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The Childersburg City Council met on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. with the following agenda items for action:

The Council approved Resolution 2023-03, which awards storm drain repair at the intersection of Fairway and Cambridge Drive at a cost of $2,780, paid from Fund 75 ARP.

Resolution 2023-04, which approves a fire grant application through JMCM consulting to fund the purchase another new ambulance. The grant would cover $377,000 with a City match of $35,049.87.

Two other Resolutions were approved during the meeting. Resolution 2023-05 approves the purchase of additional radio communications equipment for emergency personnel from Motorola in the amount of $29,506.52 from Fund 75 ARP. Resolution 2023-06 gives approval for the City to enter into an agreement with Alabama Construction & Tree Service (ACTS) to provide leaf removal within the City at a rate of $2,800 per week, prorated as necessary. The Mayor was authorized to sign any necessary documents and direct ACTS.

Approval was given to place an advertisement in the Daily Home’s “Government & Industry Update 2023.”

Council approval was given for payment of invoices in the amount of $345,162.78.

The next regular meeting of the Council will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

The Childersburg City Council met on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. with the following agenda items for action:

The Council approved Resolution 2022-64, an item held over from the last meeting that was cancelled for lack of a quorum. This resolution approves the purchase of a 5311 transportation van through the East Alabama Planning & Development Commission. The City’s 20-percent match will be $17,390.

The Council approved another holdover item, Resolution 2022-65, which approves repairs to Caldwell Lane in the amount og $8,710, funded from the Rebuild Alabama Fund #70. Richardson Construction will make the repairs.

Approval was granted to appoint Bry Daves as a substitute judge if and when Municipal Judge Lance Bell is absent.

The council approved Simmons Home Improvement to complete emergency repairs to the B.H. Rainwater House bathroom in the amount of $$2,357.

Approval was given to make five personnel adjustments in the Fire & Rescue Department. They are:
Nic Lormand from Transport Medic to A-Shift Medic;
Chad Wilkerson from part-time temporary to full-time permanent
Transport Medic;
Jody Byrd from part-time temporary to full-time permanent
B-Shift Medic;
Travis Lahr from part-time temporary to full-time permanent
C-Shift Medic;
and Warren Duke III was hired as part-time, temporary on an as- needed basis Paramedic at a rate of $14.30 an hour.

Another personnel matter for the Parks & Recreation Department, hiring Brenda Lylias as a part-time temporary worker.

The Council approved Mayor Ken Wesson to sign and execute a contingent agreement, pending final approval from legal council, giving the Council flexibility to approve or disapprove the final document regarding a solar energy project in the city industrial park..

Council approval was given for payment of invoices in the amount of $414,689.17.

The next regular meeting of the Council will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

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The Childersburg City Council met on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. with a full agenda of items for action. Prior to the meeting, a public hearing was held concerning a pair of items from the Planning Commission that were subsequently handled as part of the amended agenda.

The Council approved a pair of Ordinances, relating to that public hearing. In passing Ordinance 1125, a 31.48 acre tract on highway 280 near CACC was annexed into the City and zoned Residential High Density (R-5). Ordinance 1126 amends Ordinance 1022, rezoning a pair of properties on 9th Avenue NW from R-3 to B2.

The Council agenda included five resolutions, the first of which, Resolution 2022-54, approved an agreement between the Childersburg Fire Department and Alabama Fire College for the department to be designated as an off-campus training location.

Resolution 2022-55 was approved, authorizing the latest traffic signal agreement between the City of Childersburg & the Alabama Department of Transportation..

The Council approved Resolution 2022-56 to make application for an ADECA grant for the Police Department for equipment with no match required.

Resolution 2022-57 approves construction of an ADA-compliant restroom facility at the Kymulga Grist Mill in the amount of $24,465 by Simmons Home Improvement.

The council approved Resolution 2022-58 to establish a an account with Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union for the purpose of certificate of deposit investment.

A pair of items were approved for the Police Department to purchase four computer cradles for police units at a cost of $1,380. They also approved the annual LESO membership fee of $500 for equipment acquisition.

Also gaining approval was an advertisement with the CHS Tip-Off Club in the amount of $300.

Council approval was given for payment of invoices in the amount of $73,567.05.

Of special not during the meeting was an announcement that a world-renowned intubation expert has reached out to the Childersburg Fire Department. Dr. James Decanto wants to use media from the department’s video laryngoscopes to show advanced techniques on an adult female who had suffered a heart attack, as well as media from clearing an airway on a choking infant and inserting a breathing tube.

Dr. Decanto also wants to use the adult video in a presentation to the FDA for approval of one of the techniques used in resuscitation, along with other teaching moments nationwide.

The next regular meeting of the Council will take place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.