Baldwin County, AL
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👤 Members & officials (2)
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Who’s on the Baldwin County Commission Regular
- McKenzie — Commissioner
- James E. Ball — Commissioner
Municipal budget
Total revenue$187.6M (FY2023)
Total spending$159.2M (FY2023)
Taxes$93.4M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$39.9M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$665 (FY2023)
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Thu Oct 22, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number Two
Baldwin County Foley Satellite Courthouse Large Meeting Hall 201 East Section Avenue Foley, Alabama 36535
Thu Oct 22, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee
Baldwin County Emergency Operations Center 23100 Mcauliffe Drive Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Wed Oct 28, 2026 · 9:30 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Work Session
Fairhope Municipal Complex
Council Chambers
161 North Section Street
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Wed Oct 28, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board
Fairhope Municipal Complex
Council Chambers
161 North Section Street
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Recent meetings
Wed Oct 21, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee
Fairhope Municipal Complex
Delchamps Room 1
161 North Section Street
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Work Session
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Regular
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 1:00 PM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizens Advisory Committee
Fairhope Municipal Complex
Delchamps Room 1
161 North Section Street
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Fairhope Municipal Complex
Delchamps Room 1
161 North Section Street
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Thu Oct 15, 2026 · 8:30 AM
Baldwin County Commission Road and Bridge Division
Baldwin County Central Annex
Auditorium
22251 Palmer Street
Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Thu Oct 8, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number Two
Baldwin County Foley Satellite Courthouse Large Meeting Hall 201 East Section Avenue Foley, Alabama 36535
Wed Oct 7, 2026 · 2:00 PM
Baldwin County Commission Emergency Special
Baldwin County Emergency Operations Center, Second Floor Training Room,
23100 McAuliffe Drive, Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Tue Oct 6, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Regular
Baldwin County Administration Building, County Commission Meeting Chambers,
322 Courthouse Square, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507
📹 From the video · 1h 6m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Okay, if y'all don't mind, please stand for the invocation. Everyone, if you will bow with me, please. Dear Gracious Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day, Lord. We thank you for all the many blessings you bestow upon us here in this wonderful place we call home, Baldwin County. And Lord, we just ask you to be with us today as we conduct the business of Baldwin County Commission. Lord, give us the strength, the wisdom, the courage to do things that are pleasing to you, dear Lord. And we ask all of this in Jesus' precious name we pray. Amen. Matt, I ask you to do the pledge. Please stand with me with the pledge, please. Sorry. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I was wondering why you were standing there looking at us. I said, hang, I forgot to tell him. Yeah. All right. Good morning and welcome to the, I'm going to see what day it is. October 6th, work session portion of this meeting where we mainly adopt a consent agenda. And then we will hear from the public if there's any public comments. So we will get started with setting our consent agenda. First up, we have commissioners, item CA1. I'm good. Yeah, I'm good with that. Okay. And we have our animal control items, CB1, CB2. I'm good with that. Yeah. All right. Then we have our budget and purchasing. We got eight items there. As well. Yep. Building inspection. Yeah, I have a questi …
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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
27-0026 — Approved
2 yea · 1 nay · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie nay · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber absent
The other 8 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Tue Oct 6, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Work Session
Baldwin County Administration Building, County Commission Meeting Chambers,
322 Courthouse Square, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507
Thu Oct 1, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Regular
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
📹 From the video · 1h 37m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Get started with the meeting. We'll ask that you stand and we'll have an invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for all the blessings that you give us today. We're thankful for the opportunity to be gathered here to conduct the business that's brought before us today. We ask you that be with us during this time. We ask that we show respect to one another as we show respect to you. We ask these prayers in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. We'll begin with a roll call. Stephen Pumphrey, Brandon Bias, Scott Schamberger, Michael Mullick, present. Greg Seibert. Here. Michael Fletcher. Here. George Waters. Here. Reed Key. Doug Lipscomb. Thank you. We'll begin with a... We have to elect a chair. Okay. At this time, in the absence of our chairman, we need to elect a temporary act in chairman. I nominate Michael Mullick to handle the chairman's duties tonight. I'll second. We have a motion for Michael Mullick to be nominated to act as chairman for tonight. With a second. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right. At this time... We need to nominate a vice chair also. Okay. I'll nominate myself, Greg Seibert, to be vice chair. I'll second. We have a motion that Greg serve as our vice chair in a second. All those in favor, s …
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Thu Oct 1, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda Review Meeting
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Thu Sep 17, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee
WebEx
Tue Sep 15, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number One
Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Tue Sep 15, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Regular
County adopts FY2027 budget and approves road, grant, and rezoning items
The Baldwin County Commission is holding its regular meeting to vote on a consent agenda that includes the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, several resolutions, contracts, and agreements. Public hearings are scheduled for nine rezoning requests. The agenda also includes road acceptances, development agreements for County Road 64 improvements, and multiple grant-related items.
