Homewood — At its Nov. 10 meeting the Homewood City Council approved a series of routine resolutions and appointments, all by unanimous 5‑0 votes, and carried several items forward for public hearing on Nov. 24.

Key votes and actions taken by the council included: acceptance of a construction bid for the Homewood Public Library Phase 4 renovation and authorization for the city manager to sign the contract (recorded as resolution 25‑1‑93); approval of a contract with Riley Jackson, P.C. (resolution 25‑1‑94); authorization for the mayor to sign a contract for Cale Smith as acting city manager (retroactive to Nov. 3, resolution 25‑1‑95); and authorization for the city manager to sign contracts up to $100,000 (resolution 25‑1‑96). The council also approved vouchers for the period 10/28/2025–11/10/2025 (resolution 25‑1‑97).

Appointments and personnel items: Mayor Andrews announced mayoral appointments to the Planning Commission (Councilor Nick Sims as council liaison; Jeff Underwood and Fire Marshal Jared Stamps as members) and reappointed Matt Veil as chair of the Complete Streets committee. The council voted to reappoint Walter Jones to the BJCTA board (motion by Councilor Armstead, second by Councilor Simmons); the reappointment passed 5‑0.

Administrative and scheduling items: The council carried the Central Avenue TAP multimodal facility item to the Nov. 24 meeting without objection and announced four public hearings (items O1–O4) to be held Nov. 24 at 6:00 p.m., including the financial report and contract items previously discussed in the pre‑meeting.

Process and votes: Motions were generally moved and seconded by councilors (examples: minutes approved on unanimous voice votes; the library bid acceptance and the contracts listed above were each approved 5‑0). No roll‑call vote breakdown by individual member name was recorded in the transcript; recorded outcomes were unanimous.

The council concluded the business portion of the meeting and moved to member announcements and community updates.