Tag Archive for: Huntsville City Council

Huntsville City Council Adopts Redistricting Plan

Huntsville’s growth and development once again became evident with the unanimous approval of a redistricting ordinance at the Dec. 16 Huntsville City Council meeting.  The new district lines for Huntsville’s five City Council and Board of Education districts reflect significant changes in both growth and demographic diversity over the past 10 years. The ordinance will […]

Huntsville Redistricting Plans Formally Introduced

During its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, Dec. 2, the City of Huntsville moved forward with the formal introduction of four redistricting plans. During five City Hall public meetings in October and November, members of the public submitted three of these plans, with the fourth developed by the City of Huntsville Administration using input from […]

County COVID-19 Cases Down, but Federal Mandates Approaching

Cindy Doty, senior consultant for PassionHR Consulting, Inc., explained issues facing employers and workers regarding President Joe Biden’s mandate that some companies require COVID-19 vaccinations. And three times during her presentation at Wednesday’s weekly coronavirus press briefing at the Huntsville City Council chambers she stressed this: neither the city nor the state are issuing these […]

Huntsville City Council Talks Vaccinations, Boosters, and Masking

The nation’s Food and Drug Administration, which signed off on Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot last month, approved the same for Moderna and J&J boosters Wednesday night. The FDA also gave the go ahead to mix-and-match with booster shots. Originally, the Pfizer booster was meant only for people who had taken the Pfizer vaccine previously. That’s […]

Huntsville City Council Proposes Redistricting Plan Following 2020 Census Growth

The redistricting team presented a new plan to the Huntsville City Council last night during the first of its regularly scheduled monthly meetings.  The goal of the Council meeting was to outline the new redistricting plan and set a path to achieve a “substantial equality of population among various districts” in order to maximize voting […]

City of Huntsville COVID Update: Fluctuating Case Numbers and ERAP

Cases of COVID-19 in Madison County have dropped in the past week. That’s the positive news Crestwood Medical Center CEO Dr. Pam Hudson brought to the COVID-19 briefing Wednesday at the Huntsville City Council chambers. “There is a reduction in new cases over the last seven days of 10 percent,’’ she said. “Some good news […]

And the Beat Goes On As the Huntsville Amphitheater Takes Shape

Like the first composition by an omnificent maestro, the Huntsville Amphitheater is rising from the firmament at MidCity with its own unique structure and harmonious arrangement – a masterpiece of design, acoustics, provision, and intimacy.  Going up so fast its benefactor Ryan Murphy of Huntsville’s Venue Group could barely contain his giddiness in the recent […]

The City of Huntsville’s 2022 Budget: Workforce Development, Quality of Life, and the City’s Standard

Huntsville’s growth is known far and wide, and last Thursday, September 09, Mayor Tommy Battle introduced the City of Huntsville’s FY 2022 General Fund Budget to keep up with the City’s growth. “Now that the 2020 census has deemed us the largest city in the state, we will continue our goal to be the best,” […]

Downtown Huntsville Inc. Joins Effort to Move Confederate Monument from Courthouse Grounds

Downtown Huntsville Inc. has thrown its collective weight behind efforts to remove of a Confederate memorial statue that was placed on the Courthouse Square downtown by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1905. The letter from the organization said DHI advocated “the removal and relocation of the Confederate Memorial from the Downtown Huntsville Courthouse Square […]

Second Local Death Reported from Coronavirus; Number of Cases Stabilizes

Madison County officials Tuesday reported a second local death from the novel coronavirus that is paralyzing the country and most of the world, and Huntsville City Council President Devyn Keith announced a state-of-emergency extension that will last at least until April 27. But all news wasn’t negative at the latest daily COVID-19 press briefing at […]