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Hoover expects to spend $11.2M on residential garbage service as costs rise (opens the original)
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HOOVER, Ala. — The City of Hoover expects to spend $11.2 million on residential garbage service in fiscal year 2027, as inflation and fuel costs increase the price of a basic city service paid entirely through the General Fund. Residents do not pay a separate garbage fee, and Hoover says it is not considering changing that payment structure in the upcoming fiscal year. The city's new budget projects residential garbage costs approximately $1.83 million higher than what Hoover originally budgeted
Hoover expects $1.83 million increase in garbage costs under new budget (opens the original)
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The City of Hoover expects to spend about $1.83 million more on residential garbage service than it originally budgeted for the previous fiscal year, according to the city's newly adopted FY27 budget. The increase does not mean Hoover residents are facing a garbage-rate increase. Instead, the city is paying more for the service it contracts with AmWaste to provide. Hoover says the higher cost is being driven by a 4.6% contractual increase tied to inflation, along with a higher fuel surcharge. Th
Margaret mayor considers new action against councilman after confrontation (opens the original)
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A confrontation involving a Margaret city councilman and residents after last week’s city council meeting is drawing calls for resignations and a police investigation. Video shows Councilman Jonathan Ray approaching resident David Napier outside the meeting. A second camera shows Napier getting into his truck next to Ray’s vehicle before Ray approaches him and makes a derogatory remark. “He said you sound like you have a man's private parts stuck in my throat” said David Napier Margaret resident
Photos: University of Montevallo shifts to remote learning Wednesday due to debris cleanup (opens the original)
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Overnight storms left a trail of damage across Montevallo, including the University of Montevallo campus, where crews are working Wednesday to clear trees and debris. The university transitioned students, faculty and staff on its main campus to e-learning and remote work Wednesday, Sept. 23, because of extensive debris in the Montevallo community and the need to give cleanup crews and utility workers space to work. “really to avoid being around on campus to limit the number of cars and the pedes
Homewood moves forward on unsafe home on Forest Brook Drive (opens the original)
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A Homewood home on Forest Brook Drive is now moving through a formal unsafe-structure process after the city determined the house is unsafe and constitutes a public nuisance. The Homewood Abatement Board made that determination on August 5, 2026. The city says the property owner was then given 60 days to repair, demolish or otherwise address the unsafe conditions. If the conditions are not addressed within that 60-day period and the matter is not otherwise resolved, the city says the next step w
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