A Mobile Circuit judge ruled the Bayou La Batre Housing Authority board violated Alabama’s Open Meetings Act in approving contracts behind closed doors that created a $4.2 million retirement payout for two former executives.
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Coverage of public records from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
Body Camera Fight Boils Over: Orange Beach Council Meeting Dissolves Into Shouting
An Orange Beach council meeting drew 2,000 livestream viewers and a packed City Hall before public comment devolved into accusations between the mayor, a council member’s husband and residents.
Baldwin County
Baldwin County Budget Earns National Recognition From Government Finance Officers Association
The Baldwin County Commission has received the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, clearing proficiency standards in all four categories and 14 mandatory criteria.
Baldwin County
Baldwin DA Presses for Fixes After Courthouse Cameras Found Recording Audio
Baldwin County District Attorney Hallie Dixon called for modifications to courthouse surveillance equipment after learning that certain cameras were recording audio, a capability she said raised legal problems.
Local News
State Audit Flags Mobile County Commission Travel Spending
State examiners flagged the Mobile County Commission for paying travel claims that did not fully meet its own reimbursement policy during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, and urged tighter documentation going forward.
Local News
Mobile’s 100 Best-Paid City Employees, Disclosed in the Middle of a Budget Fight
Documents produced during the city’s deficit crisis show 100 employees earning between $63,127 and $161,333. The public works director tops the list, ahead of the police and fire chiefs.
Local News
Mobile’s Highest-Paid City Employees Named as Deficit Looms
Documents tied to Mobile’s effort to close a projected $18.5 million budget gap listed the city’s 100 highest-paid employees, topped by the public works director.
Local News
Pro-Annexation PAC Raised More Than $81,000 as West Mobile Vote Neared
The Mobile Area Citizens Political Action Committee blew past its $75,000 goal, reporting $81,575 in contributions as the city campaigned for its west Mobile annexation vote like a political race.
Mobile
Teachers’ Union Demanded Mobile County School Board Open Its No-Bid Contracts
The Mobile County Education Association asked the school board president to release records on hundreds of thousands of dollars in no-bid contracts, questioning whether vendors who donated to the system got preference.
Mobile
130 Boxes and a Termite Problem: A Mobile Political Life Went to the Archives
Former City Commissioner Lambert Mims donated more than 130 boxes of papers, photographs and reel-to-reel tapes to the University of South Alabama, documenting a quarter century in Mobile politics.