The
Town Council of the Town of Cedar Bluff, County of Cherokee, State of Alabama,
met in Regular Session in the Council Room at Town Hall, 3420 Spring Street,
Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Monday, December
27, 2011 at 4:30 PM pursuant to notice duly posted as prescribed by law. Mayor
Ethel Sprouse presided and called the meeting to order. Members in attendance were as follows:
Ethel
Sprouse Evan Smith
Mayor District 1
Lenora
McWhorter
Jack Bond
District 2 District 3
Norman
District 4 District
5
The
invocation was given by Leatha Harp.
Mayor
Sprouse led the pledge to the flag of the
1.
Minutes from November
28, 2011 meeting
Mayor Sprouse asked for
a motion approving the minutes from the
Motion
Carried (5-0)
AYE: Smith, McWhorter, Bond,
NAY:
None.
2.
Minutes from other
Boards and Committees
Minutes from the October
and November meeting of the Planning Commission and the Utility Board were
presented to council.
3.
Meeting calendar for
2012
The 2012 council meeting
calendar was presented to council. The regular
council meetings will be held the second and fourth Monday of each month at
4.
Police report
Officer J. P. Curry gave
the activity report for the police department as follows: 9 citations; 14
warnings; 14 arrests; and 65 reports were taken.
5.
Fire report
Fire Chief Shane Woodham
was not in attendance at the meeting and the fire department activity report
was given by J. P. Curry. Activity for
the fire department was: 1 unclassified fire; 1 building fire; 1 fire in structure
other than a building; 1 trash or rubbish fire; 1fire in a mobile home used as
fixed residence; 1 forest, woods or wildland fire; 1 rescue, EMS incident; 3
medical assist; 3 motor vehicle accident with injuries; 4 motor vehicle
accident with no injuries and 1 unclassified special incident. A total of 18 calls were made. One call made
west of old hwy 9 inside the town limits; 7 calls made west of old hwy 9
outside the town limits; 4 calls made east of old hwy 9 inside the town limits
and 5 calls made east of old hwy 9 outside the town limits.
6.
Other business
(a)
Mayor
Sprouse told the council that she had been contacted by Little River Marina
regarding sponsorship of tagged fish for the planned fishing tournaments to be
held by the Weiss Lake Improvement Association.
(b)
Mayor
Sprouse advised the council the assistant town clerk Misty Ferguson had
completed 30 hours of education and training for certification as a planning
and zoning official.
(c)
Mayor
Sprouse announced the pending appointments of Eugene Smith and Deric Guise to
the Cedar Bluff Volunteer Fire Department.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Guise will be appointed after the necessary drug
screen.
(d)
Jack
Bond asked about the status of enforcement of the International Property
Maintenance Code that was recently adopted. Mayor Sprouse has planned meetings
with the circuit clerk to work out the procedure for prosecuting violations of
the ordinance.
(e)
After
some discussion of the sponsorship of tagged fish; the cost of sponsorship and
the advertisement that would accompany the sponsorship, Norman Burton made a
motion to sponsor 20 fish at a cost of $25.00 each (total $500.00). The motion
was seconded by Lenora McWhorter.
Motion Carried (5-0)
AYE: Smith, McWhorter,
Bond,
NAY:
None.
7.
Adjourn
After assurance from the
council that there was no other business to discuss, Mayor Sprouse asked for a
motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was made by Leatha Harp and seconded
by Lenora McWhorter.
Motion Carried.
APPROVED
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Ethel J. Sprouse, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pam Powell, Town Clerk