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Opelika
Opelika, Alabama
Official City Record
Official source, last checked Sep 27, 2026- City Council meets
- 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM
- Meeting location
- Municipal Courtroom, Police Department Building, 300 Martin Luther King Blvd, Opelika, AL 36801
- City Clerk
- Russell Jones, City Clerk (CMC, CERA; since Mar. 2020) · (334) 705-5110 · rjones@opelika-al.gov · Opelika City Hall, 204 South 7th Street, Opelika, AL 36801
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.opelika-al.gov/
- City Administrator / Mayor / Council President
- City Administrator Joey Motley is the operational administrator; Mayor Eddie Smith (elected Aug. 26, 2025 with about 56%, sworn in Nov. 3, 2025, succeeding 21-year Mayor Gary Fuller) is the political and chief executive head · (334) 705-5150 · esmith@opelika-al.gov; City Council President George Allen presides over the City Council
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