By Joseph M. Morgan
Editor and Publisher
RAINSVILLE, Ala.— The Rainsville City Council met Monday night to discuss a number of matters, including completing repairs and maintenance to a number of city properties.
The council voted to allocate $3,768.41 from the correctional facilities budget to repaint and repair damages to the city jail that occurred during an extensive cleanup that was required to safeguard the facility and protect personnel after it was determined that an inmate at the jail might be carrying an infectious disease.
The council also voted to hire C&C Asphalt to seal and stripe the asphalt parking lot at the police department and stripe and seal the asphalt parking lot at Rainsville City Hall.
Also included in maintenance and repair projects was the approval to pay an outstanding bill for $4,800 charged to the city to replumb the city’s Olive Branch pumping station.
In other business, the council voted to:
- Donate $500 to local non-profit group, Addicts for Christ, an organization that works to cure drug addiction on Sand Mountain. The $500 is enough to pay the entire cost of drug rehab for an individual in the area suffering from drug addiction.
- Appoint Eric Samples to the Public Building Authority Board.
- The city also received an update on the progress of Rainsville’s ongoing sewer construction project. It was reported that phase 1 of the construction project is roughly 95 percent completed and that the city would be ready to begin receiving leachate in the next 21 days.
The Rainsville City Council will hold its next regularly-scheduled meeting on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016.
