May 2023

City council will meet Monday June 5, 2023 at 6 PM

During the September 4, 2020 work session a council member and city engineer agreed that the "useful life" of corrugated metal culverts is 50 years or less. The council member suggested that problems could be exacerbated by capacity issues created from development and that replacement or repair could be part of the budget through capitalization. During the replacement and repair capacity should be checked. The point is that the city and council have known for at least 2.5 years that metal culverts deteriorate and need to be replaced or repaired.

You can watch the entire September 4, 2020 work session on The Hoover Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdcoYhWKWw0

When the road and dam at Lake Forest Circle failed and needed repair, the Riverchase HOA and the country club did not have the funds to make repairs to the dam and lake infrastructure. Recall that the lake and country club were not in the city of Hoover (and therefore were annexed). The city agreed to make the repairs at a cost of $3,000,000. Regularly the city suggests that it can't do repairs because the subdivision infrastructure was not "accepted" or is "private property". Inferring that the HOA or owner must fix the stormwater infrastructure. So, if infrastructure fails, HOAs and owners can plead poverty and expect the city to come to the rescue.

Is it possible that they know, don't care, and do what is convenient at the moment?

The second meeting in June is Monday, June 19, 2023

I have been thinking about what makes a good government. To begin: What makes a good city council and mayor?

· Transparent and accountable

· Delivers results and communicates well

· Efficient manager

· Vision and continuity of policies

· Provides the best possible services, a competent staff, and fully addresses citizen’s problems and needs.

So, one must wonder how our government is doing?

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