Place 3 Council Member· 2025-11-03 to 2029-11-01 (start: joined council Nov 3 2025, city bio; month-level end: November 2029, four-year terms per city page)
Christine Townes
Pelham
No biography on file yet.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 14
- Total speaking time
- 30:29
- Avg per meeting
- 2:11
- Segments
- 382
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Top issues during term (15)(Parks Rec)
Pelham Senior Center Bus
Expense reclassified from FY2027 into FY2026.
APLS-recommended changes to library policies
Reconsideration request for 'It's Perfectly Normal'
Library Board appointment
Pelham Sports Park Renovations Phase II
A $2.6 million project that came in about $400,000 under budget, covered by existing funds.
Racquet Club elevator modernization
Adds about $10,000 to the FY 2026 budget for the project.
Advisory board leadership transition and term limits
State grants for library and Parks & Recreation
Roughly $10,000 plus additional community service grant dollars coming into the city at no cost to local taxpayers.
Blueberry Hill Trailhead and Trails
Funded in the FY2027 capital budget using prior-year set-aside funds.
Ice Arena Protective Flooring
Unbudgeted for FY2026, funded by reallocation of available funds.
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board openings
Ice Arena main switchboard replacement
Requires a FY2026 budget amendment; the cost wasn't published.
Learn-to-skate program growth and Olympic ambitions
Shelby County Grant for Pelham Senior Center
Brings county grant funding into the senior center, reducing local burden.
Ballantrae Golf Course no-show crackdown
Aims to recover a chunk of the $500,000 lost to no-shows last year.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Townes was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Parks Rec.
Voting record (0)(Parks Rec)
No votes found matching Parks Rec.