Birmingham City Council Elects Wardine Alexander President; LaTonya Tate Pro Tem
**Birmingham City Council Elects New Leadership for 2025-2029 Term**
The Birmingham City Council officially kicked off its 2025-2029 term on Tuesday by electing Councilor Wardine Alexander as President and Councilor LaTonya Tate as President Pro Tem.
Alexander, representing District 7, emphasized her commitment to fostering cohesive messaging around projects that impact all nine districts. “We want to work with the mayor and with our neighborhood leaders to continue moving in the right direction on issues that impact the quality of life for our residents,” Alexander said. “This includes workforce development, neighborhood revitalization, sidewalk and infrastructure projects, and cracking down on the issue of illegal dumping in residential areas.”
A Birmingham native and product of Birmingham City Schools, Alexander graduated from Wenonah High School. She previously represented District 7 on the Birmingham City Schools Board of Education from 2013 to 2017, serving two terms as Board President. Alexander was appointed to the Birmingham City Council on October 30, 2018, to represent District 7 and has been re-elected twice since.
Councilor LaTonya Tate, representing District 9, has served as Chair of the Council’s Public Safety Committee for the past four years. Following Tuesday’s vote, Tate shared her enthusiasm for her new leadership role. “It is an honor to be able to represent my constituents and to step into this leadership role on the Council. I’ll be working with my colleagues on continuing to improve public safety, and develop holistic violence intervention strategies, especially among our young people.”
Tate, who grew up in North Birmingham where she currently resides, was educated in the Birmingham Public School System. She attended MacArthur Elementary and graduated from John Herbert Phillips High School. Tate is also the founder of the Alabama Justice Initiative, a nonprofit social justice organization focusing on criminal justice reform and policy initiatives.
In addition to the leadership elections, three new Council members were sworn in on Tuesday: Josh Vasa (District 3), Brian Gunn (District 4), and Sonja Smith (District 8). They join incumbents Clinton Woods (District 1), Hunter Williams (District 2), Darrell O’Quinn (District 5), Crystal Smitherman (District 6), along with newly elected President Wardine Alexander and President Pro Tem LaTonya Tate.
The newly formed Council is set to continue working collaboratively to enhance the quality of life for all Birmingham residents through improved infrastructure, public safety, and community development initiatives.
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