Tag: FRANK BROCATO

The new $15 million budget focuses on long-range financial planning and strengthening Hoover’s infrastructure, public safety assets, and public facilities.

Monday, October 27, marked the final Hoover City Council meeting for three incumbent councilmen who chose not to seek re-election: Councilman Sam Swiney, Council president pro-tempore Curt Posey and Council president John Lyda. The council also recognized Mayor Frank Brocato, who lost his re-election bid. 

During his January “State of the City” address, the same day he announced he would seek reelection, Mayor Frank Brocato revealed a study on the future uses of the Galleria.

Incumbent Mayor Frank Brocato's run as Hoover's chief executive is coming to an apparent end.

Alabama Head Football Coach Kalen DeBoer is not endorsing Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato for reelection, according to a spokesman for the University of Alabama athletics department.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is all smiles standing next to Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato in a mailpiece that hit voters' mailboxes on Thursday, just days before the August 26 municipal elections. However, despite appearances, Britt has not endorsed Brocato.

During a debate on Thursday night, incumbent Mayor Frank Brocato and his challenger police chief Nick Derzis were asked about the Kroll Report, a forensic accounting also known as a forensic audit, conducted by the city in 2024.

In August 2023, Hoover City Council members began investigating rising legal fees that were causing budget overages. Their concern and curiosity led to several meetings, which were summarized in an email from City Council president John Lyda to other members.

Hoover City Councilman Steve McClinton is speaking out after the Alabama Ethics Commission cleared him of wrongdoing in what he described to 1819 News as a “weaponized” complaint filed by council president John Lyda, with support from Mayor Frank Brocato and City attorney Phillip Corley. 

The Hoover Police Department has been posting “Throwback Thursday” images on Facebook since 2017. This week’s photo was an image of Chief Nick Derzis playing golf with Michael Jordan in 1994. The post was up for a few hours, before it was deleted, apparently at the direction of Mayor Frank Brocato, who is facing a primary challenge from Derzis.

Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis picked up two high-profile law and order endorsements last week in his bid to replace incumbent Mayor Frank Brocato, gaining the public support of Attorney General Steve Marshall and Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr at a campaign event.

In a video message posted May 8, 2025, Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato seemingly took credit for the best of Hoover without addressing any significant concerns facing the city in the launch of his reelection campaign.

The 2025 municipal election season is underway, and new and incumbent candidates around the state have hit the campaign trail, working to win votes and raise money.

Four of seven councilmen have endorsed Derzis in his effort to unseat incumbent mayor Frank Brocato, with two council members saying they'll stay neutral and one who did not respond to a request for comment.

Hoover City Council meetings can be described in many ways, but boring is rarely one of them. This week’s meeting was no exception.  

As with many Hoover City Council meetings held over the past year, the hour-and-a-half-long discussion included several heated exchanges, interruptions and accusations of failed leadership.

Building on the momentum of his strong endorsements and community support upon launching his campaign, Hoover Police chief Nick Derzis is showing an equally impressive first campaign finance report, outraising incumbent Mayor Frank Brocato by over $50,000.

Jefferson County Commissioner Judge Mike Bolin told 1819 News that his father was his hero. Bolin fondly recalled his father pointing out the type of men he wanted his son to look up to and aspire to be, telling him to “be a man’s man.” A man of honor and integrity. Bolin said that’s exactly the kind of man that Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis is, “a man’s man.”

In an exclusive interview with 1819 News before his press event, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis kept a positive and hopeful tone saying, “I am announcing my candidacy for mayor of our great city."

The City of Hoover is abuzz as images of a new billboard sponsored by the group Our Hoover circulate. In a campaign that went live this week, the digital billboard reads, "Change is Coming” with a countdown to the August 26 municipal election.

Campaign finance reporting allows residents to “follow the money,” and that’s what Hoover resident Ken King was trying to do when he went online to inspect the annual reports of Mayor Frank Brocato and City Council President John Lyda.

Hoover Chief of Police Nick Derzis is widely respected and nationally known.

In his State of the City address at a sold-out event hosted by the Hoover Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Brocato was careful to not mention all but one of the crises that have occurred or are still unfolding.

While Hoover’s leaders are busy cutting ribbons and attending groundbreakings, they are neglecting the needs of the very community they are supposed to serve.

A mysterious poll started popping up in text messages of some Senate District 16 residents this week asking who their preferred candidate would be to replace State Sen. Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) if he decided not to run for re-election in 2026.

The Stadium Trace Village Phase 2 saga took another unusual twist on Thursday.

"Contentious," "shocking," "confusing." Those were some descriptions given to Monday night's Hoover City Council meeting by the media after Hoover City Council president John Lyda ambushed developer Broad Metro president William Kadish by revealing he was a convicted felon.