Prichard City Council.
The Council meets at Prichard City Hall, 216 East Prichard Avenue, and livestreams on YouTube (@CityofPrichard). To speak, contact the City Clerk's office to sign up before the meeting.1
A Council meeting slot of Thursday, 4:00–5:00 p.m. has been visible on the city calendar, but the regular recurring cadence (which Thursdays) is not clearly published; confirm with the City Clerk and watch posted agendas. This matters: Mayor Davis has said there is "no set date" for any data-center vote, which means an item could appear with only the minimum notice. Watch the agenda weekly.1
| Where | Prichard City Hall, 216 E Prichard Ave |
| Time seen | Thursday, 4:00–5:00 p.m. (cadence unconfirmed) |
| Watch / listen | YouTube @CityofPrichard; agendas posted at City Hall |
| To speak | Sign up in advance with the City Clerk |
Mobile County Commission.
The Commission meets at Government Plaza, 205 Government Street, in the ground-level Auditorium, and livestreams on YouTube (@mobilecountyal). Its cycle is a Thursday Conference (agenda-setting), then a Monday voting Meeting, at 10:00 a.m., with agendas posting a few days before each Conference through the county's meetings portal.2,3
A data-center abatement or infrastructure item would surface first on a Conference agenda; that is the early warning. A June 22, 2026 industrial-park designation petition has already been heard. The next regular meeting is Tuesday, July 28, at 9:30 a.m. (rescheduled from Monday, July 27).2,3
The Alabama Open Meetings Act, and why to watch weekly.
Under Ala. Code §36-25A-3, every regular meeting of a governmental body must be noticed at least 7 calendar days in advance, stating time, date, and place, plus a preliminary agenda or a general description of the purpose. A special meeting requires at least 24 hours' notice; a true emergency, one hour. Because a data-center item can appear on an agenda with only that minimum notice, the practical defense is to check both bodies' agendas every week. Alabama's Act is relatively weak: enforcement is by civil lawsuit, with no state enforcement agency, so vigilance falls to residents.2
Four ways to get on the record.
- 1Speak at the meeting. Sign up with the clerk (Prichard) or through the commission's portal (county) and comment during the public-comment period. Both bodies livestream on YouTube.
- 2File a written objection. Submit comments to the clerk before the hearing, referencing the specific agenda item or ordinance number, then show up so the objection is on the record.
- 3Comment on any ADEM permit. An air permit (for backup generators) or a water withdrawal triggers an ADEM public-notice comment period, the most reliable statewide venue for formal comment on a project that needs no rezoning.
- 4Use open records. Under Alabama's Open Records Act (§36-12-40), request the draft abatement agreement, the cost/benefit analysis, and any letters of inducement, ideally in the weeks before a vote is posted.
Every claim, sourced.
- Project Gateway source-of-truth (2026): Prichard City Hall (216 E Prichard Ave), livestream @CityofPrichard, the visible Thursday 4:00–5:00 p.m. slot, and the unconfirmed recurring cadence; City of Prichard, City Council, thecityofprichard.org.
- "How Large Industrial & Data-Center Projects Get Approved in Mobile County and Prichard" (2026): Alabama Open Meetings Act, Ala. Code §36-25A-3 (7-day / 24-hour notice); Open Records Act §36-12-40; ADEM air-permit public notice (Ala. Admin. Code Ch. 335-3-14).
- Mobile County: Meetings, Agendas & Livestreaming portal (Thursday Conference → Monday Meeting, 10 a.m., Government Plaza; July 28 9:30 a.m. regular meeting rescheduled from July 27): mobilecountyal.gov.
Meeting dates and times change. Confirm each against the body's official portal before you go; this page reflects what was posted as of July 1, 2026.