The recent Mobile Alabama annexation vote this past Tuesday brought two out of four possible areas outside of Mobile into the city. The two areas include Theodore, which is just south of the city’s boundaries, and the Windmill Place subdivision slightly west of Cody Road. This vote was the most recent of the three main efforts toward possible annexations of surrounding areas into the city of Mobile Alabama in the past year. Previous areas that voted to be added to the city’s jurisdiction include Mobile Terrace residents with some retail laden portions of Airport Boulevard and Schillinger Road and the Mobile Regional Airport.
As a result of the annexation, residents of Theodore and Windmill place will enjoy free city garbage and trash pickup as well as city funded street lighting; Theodore is also expected to have a fire station and a police mini-precinct, as well as a park. As far as economic impacts, Theodore will have a higher sales tax in their stores (i.e. from 7.5 percent to 9 percent) and property taxes are expected to increase once a five-year grace period is complete.
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