The renovation improves handicapped accessibility for visitors, upgrades technology and restores the original flooring of the room when City Hall was erected in 1915. The three objectives were ...

The Birmingham City Council chambers, shown here during the April 4, 2023 meeting, will get a $296,000 facelift starting next month. Council meetings will shift to Boutwell Auditorium.

City council hasn’t met in its chambers since March 1, 2023. Eight days later, fire Chief Barry Finley ruled the city hall fire escape to be structurally unsafe and closed it down.