Evergreen
City Council Meeting 6 February 2018
Invocation offered by Mr. Mike Lanier.
Call to order at 6 PM by Mayor Wolff, All
members were present.
Minutes:
The reading of minutes from the previous
meeting were corrected by both Council person Fountain and Council person Davis
as follows. Both Ms. Fountain and Ms.
Davis wanted the minutes to reflect that neither of them had been notified of
the passing of Council person Skinners mother or the passing of Council person
Upton’s wife. They requested that, in
the future, some type of notification be sent when situations such as this
arise. Minutes approved as read after
corrections.
Mayor’s
Report and Comments:
Long-time park employee David “Mookie”
Thomas has retired. Mayor Wolff directed
that a plaque be procured for Mr. Thomas.
As of now the park essentials are being covered by Superintendents
Sullivan and Martin. The position will
be rewritten and listed in the near future.
Old
Business:
No old business for discussion.
New
Business:
1.
Chief Simpson has requested to attend a winter
conference. Motion to approve by Council
persons Skinner and Davis. Motion
carried by unanimous vote.
2.
Mr. Larry Ryland is working on a pole lease
agreement to be implemented in the future.
This is to be addressed again at the next meeting.
3.
Council person Upton introduced a proclamation
recognizing Hillcrest High School as State 3-A Champs. Motion to approve made by Council person
Caylor and Davis and was followed by a unanimous vote.
4.
It was noted Council person Skinner picked up
a $250,000.00 grant check for the park from Governor Kay Ivey. Mayor Wolff reintroduced an idea dealing with
“Sponsor A Field” to help make up for monetary shortfalls at the park.
5.
A resolution to tear down 123 Elm Street, a
building owned by Lori Taylor and Lynn Thompson, was approved. The owners were on hand and asked for an
extension of time to finish getting all their belongings from the
building. A 4 month extension was
approved by the council.
6.
Safe Room invoices #11 and #12 to Youngblood/Barrett
were approved for payment.
7.
Council person Caylor brought up that MediaCom
Cable negotiations need to start now.
The current contract expires in October.
Council person Caylor and Davis, along with Larry Ryland were placed on
a committee to review and prepare a contract.
Accounts
Payable Approval:
Passed by unanimous vote.
It
was announced that next Tuesday, 13 February, will be birthday number 200 for
the formation of Conecuh County. There
will be birthday/bash/party at the depot between the hours of 5 and 7 PM. Everyone is invited.
It
was announced by citizen J. J. Jones that Council person Upton, next Thursday,
will be going on a Navy Cruise.
Meeting
adjourned: 6:29 PM