Voting record · Oct 14, 2024 to Oct 8, 2026 · Baldwin County, Alabama
Elected 2020; re-elected unopposed 2025; current term Nov 3, 2025 to Nov 2029.
What the mayor can do on council votes: the mayor does not vote and does not break ties. The mayor has a veto only: within 10 days the mayor may veto an ordinance or resolution of a permanent nature, and the council can override with two-thirds of its elected members (4 of 5). The council elects its own president, who runs the meetings. We found no vetoes in the minutes we reviewed.
State law would let Fairhope’s council make the mayor a voting member without a veto. The minutes show the mayor never voting and the Council President running meetings, so we conclude the standard arrangement (no vote, veto only) applies. We found no city document that says so directly. Sources: Ala. Code §11-43-2 · §11-45-4 · Alabama League of Municipalities
Nov 3, 2026: no city races. The mayor and council are not on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot; Alabama cities hold elections on their own schedule. See what is on your Nov 3 ballot →
Next city election: Aug 28, 2029. We worked out this date from state law (city elections fall on the fourth Tuesday in August, every four years since 2025); the city had not announced it. Winners would take office Nov 5, 2029.
The last city election was Aug 26, 2025. Sources: Ala. Code §11-46-21 · Baldwin County 2026 sample ballot
5 members, elected citywide (at-large), each to a numbered Place (1-5). Took office Nov 3, 2025.
Served until Nov 3, 2025 (they appear in votes before that date): Corey Martin (Place 2); Kevin Boone (Place 5).
| Date | Item | Result | Burrell | Gammon | Conyers | Robinson | Booth | Martin | Boone | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2024 | Ordinance No. 1816 Sets new water and sewer rates for all city utility customers. | passed 3-0 | Yes | · | Yes | Absent | · | Yes | Absent | Minutes · Meeting |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Ordinance No. 1817 Replaces Fairhope's impact fees on new development. The fees fund police, fire, transportation and parks. Conyers arrived at 3:40 p.m. and is not listed among the Ayes, so he is recorded as absent for this vote. | passed 4-0 | Yes | · | Absent | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | Minutes · Meeting |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Resolution No. 5334-25 (Change Order No. 4) Approves a $226,524 change order (cost increase) on a sewer pump station and force main contract, bringing it to $5.35 million. | passed 4-1 | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | · | No | Yes | Minutes · Meeting |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Ordinance No. 1823 A temporary pause (moratorium) on considering certain multi-unit residential projects and subdivision applications. Robinson described it as covering the planning territory only. From the minutes (paraphrased): Martin said nine months may not be enough time; Conyers said the city had paused before and staff need the opportunity. | passed 5-0 | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | Minutes · Meeting |
| May 12, 2025 | Resolution No. 5449-25 Pays $175,832 more to a gas engineering consultant for inspection work that ran over the contract's not-to-exceed amount (new total about $1.89 million). From the minutes (paraphrased): Martin said the firm should have come to the council earlier and 'this is not how we do business'; Boone said mistakes were made but the city owes the money for work performed. | passed 3-2 | No | · | Yes | Yes | · | No | Yes | Minutes · Meeting |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Ordinance No. 1843 Creates a local excise tax on vape products and requires a business license to sell them in the city and its police jurisdiction. Introduced as a revised version with amended percentages after an earlier version was withdrawn. | passed 4-0 | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | · | Absent | Yes | Minutes · Meeting |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Resolution No. 5574-25 Adopts the FY2026 city budget: $204.8 million across all funds, a 2% cost-of-living raise and merit raises. Two companion resolutions (impact-fee projects; new and reclassified positions) also passed unanimously. | passed unanimously by voice vote | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | Minutes · Meeting |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Resolution No. 5626-25 Re-appoints Marcus McDowell as city attorney for the new term. Gammon voted no. From the minutes (paraphrased): Gammon said McDowell's conduct during the election was not appropriate. First meeting of the new council; Conyers was elected Council President and Burrell Pro Tem, both unanimously. | passed 4-1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Ordinance No. 1851 Rezones a property on AL-181 from residential/agricultural to low-density single-family. From the minutes (paraphrased): Burrell said R-1 is the target density discussed in the past; Gammon said he opposed it and the council 'should listen to our constituents'. | passed 4-1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Resolution No. 5697-26 Renews the city's VMware software support for three years at up to $233,472. Staff must bring back alternatives within six months. From the minutes (paraphrased): Burrell said it was '100 percent over budget'. | passed 4-1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Library Board appointment Appoints a member to the Fairhope Public Library Board, a body at the center of the 2025 campaign debate over where certain books are shelved. From the minutes (paraphrased): Gammon asked about the interview and selection process; Booth and Conyers spoke in favor of the appointee. | passed by voice vote | Yes* | Abstained | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Mar 23, 2026 | Ordinance No. 1860 Sets up city licensing for businesses that sell consumable hemp products. The city can pull the license of a business cited for violations. Quoted in the minutes. Gammon: “Everything about it is murky to say the best, and there's documented downsides.” Robinson: “I'm not sure there is enough financial benefit for the City to justify doing something new that we don't truly know what the outcome is going to be.” Paraphrased from the minutes: Burrell said he had heard from more people for it than against, that hemp is legal and was already being sold, that it is regulated by the state ABC Board, and that the council approves liquor licenses for products he considers no less harmful; Conyers said he had heard more from supporters than opponents but was on the fence. Mayor Sullivan (who does not vote) said she had no opinion either way, but that the ordinance “gives us a little bit of teeth”, letting the city pull a business license if ABC cites a store. | passed 3-2 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Hemp retailer license First hemp-retailer license under the new ordinance. Gammon has voted no on each one. | passed 4-1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Ordinance No. 1873 Part of Fairhope's 2026 zoning code rewrite (case ZC 25.07): rules for apartments and multi-family housing. | passed 4-1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Ordinance No. 1874 Changes the rules for Planned Unit Developments, the custom-zoning tool often used for higher-density projects. From the minutes (paraphrased): Gammon said the council had approved high-density PUDs and needs to 'set the tone for density'; Robinson said PUDs have been abused but had 'heartburn' with this amendment; Burrell said he struggles with 3 units per acre. | passed 3-2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Ordinance No. 1875 Updates the zoning code's dimensional tables, including limits on impervious surface tied to drainage. Burrell's motion to adopt without the amendment died for lack of a second; the amended version passed 4-1 with Burrell voting no. The amendment changed the effective date of the 'Max. Impervious Area' standard. | passed 4-1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Site plan approval Approves the site plan for a Murphy Oil gas station at AL-181 and AL-104. Members asked about traffic at the pumps. | passed 4-1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Resolution No. 5917-26 Adopts the FY2027 budget: $200.7 million across all funds, with a $62.9 million General Fund. Companion resolutions on impact-fee projects and staffing also passed unanimously. From the minutes (paraphrased): Conyers called it a balanced budget 'but not sustainable'; Gammon called it a great budget and asked that his written questions and the city's answers be added to the minutes. | passed unanimously by voice vote | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | · | · | Minutes · Meeting |
"·" = not on the council at that time.
Source: official City Council minutes posted on the city's CivicClerk portal (scanned documents; we read the text with OCR and spot-checked against the page images). Descriptions are Vote Book's plain-language summaries; official titles are in the minutes. Vote Book is nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates or parties. Compiled Oct 17, 2026. Baldwin County ballot · My Ballot · Daphne voting record
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