UpdatedFri, May 7, 2021 at 5:03 pm CT Reply Mayor Walt Maddox fielded questioned from the media at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater on Friday. (Ryan Phillips, Tuscaloosa Patch) TUSCALOOSA, AL — Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox met with the City Council Friday at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater for a work session where he presented his policy plans for the coming year, while pitching a proposed funding model for Tuscaloosa County Parks & Recreation Authority (PARA). The proposals are in their earliest stages and the scope of the initiatives will still have much left to be discussed, but here is a breakdown of both pitches made by the mayor on Friday, which provide a detailed glimpse of what Maddox looks to accomplish in his fifth term.