Effort to replace John Lyda as Hoover council president fails
Three council members voted to make Casey Middlebrooks the new council president, but four votes were needed.
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Three council members voted to make Casey Middlebrooks the new council president, but four votes were needed.
Developer William Kadish told the council he wants more time to meet with Trace Crossings residents.
Only three of seven Hoover City Council members were present for the meeting, which was called Thursday.
The 91-acre Riverwalk Village is expected to have a $2.5 billion economic impact over 10 years.
Derrick Murphy, 40, of Toledo, was sentenced recently to 320 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Helmick after earlier pleading guilty to enticement of a minor and drug charges. Judge Helmick also ordered Murphy to serve 10 years of supervised release upon release from imprisonment.