- Resolution #2026-140: Adoption of Baldwin County Fiscal Year 2027 Budget
- Development agreements with Belmont Estates and GB Sabal FR for County Road 64 transportation improvements
- Nine rezoning requests (e.g., Goodrich, Morgan, Coburn, Hensley, Kahlbau, Clifford, Nelson, Frego, 5 Rivers Capital)
- Opioid settlement funding agreements with Adult and Teen Challenge of Alabama
- Multiple CDBG-DR LGRIP partner contracts with cities and utilities
budgetzoningroadsgrantspublic-hearingcontractsopioid-settlement
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
📹 From the video · 2h 47m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Good morning and welcome to our work session today, September 15th work session. I'm going to get Commissioner Underwood to lead us in the invocation, followed by Commissioner McKenzie with the Pledge of Allegiance. If you don't mind, please stand. Thank you. If you will bow your heads with me, please. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day, Lord. We thank you for all you do for us here in this wonderful place we call home in Baldwin County. And Lord, we just ask you to be with us today as we conduct the business of the Baldwin County Commission. Lord, give us the strength, wisdom, and courage to make the best and right decisions for the people of Baldwin County. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. All right. Again, welcome this morning to our work session. The way we do this is the first part of this work session, we will set our consent agenda for our meeting that we have at 10 o'clock following this meeting. So, commissioners, if we would go over to our administrative items. We have four administrative items. You're good with, everybody good with items CA1 through CA4 ? Yes. Okay. We have one animal control item. I'm good. We have an archives and history item. If you all have any questions on that, Ms. Felicia's on our television today. We're g …
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026
10:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting
Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Baldwin County Commission Regular
Meeting Agenda
Commissioners
District 1 – James E. Ball
District 2 – Matthew P. McKenzie
District 3 – Billie Jo Underwood
District 4 – Charles F. Gruber
Baldwin County Commission
Regular
September 15, 2026
Meeting Agenda
PRE-MEETING WORK SESSION (9:00 AM)
WELCOME, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
REVIEW OF ITEMS AND SETTING OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
Review and discussion of items on the Regular meeting agenda. The Commission will set the
Consent Agenda for the Regular meeting, determining the order of items for consideration with
any additions, removals and/or replacements as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Individuals wishing to speak regarding items on the agenda must fill out a speaker form.
Comments are limited to 3 minutes; groups are asked to select a spokesperson with allotted time
of 5 minutes.
