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District 2 Councilor· 2021-05-17 to 2029-05 (month-level end: May 2029 per four-year term from the May 19, 2025 inauguration)

Raevan Howard

Tuscaloosa

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At a glance

News mentions
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Term ending May 1, 2029.

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Top issues during term (20)

high↑Oct 2026[55]

Honorary renaming of 26th Avenue East and Alberta Park

$40,801 from the city's general operating funds.

medium↑Mar 2026[43]

District 6 Improvements Fund disbursement for Jeremiah's Garden

Five separate disbursements from district funds, with dollar amounts not shown in the available documents.

high→Mar 2026[39]

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.

medium→May 2026[39]

Demolition liens for three blighted properties

Costs of demolition would be charged back to the property owners through liens.

high→Aug 2026[37]

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.

medium↑May 2026[37]

River District Parking Lot Improvements

$339,000 engineering contract.

medium↑May 2026[34]

Voluntary condemnations and demolitions

The city fronts demolition costs, then bills owners — a June 30 hearing was set for the 3006 27th Street cost.

medium↑Apr 2026[31]

Nucor Sewer Line cleaning and assessment

$161,725.00 in contract spending.

high↑Mar 2026[31]

Rice Mine Slope Repair

$242,317.39 tentative contract award.

high↑Mar 2026[31]

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.

medium↑Apr 2026[27]

Maintenance and Improvements at City Facilities

Together these total tens of thousands of dollars from the city's operating and facilities budgets.

medium↑Mar 2026[26]

Street vacation on 31st Street East

medium↑Apr 2026[26]

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.

high↑Jul 2026[26]

Saban Center contract amendments

The three change orders alone would add $3,810,740 to the Saban Center project.

high↑Feb 2026[25]

city council election

No direct cost to residents is expected from another candidate entering the race; campaign spending is separate from city funds.

critical→Sep 2026[25]

Fiscal year 2027 city budgets adopted

Sets the citywide spending plans for the fiscal year beginning October 2026.

high↑Oct 2026[24]

special election

Election costs come from the city budget; exact figures were not provided.

medium↑Jun 2026[22]

Water and Sewer Fund budget revision no. 1

Amends the FY2027 water and sewer fund budget; amount not stated.

high↑Jul 2026[22]

Northstar EMS ambulance franchise extension

The franchise fee would shift to 1% of collected charges each month instead of 1% of billed charges.

high↑Mar 2026[21]

UA pedestrian bridge over University Boulevard

$219,867.50 contract award.

Decisions during term (350)

Recorded while Howard was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.

approvedOct 27, 2026

Approval of Minutes

approvedOct 27, 2026

Change Order No. 1 with REV Construction, Inc. — Copeland Square Sanitary Sewer Improvements

approvedOct 27, 2026

Change Order No. 3 with Mark Johnson Construction, LLC — Hilliard N. Fletcher WRRF Phase II

approvedOct 27, 2026

Bid award to Cornerstone Civil Contractors, LLC — SR-69 utility relocation

approvedOct 27, 2026

Minor public works contract with J & L Tree Service

approvedOct 27, 2026

Professional services contract with SPX Aids to Navigation, LLC

approvedOct 27, 2026

Adjournment

denied1-4Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 95-26 — Billboard variance, 1701 McFarland Blvd N (Chris Rhodes)

denied0-5Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 96-26 — Home occupation special exception, 3838 23rd Court East (Ashley Hines)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 97-26 — Short-term rental, 601 19th Street (Sheldon Clowers)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 98-26 — Short-term rental, 304 Orange Street (Sheldon Clowers)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 99-26 — Short-term rental, 2318 Fifth Avenue East (Sheldon Clowers)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 100-26 — Short-term rental, 5 Arlington Drive (Sheldon Clowers)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 101-26 — Short-term rental, 612 4th Street NE (Matthew Gibson)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 102-26 — Short-term rental, 1744 12th Avenue (12th Avenue Terraces 2 LLC)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 103-26 — Short-term rental, 1748 12th Avenue (12th Avenue Terraces 2 LLC)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 104-26 — Short-term rental, 18 Country Club Hills B (Aaron and Corey Stepyan)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 105-26 — Short-term rental, 1 Hickory Lane (Meredith Davis)

approved5-0Oct 26, 2026

ZBA 106-26 — Short-term rental, 11955 Grandview Drive (Mary Sanford Williams)

approvedOct 20, 2026

Approval of Minutes