District 7 Councilor· 2021-08-03 to 2029-05 (month-level end: May 2029 per four-year term from the May 19, 2025 inauguration)
Cassius Lanier
Tuscaloosa
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Top issues during term (20)
Honorary renaming of 26th Avenue East and Alberta Park
$40,801 from the city's general operating funds.
District 6 Improvements Fund disbursement for Jeremiah's Garden
Five separate disbursements from district funds, with dollar amounts not shown in the available documents.
Condemnation of blighted properties on 19th Avenue and 19th Street
Property owners face demolition costs plus potential liens; costs to the city weren't specified.
Demolition liens for three blighted properties
Costs of demolition would be charged back to the property owners through liens.
2027 budget hearings begin
The FY 2027 budget would shape how the city spends tax dollars next year; specific figures weren't on the published agenda.
River District Parking Lot Improvements
$339,000 engineering contract.
Voluntary condemnations and demolitions
The city fronts demolition costs, then bills owners — a June 30 hearing was set for the 3006 27th Street cost.
Nucor Sewer Line cleaning and assessment
$161,725.00 in contract spending.
Rice Mine Slope Repair
$242,317.39 tentative contract award.
Springbrook rezoning (Zoning Amendment No. 48)
The project will demolish 21 rental homes and fell roughly 200 mature trees per testimony, removing them from the city's housing stock and tree canopy.
Maintenance and Improvements at City Facilities
Together these total tens of thousands of dollars from the city's operating and facilities budgets.
Street vacation on 31st Street East
New city job classifications for Saban Center and IT
The upgrade was already funded in this year's budget, and consolidating two planned roles into one saves the city a full-time position.
Saban Center contract amendments
The three change orders alone would add $3,810,740 to the Saban Center project.
city council election
No direct cost to residents is expected from another candidate entering the race; campaign spending is separate from city funds.
Fiscal year 2027 city budgets adopted
Sets the citywide spending plans for the fiscal year beginning October 2026.
special election
Election costs come from the city budget; exact figures were not provided.
Water and Sewer Fund budget revision no. 1
Amends the FY2027 water and sewer fund budget; amount not stated.
Northstar EMS ambulance franchise extension
The franchise fee would shift to 1% of collected charges each month instead of 1% of billed charges.
UA pedestrian bridge over University Boulevard
$219,867.50 contract award.
Decisions during term (350)
Recorded while Lanier was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of Minutes
Change Order No. 1 with REV Construction, Inc. — Copeland Square Sanitary Sewer Improvements
Change Order No. 3 with Mark Johnson Construction, LLC — Hilliard N. Fletcher WRRF Phase II
Bid award to Cornerstone Civil Contractors, LLC — SR-69 utility relocation
Minor public works contract with J & L Tree Service
Professional services contract with SPX Aids to Navigation, LLC
Adjournment
ZBA 95-26 — Billboard variance, 1701 McFarland Blvd N (Chris Rhodes)
ZBA 96-26 — Home occupation special exception, 3838 23rd Court East (Ashley Hines)
ZBA 97-26 — Short-term rental, 601 19th Street (Sheldon Clowers)
ZBA 98-26 — Short-term rental, 304 Orange Street (Sheldon Clowers)
ZBA 99-26 — Short-term rental, 2318 Fifth Avenue East (Sheldon Clowers)
ZBA 100-26 — Short-term rental, 5 Arlington Drive (Sheldon Clowers)
ZBA 101-26 — Short-term rental, 612 4th Street NE (Matthew Gibson)
ZBA 102-26 — Short-term rental, 1744 12th Avenue (12th Avenue Terraces 2 LLC)
ZBA 103-26 — Short-term rental, 1748 12th Avenue (12th Avenue Terraces 2 LLC)
ZBA 104-26 — Short-term rental, 18 Country Club Hills B (Aaron and Corey Stepyan)
ZBA 105-26 — Short-term rental, 1 Hickory Lane (Meredith Davis)
ZBA 106-26 — Short-term rental, 11955 Grandview Drive (Mary Sanford Williams)
Approval of Minutes
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