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 Bobby McCartney. Mayor Calhoun led the Pledge of Allegiance to
the flag.
1. Mayor Calhoun presented the minutes of July
27, 2009 for review and asked if there were any corrections, additions, or
deletions. There being none, Anita
Bedwell made a motion to adopt the minutes.
Bobby McCartney seconded the motion.
Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All ayes.
Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
2. Mayor Calhoun presented Resolution No.
09-07. The City is making application to
the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs for a grant to develop
the Vivian Lee Maddox Sports Complex Recreational Trail Program. It will be in the amount of approximately
$125,000.00. There will be an 80/20
match. Bobby McCartney made a motion to
adopt the resolution. Lloyd Matthews
seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All ayes, except Kris Cornutt who
abstained. Mayor Calhoun declared the
motion carried.
3. Mayor Calhoun presented Resolution No.
09-08. It gives the Mayor the authority
to sign an agreement with the State of
4. Mayor Calhoun stated the clerk opened bids at
pre-council for the repairs to
(l)
Caldwell Excavation---$36.97 per ton and $2400.00 to remove the trees.
(2)
Bedwell & Whorton---$22.50 per ton and $600.00 to remove three
trees.
Lloyd Matthews
made a motion to accept the low bid of Bedwell & Whorton. Kris Cornutt seconded the motion. Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All ayes except Anita Bedwell who abstained. Mayor Calhoun declared the motion
carried. Lloyd Matthews stated he would
like to get the Street Committee together to discuss this project. Mayor Calhoun stated he would get Wiley to
contact the engineer and set up a meeting for Thursday, August 13, at 8:00 a.m.,
but might have to change the meeting if the engineer could not come.
5. Mayor Calhoun
presented a contract with Cintas for sixty months. He stated he and Lloyd Matthews met with them
and negotiated a lower price. The contract will run for sixty months and the
City will save $4,821.96 a year with the new contract. Lloyd Matthews made a
motion for the Mayor to sign the new contract.
Larry Keenum seconded the motion.
Mayor Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All ayes.
Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
6. Mayor Calhoun stated we needed to re-bid the
truck for the street department because we had Chevrolet specs and he ok’d a
ford truck. Lloyd Matthews moved and
Larry Keenum seconded the motion to re-bid the purchase of a truck for the
street department. Mayor Calhoun stated
all in favor say aye. All ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the motion carried.
7. Mayor Calhoun stated we had a request from
the Etowah County Community Services Program for $8,062.86, which is 20% of the
amount of $40,314.29 that was given to families in poverty in
8. Mayor Calhoun presented the monthly
departmental reports and asked if anyone had questions or comments. There being none, he asked the records to
show they were presented.
9. Mayor Calhoun stated we got the o.k. to start
work on the industrial park from the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers. He said they had the pre-construction meeting
today, and clearing of the property will start in the morning. He also informed the council of a call from a
lady living on
Mayor Calhoun
also spoke with Congressman Aderholt about the condition of the road, and the
construction company working on the road.
The U. S. Army Corp of Engineers is the only person the construction
company will listen too. He has also spoken
with Commissioner Overstreet and Engineer Graves. Lloyd Matthews stated he spoke with
Commissioner Overstreet and he told him the road would be resurfaced as soon as
the Core of Engineers finished. Mayor
Calhoun said the
10. Lloyd Matthews stated Harvey Fail had surgery
today in
11. Lloyd Matthews stated that Ricky Duncan has
not been raised to the bottom tier of the pay scale and is making a motion to
raise him to $12.00 per hour. Kris
Cornutt seconded the motion. Mayor
Calhoun stated all in favor say aye. All
ayes. Mayor Calhoun declared the motion
carried.
12. Kris Cornutt said by way of explanation, he
abstained from voting on Resolution No. 09-07 and Resolution No. 09-08, because
he has a relative doing design work on both of the grants and the City attorney
advised him not to vote.
13. Larry Keenum informed the council that Chief
Ragan has applied for a grant from ADECA.
He received 10 laptop computers for the patrol cars to issue
E-citations. The computers were
$3,700.00 each, totaling $37,000.00 for the grant amount. He also stated that two police cars has over
100,000 miles and another one is near l00,000 and he would like to make a
motion to order a 2010 Chevrolet Impala police package vehicle off the State
bid, and use funds allocated in his budget, not court funds to purchase the
vehicle. Anita Bedwell seconded the
motion. Discussion followed. Larry also stated he would like to take the
burgundy car out of service because it does not have a police package, and it
is not lettered as well as the gold car.
The Chief will drive the gold car.
Larry stated he wanted to add to his motion to put the old Mayor’s car,
a l994 Mercury Grand Marquis, serial #4127 on govdeals.com and sell, and turn
the burgundy car, a 2008 Ford Taurus, serial #9467 over to the Mayor, for the
Mayor’s car. Due to the change to the
motion, Anita Bedwell stated she was rescinding her second. Discussion followed. Bobby McCartney seconded the motion. Discussion followed. Mayor Calhoun asked for a roll call vote:
Anita
Bedwell Yes
Bobby McCartney Yes
Lloyd Matthews No
Larry Keenum Yes
Kris Cornutt Yes
Mayor Calhoun
declared the motion carried.
14. Anita Bedwell stated she wanted to tell the
ladies at the library how much they are appreciated and to thank Ken Roark for
all he does for the end of the year library party. There were 102 participants who participated
in the Adult Program, and 554 participants in the ages 4-12 program.
15. Bobby McCartney stated everything is running
real good in the Recreation Department and everywhere he goes he receives
compliments on the walking trail and how good the complex looks.
16. Mayor Calhoun stated last Tuesday night the
Council had Employee Appreciation Night and everyone had a good time. The Council got out and got gifts and
everyone received a gift. The Mayor
stated he wanted to publicly thank the Exchange Bank for furnishing the
food. Larry Keenum thanked Lloyd
Matthews for all the work he did in collecting gifts for all the employees.
There 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