Hoover News
The latest Hoover news: city council, schools, police and fire, development and business, each story linked to the record it came from.
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Hoover's $10 stormwater fee brings in about $600,000 a year
Hoover's $10 yearly stormwater fee raises about $603,500. The drainage budget is $3 million this year. A city panel is reviewing it and wants residents' questions.
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Jobs
Hoover jobless rate rises to 2.9%, still below the state
Hoover's unemployment rate was 2.9% in August, up from 2.2% a year earlier, with 920 fewer residents working. Alabama was at 3.6% and Birmingham at 4.5%.
City Council
Hoover awards $818,800 contract for new Lake House
Coston General Contractors won the Lake House job with the lowest of eight bids. The council also renewed the Bluff Park police substation lease for five years.
Home prices
Hoover home values hit a record $437,458, Zillow says
The typical Hoover home was worth $437,458 in September, up $12,346 in a year and the highest on record. Homewood and Mountain Brook rose faster; Birmingham fell.