City
Council Meeting 17 April 2018
Invocation
by Mr. Mike Lanier.
Mayor
Wolff called the meeting to order at 6 PM.
Roll
call was completed when Council person Skinner arrived a few minutes late.
Minutes
of the previous meeting were approved as read.
Mayor’s
report and comments:
The
league of municipalities have a scheduled meeting next month in
Montgomery. The city needs a voting
delegate and an alternate. Council
persons Upton, Davis and Caylor plan on attending. Upton will be the voting delegate with
Council person Davis being the alternate.
The Waffle House opened yesterday (16
April). Mayor was unable to attend but
several of the council members did attend.
Old
Business:
Superintendent Sullivan brought up the
mosquito control contract needs to be voted on for renewal. No change in prices through Lewis Pest
Control. Unanimous vote to renew the
contract.
Financials are going well. The account and City Clerk are making sure
their figures reconcile.
Transfer of information from the old
software to the new software has been started.
City Clerk noted there will be several
advertisements for jobs in this weeks paper.
New
Business:
Cara Stallman advised the County
Commission that additional funds were available for the safe room but
everything must go through the city because the grant was originally theirs. It will require extension paperwork to be
filed. Cara and the Clerk has this for
action.
Current street sweeper is in a sad state
of affairs. Mr. Sullivan sent out a
leasing request for a sweeper and has received only one response from
Ingram. The proposal from Ingram included
a 36 month lease with option to buy. At
the end of the lease period Ingram will buy the machine back if the city does
not want it.
Fire Department equipment needs
replacing. Breathing tanks need
replacing due to out of date. Sunbelt
Fire is the only local company that carries the equipment. Will require the city getting a loan for the
purchase.
Account
Payable:
Approved.
Adjourn: 6:19 PM
