Birmingham Police Chief Scott Grewe will be retiring from the police force effective July 17. The announcement about Grewe was made by Bimingham Mayor Clinton Baller at the Monday, June 22, city commission meeting. Baller said the city had received a letter from the police chief outlining that he had chosen to retire. No other details about the upcoming vacancy were provided. Grewe first joined the city police department in April of 1999 and held a number of key positions wit

Non-organized city employees will receive a pay bump, effective July 1, after city commissioners approved a market adjustment during the Monday, June 22, meeting.

Birmingham City Commissioners and Planning Board members continued a lengthy discussion on regulations for short-term rentals throughout the city during the Monday, June 15, joint workshop which at first was dominated by the issue of an out-of-control pool party at a rental home the prior weekend.

Federal Bankruptcy Judge Thomas J. Tucker has ruled that The Community House on Bates Street in downtown Birmingham can be sold to the city, rejecting a competing offer from the Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation. The judge issued his opinion on Thursday, June 18, after listening to oral arguments on Wednesday, June 17, from two potential buyers, the City of Birmingham and the Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation Originally the June 17 hearing had been schedule

Innovated Energy Controls was awarded the contract for Bloomfield Township’s water and sewer control system upgrade by the board of trustees on Monday, June 8.

During the Monday, June 8, meeting, Birmingham City Commissioners adopted a resolution to support the 48th District Court continuing operations with three judges, joining an effort by court officials to preserve a judgeship slated for elimination under existing legislation should one of the judges retire or age out of their judgeship.

Updates to Birmingham’s water and sewer rate connection fee ordinance were unanimously adopted by city commissioners during the Monday, June 9, meeting, putting into effect recommendations made following a study conducted by engineering and architectural services firm Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc (HRC).

Continuing discussions on short-term rentals (STR) within the city of Birmingham, city commissioners received another report during the Monday, June 9, meeting which provided an update on current enforcement against problematic STRs.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas J. Tucker on Tuesday, June 9, rejected a motion by the legal firm representing The Community House Association(TCH) to have the court strike a notice of an alternative sale offer from the Julie and Mark Pulte Foundation that provided an increase over what the city of Birmingham offered to pay for purchasing the iconic building in the downtown area. Legal counsel for the Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation on Friday, June 5, flagged the cour

A competing offer to purchase the Community House on Bates Street in Birmingham could well derail the offer made just weeks ago by the City of Birmingham to acquire the troubled iconic building.