By Marla Jones
Managing Editor
marla@southerntorch.com
Rainsville, Ala.-- The Rainsville City Council held their first meeting of the year on Wednesday, January 4.
The Council approved in an earlier meeting to surplus 2 tahoes from the Police Department, 2 trucks from the Fire Department, from the fleet program, and two trucks used within the City. At this meeting, The Council approved the timeframe to bid on these vehicles. Vehicles will be able to be viewed from 1/10/23 until 2/1/23. This will give dealerships twenty-one days to inspect the vehicles and turn in their bid sheets. The vehicles will be sold as a whole. Bids will be open on February 1, at 12 pm, in the Council Chambers.
The Council approved the bid, of $44,136, by Jimmy Traylor Construction, to build an awing at the Rainsville Fire Department to park all emergency equipment in the dry when not in use.
This amount is to be paid out of the 3 mil tax and will not out of the Rainsville Fire Department budget.
The Council also gave Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt the authority to sign all necessary paperwork to obtain a 1-year note with First Southern State Bank.
Rainsville Fire Chief Willimac Wright advised the Council that an In-house Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) school would be offered beginning on January 17. Wright stated that six people had already signed up for this program.
The Rainsville Coucil accepted the Boozer Bridge Road Project which was constructed through the Rebuild Alabama Act. Boozer Bridge has recently received stripping to complete the project. The amount of project was $105,288.25. The DeKalb County Commission will pay ⅓ of the project since it extends into the county. The cost to Rainsville will be around $76,000.
The Council accepted the stripping project of Browns Chapel Road, Rainbow South, Clements, Shankles North and Boozer. There was a total of 11.199 miles of stripping for a price of $7,895.38.
In other business, The Rainsville Council:
• accepted the resignation of Stanley Hollingsworth as part-time police officer
• approved the purchase of a Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in the amount of $2,749 for the Rainsville Sports Complex. Chief Wright is to work on grants to purchase additional AED’s for throughout the City.
• approved Concrete Work Around Hydrants at the Waste Water Treatment Plant to Boozer & Son Construction in the amount of $2000.00
The next meeting of the Rainsville City Council will be held January 16, with a work session beginning at 4 p.m. and the Regular meeting at 4:30 p.m.
