Newly released financial records reviewed by WBRC detail payments made by the Jefferson County Probate Court to the consulting firm of Huntsville Utilities Electric Board member Samuel T. Greene II during 2025 and 2026.
According to WBRC, Greene Consulting Group received at least $461,000 from the probate court’s Archival Discretionary Fund during that period. The television station reported the records include a January 2026 consulting contract that was marked “voided” and “terminated” eight days after it was signed, while later records show the firm received a $124,500 payment.
WBRC reported the Jan. 5, 2026, contract called for Greene Consulting Group to provide election-related services, including voter education, poll worker training, election communications and what the agreement described as an “Elections Operations Modernization Initiative.” The contract contains a handwritten notation stating it was “voided terminated” effective Jan. 13, 2026.
According to the station’s reporting, financial records show the Bessemer division of the probate court later issued a $124,500 payment to Greene Consulting Group on Feb. 5, 2026. WBRC reported the invoice included $100,000 for first-quarter consulting services and $22,000 for an “Executive Dashboard Summary.”
The records were obtained as part of WBRC’s reporting on spending by the Jefferson County Probate Court under suspended Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard. Blanchard was suspended in May after the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a judicial ethics complaint. She has not been criminally charged, and her attorney has said she denies the allegations. The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is conducting an audit of the probate court.
WBRC’s report does not allege that Greene committed any wrongdoing or that he is the subject of any criminal investigation. The station reported it contacted Greene Consulting Group for comment but had not received a response before publication.
Greene was voted to the Huntsville Utilities Electric Board by the Huntsville City Council in June to serve a three-year term. He replaced Kimberly Lewis on the three-member board, which oversees Alabama’s largest municipal electric utility serving more than 220,000 electric customers.
256 Today contacted the Huntsville City Attorney to ask whether city officials have reviewed the newly released records following WBRC’s report. A response was not immediately available.
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