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 Kris Cornutt.
Mayor Calhoun led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
1. Mayor Calhoun presented the minutes of March
23, 2009, and stated in Item 12 of the minutes, the clerk (Barbara) called the
league and she was told they did not have a listing for secretary so they put
2. Mayor Calhoun read a proclamation to John
Watson honoring him for his 36 years of dedication and service as a Planning
Commission Board member and President of the Planning Commission. Mayor Calhoun declared April 13, 2009 as John
Watson Day and presented him with a key to the City. Thomas Moon, Chairman of the Planning
Commission presented Mr. Watson with a gift from the board members.
3. Mayor Calhoun stated this is a public hearing
for Ordinance No. 468, to annex the property of Kenneth Payne and Nancy K.
Payne located at 879 Sunset Drive. The
part to be annexed is
Anita Bedwell yes
Bobby
McCartney yes
Lloyd
Matthews yes
Larry Keenum yes
Kris Cornutt yes
Mayor
Calhoun yes
Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
4. Kris Cornutt moved
and Lloyd Matthews seconded the motion to adopt ordinance No. 468. 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.
5. Mayor Calhoun turned over the hiring of
Christopher McCarver in the fire department to Kris Cornutt. Kris made a
motion to hire Christopher as Firefighter/EMT at a rate of pay of $11.00 per
hour and he starts to work on April 24, 2009.
He will be on a one year probation. Anita Bedwell seconded
the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in
favor say aye. All
ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the
motion carried.
6. Mayor Calhoun stated that Jim Turnbach checked and made changes to the contract with
Inertia Advertising, and he needs the authority to sign the contract. Larry Keenum made a
motion to give the Mayor the authority to sign the contract. Anita Bedwell
seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
7. Mayor Calhoun stated that bids were opened
for the paving contract, and turned it over to Lloyd Matthews. Lloyd stated the bids are as follows: (l) Good Hope Contracting Company, Inc.--$173,050.92;
(2) McCartney Construction Company, Inc.---$170,952.50;
and (3) J & D Enterprises, LLC ---$156,654.60. The streets to be paved are
8. Mayor Calhoun stated that Chief Potter
recommends that Vinny Dupree be reimbursed for his
expenses in obtaining his Basic EMT license in the amount of $500.00. Kris Cornutt made a
motion to reimburse Vinny. Anita Bedwell
seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun
stated all in favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
9. Mayor Calhoun stated that Chief Potter
requests that Steve Tate be promoted to Lieutenant at a rate of pay of $13.00
per hour with a 6-month probationary period.
Kris Cornutt made a motion to promote
Steve. Anita Bedwell
seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun
stated all in favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
10. Mayor Calhoun presented the monthly
departmental reports and asked if anyone has comments. No comments.
He asked the records show they were presented.
11. Mayor Calhoun turned over the street light
request to Lloyd Matthews. Lloyd made a
motion to install lights at Timber Ridge, South Gate Road, Pole #126 and Pole
#108 near 121 Timber Ridge. Kris Cornutt seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say
aye. All ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the motion
carried.
12. Mayor Calhoun thanked everyone who worked
with the Chocolate Festival. He stated
Tom Quinn told him he estimated around 7,000 people attended. He also stated the Police and Fire Banquet
is this Thursday Night
at the Community Center.
13. Mayor Calhoun stated Fanell
Williams is very sick. He had to hire an
emergency part-time person at the Community Center. Her name is Ann Hawkins, and she will be
making $8.00 per hour. Lloyd Matthews
made a motion to approve Ms. Hawkins as a temporary part-time at $8.00 per
hour. Bobby McCartney seconded the
motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in
favor say aye. All
ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the
motion carried.
14. Lloyd Matthews stated he received a lot of
compliments concerning the Chocolate Festival.
He then stated he was making a motion to take Brent Elrod and have him
train Philip Herring on the tractor with the
Anita Bedwell yes
Bobby
McCartney no
Lloyd
Matthews yes
Larry Keenum yes
Kris Cornutt yes
Mayor
Calhoun declared the motion carried.
15. Kris Cornutt stated
the Chocolate Festival was great and the ceremony at the Vivian Lee Maddox
Complex was real good. He then stated
that the appraisal came back for the property on
16. Larry Keenum stated
he spoke to all the vendors at the Chocolate Festival, and they all did real
good and would be back next year.
17. Anita Bedwell
stated the training for the supervisors will be a ฝ day on April 28 and April
30, in the conference room upstairs. She
also asked that everyone with a boat help Alabama Power for a ฝ day of cleanup
on a program they sponsor called Renew our Rivers. She said Alabama Power asked if the rescue
boat could be out there for half a day.
Lunch will be served afterwards by Tony at Bucks Boats. Anita also discussed a long range plan for
the City. She stated the Department
Heads would get together with the Council and have a meeting within the next 60
days to discuss their plans for their departments. She would like to have input from the public
also.
A
time and place for the meeting will be posted in the near future.
18. Bobby McCartney stated the Maddox family had
around 15 or 20 people at the opening of the Vivian Lee Maddox Sports Complex,
and the three (3) year old great grandson threw out the first pitch. He then made a motion to purchase an infield
machine for $11,406.00 from Beard Equipment.
Motion died for lack of a 2nd.
Three
being no further business to come before the council at this time, Kris Cornutt made a motion to adjourn.
Time
Adjourned: 7:10 p.m.
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Barbara T. Wester, City Clerk/Treas.
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Terry John Calhoun, Mayor