Baldwin County, AL
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👤 Members & officials (2)
Members seen in recent official meeting records — names and roles as published.
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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Mon Aug 31, 2026 · 1:00 PM
Baldwin County Commission Special
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
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
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
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
Thu Sep 3, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Regular
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Recent meetings
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)
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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 · 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
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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 — Withdrawn
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1025 — Withdrawn
3 yea · 1 absent
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood absent · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-1055 — Withdrawn
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
Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number One
Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
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
Baldwin County Foley Satellite Courthouse Large Meeting Hall 201 East Section Avenue Foley, Alabama 36535
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
Tue Aug 4, 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 · 42m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
To get this work session started, 902, I will let Commissioner Underwood bless the meeting and Commissioner Gruber will do the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. If you please bow with me. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for all the blessings you bestow upon us here in Baldwin County. And Lord, we just ask you to be with us as we conduct the business of Baldwin County. Help us to make the right and fair and good decisions. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Please join me for the pledge. 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. Thanks. All right. Well, welcome to the 9 o'clock work session meeting. We're going to set our consent agenda. All right. Do you all have any questions on the administrative? Items? No, I'm good here. Okay. Consent on that. Budget and purchasing. Wow, these microphones are working good today. I don't know what the deal is. I'm fine. I'm good. Good. All right. CIS. We got a couple items there. Good. Yeah. Elected officials. I'm good. Good to go. EMA. Good. Mm-hmm. Okay. Highway department. Four or five items. I'm good. Yeah. We got our personnel items with our, starting with CR1 through CR5. We got a planning and zoning, two planning and zoning items. Okay. So on that Environmental Advisory Committee resignation, is there a replacement? No, there's not. Are y'all going to be looking f …
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🗳️ How they voted (6 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
ADJOURNMENT OF PRE-MEETING WORK SESSION — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-0993 — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-0994 — 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
26-0884 — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
Tue Aug 4, 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 · 42m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
this work session started 902 I will let Commissioner Under wood bless the meeting and Commissioner Gruber will do the Pledge of Allegiance thank you if you please bow with me dear Heavenly Father we thank you for this day we thank you for all the blessings you bestow upon us here in Baldwin County and Lord we just ask you to be with us as we conduct the business of Baldwin County help us to make the right and fair and good decisions in Jesus name we pray amen amen please join me for the pledge 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 y'all thanks welcome to the nine o'clock work session meeting we're gonna set our consent agenda all right do y'all have any questions on the administrative items no good here okay consent on that budget and purchasing well these microphones are working good today I don't know what the deal now I'm fine I'm good good all right okay CIS we got a couple items there good good yeah elected officials I'm good I'm good good to go all right EMA good good highway department four or five items good good yep good we got our personnel items with our starting with CR 1 through CR 5 good all right we got planning a zoning to to planning and zoning items okay so on that environmental advisory committee resignation is there a replacement okay are y'all gonna be looking for that or should we the Commission should be looking for …
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Mon Aug 3, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Commission Special
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Wed Jul 22, 2026 · 9:30 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Work Session
Daphne City Hall
Jubilee Conference Room
1705 Main Street
Daphne, Alabama 36526
Wed Jul 22, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board
Daphne City Hall
City Council Chambers
1705 Main Street
Daphne, Alabama 36526
Tue Jul 21, 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 Jul 21, 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
📹 From the video · 1h 51m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