COMMISSIONER REQUESTS
1
26-1115
Bouche’s Premium Cigars Fundraiser Contribution to Prodisee Pantry
SENIOR STAFF REPORTS
1
26-1165
FY 2027 Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
II Projects
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
ADJOURNMENT OF PRE-MEETING WORK SESSION
REGULAR MEETING (10:00 AM)
WELCOME, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
September 1, 2026, Regular Meeting
B
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BA
FINANCE/ADMINIST …
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🗳️ How they voted — 2 divided votes
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
26-1138 — Approved
3 yea · 1 nay
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie nay · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1139 — Approved
3 yea · 1 nay
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie nay · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
The other 12 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Tue Sep 15, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Work Session
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
📹 From the video · 2h 47m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Good morning and welcome to our work session today, September 15th work session. I'm going to get Commissioner Underwood to lead us in the invocation, followed by Commissioner McKenzie with the Pledge of Allegiance. If you don't mind, please stand. Thank you. If you would bow your heads with me, please. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day, Lord. We thank you for all you do for us here in this wonderful place we call home in Baldwin County. And Lord, we just ask you to be with us today as we conduct the business of the Baldwin County Commission. Lord, give us the strength, wisdom, and courage to make the best and right decisions for the people of Baldwin County. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. All right. Again, welcome this morning to our work session. The way we do this is the first part of this work session, we will set our consent agenda for our meeting that we have at 10 o'clock following this meeting. So, commissioners, if we would go over to our administrative items. We have four administrative items. You're good with, everybody good with items CA1 through CA4? Yes. Okay. We have one animal control item. I'm good. We have an archives and history item. If y'all have any questions on that, Ms. Felicia's on our television today. We' …
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Thu Sep 3, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Regular
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
📹 From the video · 1h 6m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Good evening. I want to call the September 3rd Ballin County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to order. If you would, please stand with me for an invocation. Heavenly Father, we thank you for the opportunity to gather today and to serve our community. We ask for your wisdom and guidance as we consider the matters before us. Give us discernment to make sound decisions, patience to listen, humility to consider the other's perspectives, and the wisdom to do what we feel is right. We ask your blessing upon our community, those who serve it , and those abroad. In God's name, amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Thank you, ma'am. We could call the roll, please. Steve. Does he? Okay. I will call the roll, then. Steve Pumphrey. Brandon Byas. Scott Schamburger, here. Michael Mullick. Here. Greg Siebert. Here. Michael Fletcher. Here. George Waters. Reed Key. Doug Lipscomb. All right. We have a quorum. All right. Next, I will move for approval of the meeting minutes. I trust all of you have had a chance to review those. So, I'll entertain a motion for that. Mr. Schamburger, if I may, before we go that far, just for the minutes and for the record, since the chairman and the vice chairman is out, it probably will be prudent for the body to go ahead and elect a chairman for tonight. I don't know that we actually have to do th …
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Thu Sep 3, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda Review Meeting
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Work Session
Baldwin County Administration Building, County Commission Meeting Chambers,
322 Courthouse Square, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507
📹 From the video · 41m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
you All right good morning we're gonna get this work session started today September 1st pre-meeting work session What we'll do from here is We'll do our welcome and invitation what we're going to do Commissioner Underwood will give us the invocation Commissioner Gruber will do the Pledge of Allegiance Please stand Good morning, you'll please bow your heads Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day Lord. We thank you for all the blessings that you bestow upon us here in this wonderful place we call Baldwin County in our home Where we just ask you to be with us today as we conduct the business of Baldwin County in this work session God us and direct us that your will be done in Jesus name we pray amen To the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God Invisible with liberty and justice for all Thank you. Thank y'all Commissioners we'll now go through our agenda and set our consent items Got one administrative item I'm good I'm fine with it Yeah, I'm good Mr. Chairman All right, we got an animal control item Yes Good to go Okay We got a few items under Wanda's headline Just a few Tend to be exact I'm fine A lot of copy machines, isn't it? Yeah, I'm good CIS Yes Yep So when we do this item on the regular meeting, do we say that there's a replacement item or you're just letting me know that there's a replacement item? Yes, yes Yes Okay All right So we're good on that one Council on aging has been taken care of The legal review has b …
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Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Regular
Baldwin County Administration Building, County Commission Meeting Chambers,
322 Courthouse Square, Bay Minette, Alabama 36507
📹 From the video · 41m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
you All right good morning we're gonna get this work session started today September 1st pre-meeting work session What we'll do from here is We'll do our welcome and invitation what we're going to do Commissioner Underwood will give us the invocation Commissioner Gruber will do the Pledge of Allegiance Please stand Good morning, you'll please bow your heads Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day Lord. We thank you for all the blessings that you bestow upon us here in this wonderful place we call Baldwin County in our home Where we just ask you to be with us today as we conduct the business of Baldwin County in this work session God us and direct us that your will be done in Jesus name we pray amen To the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God Invisible with liberty and justice for all Thank you. Thank y'all Commissioners we'll now go through our agenda and set our consent items Got one administrative item I'm good I'm fine with it Yeah, I'm good Mr. Chairman All right, we got an animal control item Yes Good to go Okay We got a few items under Wanda's headline Just a few Tend to be exact I'm fine A lot of copy machines, isn't it? Yeah, I'm good CIS Yes Yep So when we do this item on the regular meeting, do we say that there's a replacement item or you're just letting me know that there's a replacement item? Yes, yes Yes Okay All right So we're good on that one Council on aging has been taken care of The legal review has b …
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🗳️ How they voted (4 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
26-1061 — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1075 — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
CONSENT — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
Approved
12 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea · James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea · James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
Mon Aug 31, 2026 · 1:00 PM
Baldwin County Commission Special
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Mon Aug 24, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Special
County holds FY 2027 budget deliberations
The Baldwin County Commission will hold a special meeting to deliberate on the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. This is a key step in finalizing the county's spending plan. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes per speaker.
