Pelham Perspectives

Episode 12 - May 4th Council Work Session, May 5th School Board Interviews, May 7th Council Meeting

On episode 12 of Pelham Perspectives, we will recap the May 4th Pelham City Council Work Session, the May 5th School Board Interviews, and the May 7th Pelham City Council Meeting. Topics in this discussion include detailed overview of each School Board Applicant and the questions asked by each council members and the applicant's responses, the selection of the school board member from the interviews, updates from the city manager on the Reamp Project at the old Oak Mountain Amphitheater Site and David's opinion on who he thinks they have selected, the approval of the current council to execute the design work budgeted by previous council for the traffic light at Hwy 11 and Grey Oaks, the installation of the new LED streetlights approved by the previous council, and much more!! As always if you have any questions, please email us at pelhamperspectives@gmail.com or you can contact David through his website at www.davidcoramforpelham.com.

Episode 11 - April 20th City Council Work Session & April 23rd Council Meeting

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 pelhamperspectives@gmail.com or you can contact David directly through his website at www.davidcoramforpelham.com.

Episode 10 - City Council Work Session and Meeting - April 6, 2026

In episode 10 of Pelham Perspectives, we will recap the April 6, 2026 Work Session and the items that we approval in the following City Council Meeting later that week. Highlights include recommended changes to the water/sewer leak adjustment policy, Consideration of Phase 2 of the ballpark renovations estimated at an additional 3 million dollars and the lack of funds without dipping into city reserves and potentially compromising our AAA credit rating and the concerns David had expressed when he was serving on the council, continuing our relationship with WBRC and the staycation advertising campaign, spending $21,000 to recruit and hire a communications director for the city, and much more. As always if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at pelhamperspectives@gmail.com or you can contact me through my website www.davidcoramforpelham.com.

Episode 9 - March 16th, 2026 Work Sessions and March 5th Council Meeting Highlights

On this episode we will be discussing the Pelham, Alabama March 16th City Council Work Session and highlights from the March 5th Council Meeting. Topics of this meeting included how this council will decide on the next Pelham City School Board Member, Hwy 52 Flyover moving forward, and much more. As always if you have any questions, you can email us at pelhamperspectives@gmail.com.

Episode 8 - February 16th City Council Work Session and Meeting

In Episode 8 of Pelham Perspectives, we will be discussing the February 16th City Council Work Session and Meeting. Highlights from this discussion include the Pelham City Schools Superintendent and School Boards opinions on who the ideal candidate should be for this next board member selection by the council, Update on the new LED lighting for Pelham Parkway, the new Library Board Appointees, and the council's approval of the new contract for the city manager increasing the new salary to $230,000. All of this and more on this episode of Pelham Perspectives. As always if you have any questions, please email us at pelhamperspectives@gmail.com and we will be glad to answer them on our next episode.