all right so welcome to the July 21st work session County Commission I'm going to ask Commissioner Gruber field leaders in the implication and Commissioner McKenzie will follow us with the Pledge of Allegiance please stand dear Heavenly Father we thank you for allowing us to be here today as we work on the business with with the County Commission also guide us so that we can make the best decisions in our decisions that we make today please watch over our first responders our men and women who serve in the armed forces and just watch over each and every one of us as we go through our day in God's name we pray amen amen please join me in the place I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you thanks y'all all right commissioners gonna work on getting our consent agenda set we've got item CA1 under administration everybody okay with that okay yes yeah we've got a archives and history item I'm good what good with that budgeting and purchasing any question on Wanda's 13 items I have a question on CE6 I looked at the it's about a Tahoe who's what department is it going to does anybody brand new Tahoe 77,000 dollars it's for commission for the commission for commissioner Underwood yes I like to pull that from the consent I just feel like that's my opinion I don't know how many how many miles on your vehicle that you want to turn in you can pull it you c …
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🗳️ How they voted — 4 divided votes
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
26-0970 — Approved
3 yea · 1 nay
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie nay · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-0973 — Approved
3 yea · 1 nay
James E. Ball nay · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-0942 — Approved
3 yea · 1 nay
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie nay · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-0943 — 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 Jul 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number One
Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Thu Jul 16, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Board of Adjustment Number Two
Baldwin County Satellite Courthouse, Large Meeting Hall, 201 East Section Avenue, Foley, Alabama 36535
Wed Jul 15, 2026 · 10:00 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee
Daphne City Hall
Jubilee Conference Room
1705 Main Street
Daphne, Alabama 36526
Wed Jul 15, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Daphne City Hall
Jubilee Conference Room
1705 Main Street
Daphne, Alabama 36526
Wed Jul 15, 2026 · 1:00 PM
Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizens Advisory Committee
Daphne City Hall
Jubilee Conference Room
1705 Main Street
Daphne, Alabama 36526
Tue Jul 14, 2026 · 8:30 AM
Baldwin County Commission Road and Bridge Division
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium 22251 Palmer Street Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
📹 From the video · 1h 43m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
All right, 830. Everyone would stand, please. I will lead us in an invocation, and then Commissioner Gru ber will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. If you'll bow your heads with me, please. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, we just thank you for this day. Lord, we thank you for Baldwin County. Lord, we thank you for this great place that we call home in our paradise. And Lord, we just ask you, Lord, to be with us today as we lay out the vision and the plans for the future of this county. Lord, we know that sometimes when there seems like there's no way, you're a waymaker, Lord. And we just ask you to embolden us with the faith that you will help us see this through. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Please join me for a pledge. 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. Okay, thank you. I want to welcome everyone to the July 14th road and bridge meeting. I'm Commissioner Underwood. I'm the chair of the road and bridge division this year. I'm sitting here with Commissioner Ball, who's the chairman of the commission, and then Commissioner Gruber, who is our finance chair. Commissioner McKenzie is away on vacation. Sometimes I wish I could be on vacation, but maybe that will happen one day. Anyways, the first item on our agenda today is the adoption of the January 15th, 2026 road and bridge meeting minutes. Do I have a motion? I'm on. Second. I have a moti …
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Thu Jul 9, 2026 · 3:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda Review Meeting
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Thu Jul 9, 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 22m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Good evening. At this time I'm going to call to order our July 9th Ballin County Planning is on a commission. If you will at this time, if you'll stand with me, we'll have a pledge of allegiance and a prayer. I'll do the prayer first. Father, we're so thankful to you for this day, thankful to you for this opportunity we have to conduct the business before us. Now Father, we pray that you'll guide us in this time. We thank you for this great county we live in and for all that make it possible to be that way . And Father, we just pray that what we do tonight honors you and shows respect to each other. Now Father, thank you for this time. We pray 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 Mullick. Here. Greg Seibert. Here. Michael Fletcher. Here. George Waters. Here. Reed Key. Doug Lipscomb. All right. We have a quorum. At this time we will approve the minutes. You all received a copy of that. The work session minutes and the regular meeting minutes of June the 4th. If there are no recommended changes for that then I'd entertain a motion those be approved. So moved. Mr. Seibert's made a motion the minutes be approved. Do I have a second? I'll second it. Mr. Mullick has seconded the motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All …
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Thu Jul 9, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission Work Session
Baldwin County Central Annex Auditorium, 22251 Palmer Street, Robertsdale, Alabama
Tue Jul 7, 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 36m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