- Conduct Baldwin County Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Deliberations
- Public comments allowed on agenda items (3 minutes per speaker)
budgetcounty-commissionfiscal-year-2027public-comment
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
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Monday, August 24, 2026
9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale,
Alabama 36567
Baldwin County Commission Special
Meeting Agenda FY 2027 Budget Deliberations
District 1 - Commissioner James E. Ball
District 2 - Commissioner Matthew P. McKenzie
District 3 - Commissioner BillieJo Underwood
District 4 - Commissioner Charles F. Gruber
Baldwin County Commission
Special
August 24, 2026Meeting Agenda
FY 2027 Budget Deliberations
WELCOME, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
GENERAL
1 Insert Special Meeting Call Letter Into the Record
2 Conduct Baldwin County Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Deliberations
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Individuals wishing to speak regarding items on the agenda must fill out a speaker form.
Comments are limited to 3 minutes; groups are asked to select a spokesperson with allotted time
of 5 minutes.
PRESS QUESTIONS
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Work Session
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
📹 From the video · 49m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
lead us in an invocation and Commissioner McKenzie to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Please rise. >> Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for allowing us to be here today as we can conduct the business of Ball and County Commission. We ask that you guide us and help us as we go through the agenda so that we can make the right decisions and to support what the citizens like and we also want to ask you to please protect our first responders, all of our men and women who are in our armed forces defending our nation. In God's name we pray. Amen. >> Please join me in a pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Good morning. Can I come in? >> Good morning. >> Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our work session. It's an exciting time that we have here where the meeting could go by in 50 minutes or five minutes so we will see which one we have today. But we got to get done before 10 o'clock regardless. I do notice we have a few -- well we have a few people here. Anthony Lowry is here with us today with DA Wilters is here and also we have Commissioner Olect and Tater Harris joining us today. We appreciate you all being present at our work session because we know how exciting this is for you all to come. All right. So let's set our consent agenda commissioners. We go over to administration. We have a one …
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Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number One
Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Regular
Baldwin County Commission discusses construction, law enforcement, and zoning items
The Commission will review several competitive bids for county infrastructure and services. The agenda includes public hearings for property rezoning requests and discussions regarding various grants and law enforcement contracts.
- Construction of new District Attorney building in Bay Minette
- Renovations to Baldwin County Central Annex II in Robertsdale
- New outdoor atrium at Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette
- Rezoning requests for Gulf Coast Farm LLC, Carlton Fine Properties LLC, and MLI - Coopers Lake
- Sheriff’s Office contract for law enforcement services for Town of Magnolia Springs
zoninglaw-enforcementconstructionpublic-safetygovernment-contractsinfrastructure
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
📹 From the video · 49m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
All right, good morning, and we're going to get this August 18th, Tuesday, August 18th, pre-meeting work session underway. Minus one today due to previous planned trips, so the three of us, fortunate to be here today so we can have this meeting. And I've got to pick a couple. I'll pick Commissioner Gruber to lead us in an invocation and Commissioner McKenzie to lead us in the Pledge of Alleg iance. Please rise. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for allowing us to be here today as we conduct the business of Balling County Commission. We ask that you guide us and help us as we go through the agenda so that we can make the right decisions to support what the citizens like. And we also want to ask you to please protect our first responders, all of our men and women who are in our armed forces defending our nation. In God's name we pray. Amen. Amen. Please join me in a pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our work session. This is an exciting time that we have here where the meeting could go by in 50 minutes or five minutes. So we will see which one we have today. But we've got to get done before 10 o'clock regardless. I do notice we have a few what I call distinguished guests in our audience today. We've got Sheriff Anthony Lowry here with us today. D.A. Wilters is here. And al …
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
10:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission
Baldwin County Fairhope Satellite Courthouse, County Commission Meeting
Chambers – 2nd Floor,
1100 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Baldwin County Commission Regular
Meeting Agenda
Commissioners
District 1 – James E. Ball
District 2 – Matthew P. McKenzie
District 3 – Billie Jo Underwood
District 4 – Charles F. Gruber
Baldwin County Commission
Regular
August 18, 2026
Meeting Agenda
PRE-MEETING WORK SESSION (9:00 AM)
WELCOME, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
REVIEW OF ITEMS AND SETTING OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
Review and discussion of items on the Regular meeting agenda. The Commission will set the
Consent Agenda for the Regular meeting, determining the order of items for consideration with
any additions, removals and/or replacements as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Individuals wishing to speak regarding items on the agenda must fill out a speaker form.
