Show Notes
On Episode 11 of Pelham Perspectives, we will recap the April 20th Pelham City Council Work Session and the April 23rd Pelham City Council Meeting. Highlights of our discussion include the decision by the council to reduce the city reserves (the savings account) from approximately 31 million dollars (3 Million to phase 2 of the ballpark renovations, 2 million to the flyover project, and the remainder to other pending capital projects) to 24 million dollars. This remaining reserves balance was reported by the city manager to be just over 4 months of expenses left in reserves. They also discussed the new process on how they are going to interview and decide on the next school board member, the BEAT painting a new America's 250 Mural on the Civic Complex and much more. The interviews for the school board will be held in the city council chambers on May 5th at 5:30 pm. As always if you have any questions, you can email us at [email protected] or you can contact David directly through his website at www.davidcoramforpelham.com.
More from Pelham Perspectives
Episode 18 of Pelham Perspectives is live on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music or wherever you get your favorite podcast. In this episode we will provide an overview of the September 8th and 21st Council Meetings, as well as, speak about the latest news regarding the situation between the Chief of Police and our City Manager. Other topics include a recent conversation I had with our Assistant City Manager regarding the upcoming increase in our trash rate, approval of the FY 2027 Budget, and much more. As always if you have any questions, you can email us at [email protected] or you can contact David Coram directly through his website at www.davidcoramforpelham.com.
Episode 17 of Pelham Perspectives is now live at the link below. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music or wherever you get your favorite podcasts. In this episode, topics include an overview of the 2027 budget planning meeting, and why it is important that all municipal elected leaders be present at all budget meetings, the potential increase of our trash rates in 2027, denial of an ABC license request for hemp products by a local business, acceptance of grants from State Leadership, honoring some of our first responders for recent heroic actions, and much more. We also answered some listener questions regarding the Muslim Community Center being developed on Highway 11. As always, if you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or you can contact David Coram at www.davidcoramforpelham.com, and we will be glad to answer you questions on the next episode.
Episode 16 of Pelham Perspectives is now live. On this episode we will discuss the Pelham City Council July 20th work session, July 23rd council meeting, and the August 3rd work session and council meeting. The topics discussed were the unanimous approval of the rezoning requested by Quiktrip for the property at the corner of Hwy 52 and Racquet Club Drive, discussion surrounding concerns on the number of liquor stores we have in Pelham, Funding requests from some of our community non-profits, approval of rezoning along King Drive for some new townhomes, and much more. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or you can contact David directly through his website at www.davidcoramforpelham.com
Episode 15 of Pelham Perspectives is live!! In this episode, we will recap the July 6th Pelham City Council Work Session and the July 9th Pelham City Council Meeting. Topics discussed were the 4-0 approval of the new housing development on State Park Road, the approval of the new Quiktrip going in at the corner of Hwy 52 and Racquet Club Parkway that was previously denied by those of us on the prior city council, due to traffic concerns and the lack of a need for a 4th gas station there. All of these issues still exist and will still create more traffic issues especially with the 300 plus homes already being developed on Hwy 11. Other issues discussed were the approval of a new contract with the city for lawn equipment leased with 3m Carts (Councilman Harris') company, PVC pipe replacement as part of the Hwy 261 Widening, Reamp project at the old Oak Mountain Amphitheater site, and much more!! As always if you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected] or you can contact David at www.davidcoramforpelham.com.
Episode 14 of the Pelham Perspectives Podcast is live. In this episode we will recap the June 15th Pelham City Council Work Session and the June 18th Pelham City Council Meeting. We will discussion the ongoing debate about the new development on state park road and varied opinions shared by our council members, Quiktrip attempting another try at going in on Hwy 52 at Racquet Club Drive, shifting additional funds from other areas of the city budget to cover the additional costs of turfing the baseball fields and putting up new fencing around the fields and much more!! Attached is a link to the show. You can listen on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your favorite podcasts. As always if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or you can contact David Coram through his website at www.davidcoramforpelham.com