STATE OF
CITY OF
The City Council of the City of Rainbow City, Alabama, met
in regular session at City Hall at 6:30 p.m., and upon roll call by Barbara T.
Wester, City Clerk/Treasurer, the following members answered present: Mayor:
Terry John Calhoun, Council members:
Anita Bedwell, Bobby McCartney, Lloyd
Matthews, Larry Keenum, and Kris Cornutt.
The same constituting a quorum of the City Council, the
following business was transacted. The
meeting was called to order by Mayor Terry John Calhoun. Invocation was given by Lloyd Matthews. Mayor Calhoun led the Pledge of Allegiance to
the flag.
1. Mayor Calhoun
presented the minutes of January 9, 2012 for review, and asked if there were
any corrections, additions, or deletions.
There being none, Lloyd Matthews made a motion to approve the minutes as
presented. Kris Cornutt seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say
aye. All ayes. Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
2. Mayor Calhoun
stated, as the first item of business, he would like to read a letter from Jeff
Overstreet, Etowah County Commission, District 4. Jeff thanked
3. Mayor Calhoun
presented Ordinance no. 480, the new Animal Control Ordinance, and asked if
anyone had comments. There being none,
Lloyd Matthews made a motion to introduce the ordinance. Lloyd then made a motion to suspend the rules
for immediate consideration. Kris
Cornutt seconded the motion. Mayor
Calhoun asked for a roll call vote as follows:
Anita
Bedwell yes
Bobby
McCartney yes
Lloyd
Matthews yes
Larry
Keenum yes
Kris
Cornutt yes
Mayor
Calhoun yes
Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
Anita Bedwell made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 480. Larry Keenum seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun asked for a roll call vote as
follows:
Anita
Bedwell yes
Bobby
McCartney yes
Lloyd
Matthews yes
Larry
Keenum yes
Kris
Cornutt yes
Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
4. Mayor Calhoun
presented the following items from the Mayor’s office to be surplused:
Lexmark Optra S 1255 Printer sn#11-PW598 and
an IBM Wheel writer 30 electric typewriter SN 11-0128765, and an 18 inch GE
T.V. The printer and typewriter are
broken. Anita Bedwell made a motion to
surplus these items, and open bids at the next council meeting, February 13,
2012. Kris Cornutt seconded the
motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in
favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
5. Mayor Calhoun
presented a letter of resignation from Randall Johnson in the Recreation
Department. His resignation will be
effective January 26, 2012. Larry Keenum
made a motion to accept his resignation.
Bobby McCartney seconded the motion.
Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
6. Mayor Calhoun said
the Panasonic phone system has been on govdeals.com for about six (6) weeks,
and he would now like to have the authority to sell the phones. Discussion followed. Lloyd Matthews made a motion to sell the
phones. Kris Cornutt seconded the
motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in
favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
7. Mayor Calhoun
presented a request from the Building Official, Wiley McLain to attend the
Alabama Flood Managers Class in
8. Mayor Calhoun
announced that the City learned that to bid out the grass cutting, the
contractor will have to have a general contractor’s license, because of the
purposed amount of the bid. Bids will
close February 6, 2012, at 3:00 p.m., and will be opened immediately
thereafter. License number should be put
on outside of envelope.
9. Mayor Calhoun said
the road behind the plaza needs to have four (4) loads of gravel, so the
vendors at the Chocolate Festival can park.
The cost should be around $800.00.
Bobby McCartney made a motion to gravel the road. Lloyd Matthews seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say
aye. All ayes. Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
10. Mayor Calhoun
appointed Larry Keenum as a Council Representative for Community Action.
11. Heath Williamson,
City Engineer appeared before the Council to discuss a pre-event contract with
Unified Recovery Group. This will be
preparation for a disaster. They will be
out the next morning to discuss the clean-up, and will use local contractors to
get rid of debris. They take care of all
the FEMA paperwork. The contract will
not be in force until the Council activates it.
Discussion followed. Bobby
McCartney made a motion to give Heath the authority to explore this. Lloyd Matthews seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say
aye. All ayes. Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
12. Mayor Calhoun
read a letter form Ronnie Watkins Ford, announcing that the City will be
receiving at least one new Ford Police Interceptor for demonstration
purposes. They selected the Rainbow City
Police Department to review this vehicle.
Safety Equipment has agreed to provide some upfit
equipment so the vehicle can be used for certain police duties. Larry Keenum made a motion to give them
permission to bring the car to the City.
Lloyd Matthews seconded the motion.
Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
13. Mayor Calhoun
announced that on February 16, EMA will be at the
14. Lloyd Matthews
commended the Police and Fire Department for all they did at the recent plane
crash. Kris also thanked all city
employees and everyone who responded
to the accident last Friday night
on
There being no further business to come before the Council
at this time, Kris Cornutt made a motion to adjourn.
Time adjourned: 7:00
p.m.
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Barbara T. Wester, City Clerk/Treasurer
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Terry John Calhoun, Mayor