all right good morning and welcome to our pre-meeting work session nine o'clock on July 7th I have not asked anybody do anything yet so I'll get Commissioner Underwood to lead us in invocation and Commissioner Gruber to lead us in the pledge please rise good morning morning please please bow with me dear Heavenly Father we thank you for this day Lord we just thank you for all the things that you do for us especially here in Baldwin County and Lord we just ask that you know in in the great book of Zechariah where it's where you know you spoke to the prophet and said you know not by my not by power but by my spirit so Lord whatever mountains individuals or staff or us as a body or anybody is facing Lord we know you can move those mountains and then Lord we just pray that you be with us as we conduct the meeting of and the business of Baldwin County and do your will in Jesus name we pray amen amen please join me for the pledge 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 guys all right first up we're going to review these items and set our consent agenda for the day I 'd like to take notice of a couple of people that's in the audience today we've got a sheriff with us today we've got a lot of the and we've got two of our new county commissioners sitting with us today Angelo firmo and Tater Harris are in the house and we also got a district attorn …
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🗳️ How they voted (5 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
26-0879 — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
26-0880 — 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
8 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
26-0927 — Approved
4 yea
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood yea · Charles F. Gruber yea
Tue Jul 7, 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 · 1h 36m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
all right good morning and welcome to our pre-meeting work session nine o'clock on July 7th I have not asked anybody do anything yet so I'll get Commissioner Underwood to lead us in invocation and Commissioner Gruber to lead us in the pledge please rise good morning morning please please bow with me dear Heavenly Father we thank you for this day Lord we just thank you for all the things that you do for us especially here in Baldwin County and Lord we just ask that you know in in the great book of Zechariah where it's where you know you spoke to the prophet and said you know not by my not by power but by my spirit so Lord whatever mountains individuals or staff or us as a body or anybody is facing Lord we know you can move those mountains and then Lord we just pray that you be with us as we conduct the meeting of and the business of Baldwin County and do your will in Jesus name we pray amen amen please join me for the pledge 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 guys all right first up we're going to review these items and set our consent agenda for the day I 'd like to take notice of a couple of people that's in the audience today we've got our sheriff with us today we've got our sheriff with us today we're going to review these items and set our consent agenda for the day I'd like to take notice of a couple of people that's in the audi …
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Fri Jun 26, 2026 · 9:00 AM
Baldwin County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee
Baldwin County Emergency Operations Center 23100 McAuliffe Drive Robertsdale, Alabama 36567
Tue Jun 16, 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
📹 From the video · 1h 44m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
All right, welcome to our Tuesday, June 16th pre-meeting work session. I will go with Commissioner Underwood with the blessing today, followed by Commissioner McKenzie with the Pledge of Alleg iance. So please stand. Good morning. Please bow your head with me. Dear, gracious, heavenly Father, we thank you for this day, Lord. We just thank you for everything that you do for us here in this wonderful place that we call home, Baldwin County. And Lord, I just ask you to be with us today as we conduct the business of the County Commission. Lord, give us courage, wisdom, strength to do the right thing. 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. All right. First up, we've got the adoption of... Excuse me. I don't even know why I started there. We're going to set our consent agenda. That's what we're going to do. I don't know why I was ready to get over with. We've got two administrative items, CA1 and CA2. I'm okay. Good. Yep. Got Ms. Wanda on TV. If you all have any questions about our budget and purchasing items. I'm good. Good to go here. Yeah, I'm good. Council on aging. I'm fine with that one. Mm-hmm. Good to go here. Got some elected officials things. Two items for that. It's fine. That's good. Commissioner Gruber, I hadn't heard anything you said. Good. …
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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
26-0807 — Denied
3 yea · 1 nay
James E. Ball yea · Matthew P. McKenzie yea · Billie Jo Underwood nay · Charles F. Gruber yea
The other 10 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.
Tue Jun 16, 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 · 1h 44m
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
All right, welcome to our Tuesday, June 16th pre-meeting work session. I will go with Commissioner Underwood with the blessing today, followed by Commissioner McKenzie with the Pledge of Alleg iance. So please stand. Good morning. Please bow your head with me. Dear, gracious, heavenly Father, we thank you for this day, Lord. We just thank you for everything that you do for us here in this wonderful place that we call home, Baldwin County. And Lord, I just ask you to be with us today as we conduct the business of the County Commission. Lord, give us courage, wisdom, strength to do the right thing. 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. All right. First up, we've got the adoption of... Excuse me. I don't even know why I started there. We're going to set our consent agenda. That's what we're going to do. I don't know why I was ready to get over with. We've got two administrative items, CA1 and CA2. I'm okay. Good. Yep. Got Ms. Wanda on TV. If you all have any questions about our budget and purchasing items. I'm good. Good to go here. Yeah, I'm good. Council on aging. I'm fine with that one. Mm-hmm. Good to go here. Got some elected officials things. Two items for that. It's fine. That's good. Commissioner Gruber, I hadn't heard anything you said. Good. …
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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.
1,480
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:
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Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.