocated in May of the current year.
A resolution was introduced to allocate $1.3 million from the Rebuild Alabama Special Revenue fund for the execution of Phases III and IV of the Broad Street Redevelopment project. These phases are for improvements to Dr. Martin Luther King Avenue from Beauraegard to the intersection of the Three Mile Creek Greenway, as well as improvements to Broad Street from the traffic circle at Canal Street to Baltimore Street.
To view a replay of the livestream, visit: https://www.cityofmobile.org/government/city-council/livestream.