Mayor· 2025-05-19 to 2029-05 (month-level end: May 2029 per four-year term from the May 19, 2025 inauguration)
Walt Maddox
Tuscaloosa
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 10
- Total speaking time
- 53:40
- Avg per meeting
- 5:22
- Segments
- 549
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Top issues during term (7)(Budget)
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.
Secure mental-health unit at downtown crisis center
No city money involved; the nonprofit's roughly year-long build is privately funded.
drainage infrastructure funding
$36,615 more for Copeland Square; a 120-day schedule extension for the treatment plant.
Delinquent business license tax collection
Uncollected amount not stated, but recovery would add revenue to the city's general fund.
property tax enforcement
The city is trying to recover $102K in unpaid taxes, while the complex’s owner faces a big bill and possible shutdown costs.
school budget approval
This budget sets the spending levels for every school in the district next year, so it directly affects class sizes, staffing, and which programs get funded — though the exact dollar figures aren't public in this report yet.
internet sales tax lawsuit
Ending the suit saves legal costs but likely leaves city budgets with whatever share of online sales tax they get under current state rules—no court-ordered boost.
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Maddox was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Water and Sewer RFFI Budget Revision No. 1
Water and Sewer budget amendments
Fiscal year 2027 budgets adopted
FY2026 general fund budget amendment no. 19 (Ordinance No. 9811)
General Fund budget revision no. 11
Voting record (0)(Budget)
No votes found matching Budget.