Marla Jones, Managing Editor
RAINSVILLE, Ala.-- The Rainsville City Council held their regularly scheduled Council meeting on Wednesday, July 6, due to the Fourth of July Holiday falling on the regular meeting date.
A Public Hearing was held for the purpose to discuss the CDBG Program and the proposed applications the City plans to submit to the Alabama Department of Economic & Community Affairs (ADECA) for funding consideration.
When a Community Development Block Grant from ADECA is applied for, a public hearing is held.
If Rainsville receives the grant in the amount of s $500,000, funds will go toward sewer system work in low to moderate-income areas.
The Council approved the application of several Homeland Security Grants that included (2) ATV for Police & Fire Department, Active Shooter Response Equipment for Police Dept, and for (2) Automated License Plate Readers for Police Dept
In other business, the Council:
- Accepted Project No. CRP-BRZ-2021-01 (Construction of a Double Barrel 10 ft by 6 ft Reinforced Concrete Bridge Culvert)
- Quote from FTC for Citywide Security Camera Upgrade for City Hall, Park, and Police Department in the amount of $14,983.
- Hired Sam Young as Full-Time Firefighter effective July 6 at a rate of $12.97 per hour
- Hired Paxton Jones as Part-Time Dispatch effective July 13 at a rate of $13.03 per hour
- Approved Travel/Training Request for Matt Crum of the Rainsville Police Department
- Purchased(2) Printers/(6) Trays from SHI—Annex $3,111.98
- Approved the purchase of a 2017 Western Star Sanitation Truck from Ingram Equipment(Sourcewell) in the amount of $139,244.00
- Accepted Garland Frazier’s Resignation from the Sanitation Dept Effective 7-15-2022
- Posted a Full-Time CDL Driver Position in the Sanitation Dept
- Approved the Purchase of a skid steerer in the amount of $104,000 to help clean up right-of-ways
- Approved the Bid out of Mechanical Screen at the Waste Water Treatment Plant
- Approved the Repair of the sewer line on Park Lane at an estimated cost of $40,000
The Rainsville City Council will hold its next regular meeting on July 18, with a work session beginning at 4:00 p.m. and a regular session at 4:30 p.m.
