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  • Birmingham City Budgeting Survey

    This survey is being conducted by People's Budget Birmingham (PBB). People's Budget Birmingham is a local volunteer-led campaign that believes governments should be accountable, accessible, and transparent to the people they represent and that a budget for the public should be apportioned by the public. By submitting this survey, you give PBB permission to use your anonymized responses in its advocacy for participatory budgeting.

  • If you do not know if you live within the city limits of Birmingham, Alabama, we have compiled some resources to help you. Once you have identified if you live within the Birmingham city limits, answer the next question.

    If you are a registered voter: Use this link to find your district.

    • You will need to enter your First and Last Name and Date of Birth to find your city council district.
    • Once your profile is up, you will need to expand the tab at the bottom of your screen that says "Districts."
    • There, you will find your city council district.

    If you are not a registered voter, find your district using this map. Note, the City of Birmingham is in the process of updating their city council districts on their city website.

    • Enter your address into the address search function above the city council district map

    If you want to become a registered voter, begin your registration process here.

    If you have been charged with a felony and want to restore your right to vote, check out this resource.

    People's Budget Birmingham has made every effort to provide you with local and statewide tools to find your Birmingham city council district. Some of these tools may not function properly due to mishandling by local statewide governments.

  • Your city councilor is Clinton Woods

  • Your city councilor is Hunter Williams

  • Your city councilor is Valerie A. Abbott

  • Your city councilor is J.T. Moore

  • Your city councilor is Darrell O'Quinn

  • Your city councilor is Crystal Smitherman

  • Your city councilor is Wardine T. Alexander

  • Your city councilor is Carol E. Clarke

  • Your city councilor is LaTonya Tate

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  • Please use the sliding scale to indicate how you would allot the city budget to address specific functions, and whether the roles police officers currently perform should be operated by other professionals or programs.

    Based on a scale of 1-9, please rate your desirability for using police officers versus other professionals to fulfill the following roles in public safety. You do not have to answer any question you do not want to. If you have any comments or suggestions for any topic in this section, you may add them at the end of this section.

    Police response only (1)

    Varying levels of mixed responses (2-8)

    Other professional or trained community specialists only (9)

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