Mayor· 2025-11-03–2029-11-03 (start: WAFF article of Nov 5, 2025 reports the mayor and council were sworn into office on Monday, November 3, 2025, and Huntsville Business Journal reports a November 7, 2025 ceremony at City Hall; end: city Planning Commission page lists council liaison Erica White's term expiring 11/03/2029, and the next municipal election is August 2029 per Wikipedia 2025 Madison, Alabama municipal election; elected August 26, 2025)
Ranae Bartlett
Madison
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 57:30
- Avg per meeting
- 3:50
- Segments
- 627
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Top issues during term (17)(Development)
Madison Aquatic Facility planning
$22,000 for programming, reimbursed by park and recreation board warrant proceeds.
New soccer and dog park on Huntsville-Browns Ferry property
Mostly a parking re-striping and scheduling fix; no cost figure was given.
Sale of surplus Kyser Boulevard tract
Sale proceeds would go to the city; the brokerage fee amount was not stated.
Madison Branch density cut and cul-de-sac design
12 Main Street commercial development
New downtown investment with about 11,000 square feet of commercial space; parking relies on the city's public lots.
Five-year capital improvement plan
About $33 million in total project costs; roughly $3.6 million already budgeted from the 2016 bond.
3 Park Preserve Continuances
New residential lots would expand the city's housing stock and its property tax base.
Demolition of Madison Inn & Suites
No cost to the city; property owner grants the easements.
Hardiman Road annexation and R-1C zoning request
The developer pitched his project as worth roughly $100 million in sales-tax-generating homes, while commissioners countered that residential growth is a net loss for schools, police and fire.
Three Park subdivision phase four and five
Redevelopment Authority Board Appointments
Heritage Hills Phase 4 — Final Phase Approved
Performance bonds totaling about $288,000 ensure the developer, not taxpayers, covers street and sidewalk construction.
Westchester Road warehouse subdivision and floodplain constraints
The owner avoids costly redesign of pads and utilities on the unbuilt south half of the site.
Surplus declaration for the Wann-Farley House
Legacy Enclave easement access and dogwood preservation
The developer noted the requested access tile would be an extra expense still under discussion with the property owner.
The Learning Experience preschool and daycare
Toyota Field parking addition
The city already bought the land; construction costs weren't stated.
Decisions during term (8)
Recorded while Bartlett was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
12 Main Street special development permit (SDP2026-003)
Resolution No. 2026-257-R — Development Agreement for Aloft Hotel and Mini Golf Facility
Resolution 2026-243R: Economic development coordinator regrade
Resolution No. 2026-227-R: Redevelopment Authority Board Appointments
Resolution No. 2026-207-R — Tennessee Valley Communities development agreement amendment
Ovation Development Maintenance Building Site Plan (SP2026-011)
Resolution 2026-132-R: Development agreement with Velocity Venture Madison, LLC (Slick City Action Park)
Specific Development Permit for 16 Cain Street (SDP 2026-001)
Voting record (1)(Development)
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