The vote was 4-1, with Commissioner Sheila Tyson casting the lone no vote.
made a point during the meeting to address criticism that the money should instead be spent on local needs. “I wanted to be clear that residents understand the difference in the dollars used for tourism versus the idea that monies are being taken away from the communities or roads or any other service we provide as a county,” she said. “These dollars could not be used for operational needs that our citizens are looking for us to provide. The public needs to know that.
“We discovered we are able to use reimbursable federal dollars without impacting monies we’d normally use to improve the quality of life of our citizens,” he said after the meeting. “That was a very fortunate finding because I was not prepared to use any dollars that could be used to improve quality of life.
“You want to help [the World Games], but I can’t extend [Jefferson County] taxpayer dollars to do something folks should have done right to start with,” he added. “I don’t mind utilizing these fed funds that didn’t originate here. It was the World Games and people from the entire world came. I feel comfortable with that.”
Previously, the commission allocated $2 million to the Birmingham Civil Rights District to address the impact of COVID-19 on tourism in the area.
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