Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey today signed into law legislation that re-shapes the Birmingham Water Works Board and takes it out of majority control of the City of Birmingham. The new law regionalizes the Birmingham Water Works Board and would give more power to suburban areas.

Multiple sources tell WBRC that the Birmingham Water Works Board will seriously consider selling itself back to the City of Birmingham at a special-called board meeting Wednesday night.

Hours after the city of Birmingham filed a lawsuit against Gov. Kay Ivey to stop a bill changing the makeup of the city’s water works board from becoming law, a federal judge has set a date in court to discuss it.