Comments are limited to 3 minutes; groups are asked to select a spokesperson with allotted time
of 5 minutes.
COMMISSIONER REQUESTS
SENIOR STAFF REPORTS
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
ADJOURNMENT OF PRE-MEETING WORK SESSION
REGULAR MEETING (10:00 AM)
WELCOME, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
A
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
August 3, 2026, Special Meeting (Budget Deliberations)
August 4, 2026, Regular Meeting
B
COMMITTEE REPORTS
BA
FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
BA2
26-1040
Ratification of Interim Payments as Allowed by Policy 8.1
BA1
26-1041
Payment of Bills
C
CONSENT …
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🗳️ How they voted (9 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
ADJOURNMENT OF PRE-MEETING WORK SESSION — Approved
6 yea · 2 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea · James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1040 — Adopted
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1041 — Adopted
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
CONSENT — Adopted
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1022 — Approved
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1025 — Approved
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1055 — Approved
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
August 3, 2026, Special Meeting (Budget Deliberations) August 4, 2026, Regular Meeting — Adopted
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
Adopted
6 yea · 2 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea · James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
Mon Aug 17, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Special
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Thu Aug 13, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number Two
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Mon Aug 10, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Special
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Thu Aug 6, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Regular
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
📹 From the video · 2h 11m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Good evening. At this time on call to order, our Ballin County Planning is only commissioned meeting for Thursday, August 6th. Welcome all of you to our meeting. At this time, I'm going to ask, if you will, to stand. We'll have a prayer and a pledge of allegiance. Father, we're thankful to you for this day. We're thankful to you for the many blessings you've given to each of us. And especially, Father, we're thankful for the blessing of a great county that we live in. We ask your blessings on our elected officials. Thankful for our staff that has put this meeting together tonight and the hard work they've put into it. We ask for your blessings on this planning commission as we hear the comments tonight and make decisions at the best of our abilities. And, Father, we're just thankful that you've given us this great place to live. We thank you for our first responders, and, Father, they're so important to us. Now, Father, we ask that you guide us in all that we say and do tonight. May we honor you and show respect. We respect each other. We pray all this in the name of Jesus. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. At this time, I'll call the roll. Brandon Bias. Here. Scott Schemberger. Here. Michael Mullet. Here. Greg Seibert. Here. Michael Fletcher. Here. George. George Waters. Here. Reed Key. Here. And Doug Lipscomb. All right, we have …
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Thu Aug 6, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda Review Meeting
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
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🌐 County-level context (Baldwin County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration+4,662 people (+$245.5M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)9 ({"Hurricane": 23, "Severe Storm": 8, "Flood": 2, "Biological · last Thu Sep 26, 2024)
Traffic fatalities26 (8 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments6,409 (72,022 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,244/mo (788 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy16.1% (low numeracy 26% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
1,596
Recorded votes
$187.6M
Annual budget
$39.9M
Debt outstanding
2,665
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$187.6M
Spending$159.2M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
Debt load LOW
Outstanding debt$39.9M
Debt-to-revenue0.21×
Debt-load index29 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.