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City Council will host its first Coffee with Council event on Saturday, April 11 from 9AM-11AM. This event will be located at the New City Hall building at 10 Jack Gray Way, in the Senior Citizens Room on the first floor. Come meet with Council members and ask questions or just chat while you also enjoy some coffee and donuts.

Public Notice: The City of Helena Utilities department experienced a Sanitary Sewer Overflow from a manhole in the area of Old Cahaba Trace on 11/19/25. The overflow issue has been resolved and poses no health hazard to the public.

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On 05/01/25 the Sewer Department was notified of a manhole behind the residence of 494 Fieldstone Drive, that was an active overflow situation due to a grease blockage in the gravity sewer line. A portion of this entered a drainage ditch the feeds Joe Tucker Park holding reservoir and then to Lee Brook Creek, which feeds Buck Creek.  The area has been cleaned and is actively being monitored for safety concerns.

Shelby County Health Department has been notified of this event along with Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

City of Helena, Alabama Audited Financial Statements FY2024

On 2/25/25 the Sewer Department was notified of a manhole that had previously overflowed due to a high rain event, the location of the manhole is at 33.29512° N, -86.83632° W.  A small portion of this is believed to have entered Lee Brook Creek. The area has been cleaned and is actively being monitored for safety concerns.

Shelby County Health Department has been notified of this event along with Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

Council has set a special called meeting for Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 5:30PM. This meeting will be for the Council to interview those who have applied for the vacancy in the Place 2 Council seat.

This will be an open meeting, but is not a public hearing. This means the only questions posed to the interviewing candidates will be done by Council members. However, the Council would like public input on the questions to be posed to the candidates. To accomplish this, members of the public are encouraged to email questions to the City Clerk (mharris@cityofhelena.org) no later than December 13th, 2024, at 12:00PM (noon). Any submitted questions should be about policy, qualifications, governing philosophy, and strategic planning ideas the candidates have for the City. Any questions outside the scope of these guidelines will not be included in the panel questions posed to the candidates.

The Council questions, including any relevant and appropriate questions submitted by the Public, will be provided to the Candidates in advance of their interviews. The Council, as the governing body of the City has the sole responsibility and discretion to fill this vacancy, has chosen this open meeting interview process to gather information prior to voting on the filling of the Place 2 vacancy.

In the interest of fairness to all applicants, each candidate will be interviewed individually by the Council and candidates will remain outside the Council chambers until their individual interview time. Once a candidate’s interview is complete, that candidate will be excused from the Work Session.

The City Council is now accepting applicants to fill the recent vacancy in Place 2. This appointment would run through the end of the current term.
Those interested should email their resumes and a letter of intent to City Clerk Madison Harris, at mharris@cityofhelena.org with the subject “City Council Vacancy”. Applicants may also turn in their resumes and letters of intent to City Hall in an envelope labeled “City Council Vacancy”, attention: Madison Harris.
Submissions (resume and letter of intent) will be accepted until 12:00PM on Monday, December 9, 2024.