Former councilor Steve Ammons running for Jefferson commission

A former Vestavia Hills City Council member is seeking to return to the field of public service, this time as a Jefferson County Commissioner.

Steve Ammons, who served on the City Council from 2008 to 2016, is seeking the soon to be vacant seat of District 5, currently held by Commissioner David Carrington.

Ammons said Carrington was the first person he spoke with about a possible run for the office, and after getting positive feedback from the commissioner, reached out to other contacts.

“I probably spent three weeks talking to folks to make sure it was going to be a viable campaign,” he said.

Ammons has been in the private sector after dropping out of the 2016 runoff for Place 3 on the City Council, but has not been absent from the Vestavia Hills community.

Ammons is the founder and president of the Vestavia Hills Police Foundation, the current president of the Vestavia Hills Sunrise Rotary, a member of the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce and the vice president of the Mid-Alabama Republican Club.

If elected, he said his primary goal would be to foster multi-jurisdictional cooperation to create economic development opportunities all around his district and the rest of Jefferson County.

“I’d like to see the commission be that cultivating governing body for the municipalities,” he said. “I think there are ways we can work together.”

Ammons will face State Rep. Jack Williams in the June 5 primary. Williams announced his bid for county commissioner in May 2017.

For more information about Ammons’ campaign, visit steveammons.com.