Rainsville updates sign ordinance, receives update on amnesty warrant program

Rainsville updates sign ordinance, receives update on amnesty warrant program

By Marla Jones, Managing Editor • marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala. — The Rainsville City Council met on Monday night with a full agenda. 

An updated sign ordinance was presented to the Council for the second reading.  

The ordinance that will regulate how signs can be displayed within the City was passed under Resolution 3-15-2001.

The ordinance will prohibit flashing, highway, bench, and digital signs within the city limits of Rainsville. 

Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt advised the Council of the need for a disposal agreement for when the City dumps a dumpster owned privately.  The Council agreed to draft an agreement to protect the City from any liability.   

Rainsville Assistant Police Chief Matt Crum reported to the Council that through the Amnesty Warrant Program over $40,000 had been collected. 

Councilmember Bejan Taheri announced that a community memorial ceremony will be held at the DeKalb County Tornado Monument on April 24 beginning at 2 p.m. Ten years ago, on April 27, 62 tornados stormed across Alabama, taking 248 lives, with 35 DeKalb County citizens perishing. 

In other business:

  • Hired Ian Richards as one of the pool managers at the City Pool for $10 per hour
  • Approved the purchase of software for 911 dispatch
  • Approved for Chief Willie Mac Wright along with Assistant Chief to attend the Chief’s Conference in August
  • Purchased five (5) 20-yard dumpsters for $27,315.00
  • Purchased 100 garbage cans for $6,519.40
  • Rescheduled the Rainsville Spring Clean-Up Month to May 28-June 30
  • Purchase of an ice machine for the Field of Dreams from Fast Fixins in Boaz in the amount of $3,700 
  • Passed Resolution 04-19-2021 (B) which approved the surplus of scrap metal from the Waste Water Treatment Plant

The next meeting of the Rainsville City Council will be on May 3 with a workshop beginning at 4 and the regular session at 4:30 p.m.

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