20200804 Andalusia City Council Meeting August 4 2020
Date: 2020-08-04 Type: Regular Meeting
Quick Summary
Council approved the July 21, 2020 meeting minutes and adopted ordinance 2020-07 to increase the chief judge’s salary by $10,000/year. The council adopted certification resolutions for multiple elected officials (res. 2020-20 through 2020-25), appointed personnel to conduct the August 25 election (res. 2020-26), approved nuisance abatement (res. 2020-27), authorized about $13,000 from contingency to remove the Brooks Hardware building for downtown parking, waived business license fees for the gun show, and authorized start of creek/bridge repairs based on a $192,940 estimate, returning later for funding as needed.
Key Decisions
- Approved the July 21, 2020 meeting minutes (motion, second; hand/voice vote).
- Adopted Ordinance 2020-07 amending court/criminal procedure to increase the Chief Judge’s salary by $10,000/year (second reading; motion, second; hand/voice vote).
- Adopted resolutions certifying election results: Res. 2020-20 (Earl B. Johnson, Mayor), Res. 2020-21 (Hazel Riffin, Council District 3), Res. 2020-22 (Ralph Wells, Council District 4), Res. 2020-23 (Terry Powell, Council District 5), Res. 2020-24 (Amy Hicks Dutter, Board of Education District 2), Res. 2020-25 (Parish King, Board of Education District 4) — each approved (motion, second; hand/voice votes).
- Adopted Res. 2020-26 appointing necessary personnel to conduct the city election on August 25 (motion, second; hand/voice vote).
- Authorized allocation of approximately $13,000 from the contingency fund to remove the Brooks Hardware building to prepare a downtown parking lot (motion, second; hand/voice vote).
Notable Discussion
- Ordinance 2020-07 was presented as a response to substantially increased court hours for Judge Jones due to the coronavirus.
- The city discussed signing a new memorandum of understanding with Youth Advent cfo, Inc. because the current grant funding is expiring; the MOU was described as substantively the same as the prior agreement (dates updated).
- Public works director Lynn Rawls provided an estimate of $192,940 for creek/bridge repairs after the creek blew out the water system and damaged the bridge; council authorized starting the project and to return later for specific funding.
- Downtown revitalization plan includes removing Brooks Hardware to create a parking lot; the council approved contingency funding for demolition/preparation.
- Council agreed to waive business license fees for the 37th annual gun show scheduled for August 15–16.
Action Items
- Enter approval of the July 21, 2020 meeting minutes into the record.
- Execute the memorandum of understanding with Youth Advent cfo, Inc. and proceed with grant application as needed.
- File and record certification resolutions 2020-20 through 2020-25 for elected officials.
- Allocate approximately $13,000 from the contingency fund to remove the Brooks Hardware building and prepare downtown parking.
- Waive business license fees for the 37th annual gun show (Aug 15–16) as approved.
- Proceed with initial creek/bridge repairs per the $192,940 estimate and return to council as additional funds are required (funding to come from contingency/unbudgeted funds as needed).