City Council Meeting

Early morning wind damage on Monday completely destroyed this mobile home off of Edmonds Dr. in Scottsboro. The roof and side was blown off of this mobile home. Other mobile homes in the same area received serious damage from this storm. Many Campers in the County Park area were completely destroyed. Wind gusts were reported up to 80 mph in this event. The Mayor commented to me he had never seen high winds of this nature locally for such a sustained period of time.

The TVA has decided to continue with Lake Guntersville Aquatic Weed Spraying including private dock areas.

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Two big issues at last nights City council Meeting. 1) Mayor discussed Storm Damage first to start the meeting. He stated there were no injuries reported. He commented all agencies were working diligently to repair storm damage and appreciated all efforts and the hard work to restore power to the area. There were 6500 customers without power Monday morning. At the time of the Council Meeting he stated there were 1500 without power. In a related issue the Jackson County Commission declared the area a Disaster Area. 2) In the Mayors portion of the Reports it was stated that the TVA had made a decision that they would continue to spray for weeds on Lake Guntersville. The Mayor stated TVA will treat for weeds on Lake Guntersville in all public access areas, recreation areas and the navigation channels and sub channels from June-August.
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The TVA will continue their spraying programs around private boat docks during the month of June and July. If the private property owners wish to continue treatment thru August the TVA will require the private property owners to pay for the service during the month of August. The Mayor further stated that TVA officials have not made the official announcement concerning the weed issue.

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Old Business

1) Contract awarded for inmate medical services to Southern Health Partners. 2) Bid openings for Animal Shelter kennels and cages; Kennels were awarded to Direct Animal Products and cages were awarded to Ultra Light Products. Budget will be amended for a total of $95,762.00, the cost for the cages and kennels.

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New Business

1) Assistant City Court Magistrate Position approved, a secretarial position will be abolished. Additional funding for the position will be temporarily provided by the Court and Jail Fund. 2) Budget Amendment approved for Cemetery for $4,650.00 for drainage. 3) Alcohol Beverage License approved for Papa Jacks, 1533 S. Broad St. 4) Alcohol Beverage License approved for SoJo's Quick Mart, 47 Ridgedale Rd. 5) Transfer of Alcohol Beverage License approved for Buena Vista Restaurant. 6) In the Reports section Mayor Potter introduced the new City Engineer, Charles King. Mr. King is a graduate of Auburn University and was the Assistant Engineer for Elmore Co., Alabama.