HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-28-1981 Regular Meeting318
STATE OF ALABAMA
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The City Council, City of Fairhope, met in regular session at 5:30
p.m., City Administration Building, 387 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama
36532, on Monday, 28 September 1981.
Present were Mayor James P. Nix; Councilmeznbers C.O. McCawley, David
Ed Bishop, Trisha Nelson, Roy C. White, and Sam E. Box; City Attorney Jim
Reid and City Clerk Evelyn Phillips.
Minutes of 14 September regular session and 18 September 1981 special
session were duly approved.
A public hearing was held on comments and opinions on proposed plans
for the remodling of the Del -Fair Shopping Center. Architectual plans for
the currently vacant area were presented. The plans show a lobby, kitchen -serv-
ing area, auditorium and stage, and Council Chambers which would also serve as
Courtroom and other Board Meetings area. The planned auditorium area is approx-
imately 72' X 116'. The audience was very pleased and enthusiastic. Only one
person said he felt the Civic Center was not needed(failed to state his name).,
The Mayor announced that the City plans to act as its own General Contractor
on this renovation and hopes to begin work in the very near future.
A public hearing was held on Revenue Sharing Finds use. No one present
offered suggestions or opinions on how to use the $48,079 during the next
fiscal year.
Councilman Bishop moved to authorize bids on utility poles for the
electric department. Seconded by Councilman White, motion passed unanimously.
Councilman White introduced, and moved for the adoption of, Resolution No
18-81, a resolution setting up a public hearing on the adoption of a new Code
of Ordinances of the City of Fairhope. Seconded by Councilwoman Nelson, motion
passed unanimously.
Councilman McCawley introduced Ordinance No. 682, an ordinance to repeal
Ordinance No. 547 and to amend Ordinance No.544 pertaining to business licenses.
In order to take immediate action, Councilman McCawley moved to suspend the rules.
Seconded by Councilman Box, motion to suspend passed unanimously by the following
vote: AYE - McCawley, Box, Bishop, Nelson, White, and Nix. NAY -none. Council-
man McCawley then moved for final adoption of Ordinance No. 682. Seconded by
Councilman Box, motion to adopt passed unanimously by the following vote: AYE-
McCawley, Box, Bishop, Nelson, White, and Nix. NAY -none.
Councilman White moved to authorize the Mayor to sign an Indemnification
Agreement with the Baldwin County Commissioners for the use of a scrapper
and an operator on the CEIG Section Street Improvement Project. Seconded by
Councilman Box, motion passed unanimously.
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Councilman Box moved to exchange some four acres of City property on
East Pecan Street for sixteen acres in Big Head Gully with the Single Tax
Corporation. The FSTC land is needed for a water detention area to aid
drainage. Seconded by Councilman McCawley, motion carried by the following
vote: AYE -Box, McCawley, and White. NAY -Nelson and Bishop.
Councilman Bishop moved to renew the Cable TV pole rental agreement with
Storer Cable Communications for three years at a rate of $4.50 per pole.
Seconded by Councilman McCawley, motion passed unanimously.
Councilwoman Nelson said she was concerned about Council's recent
decision to rezone the Adalade Malone property on Burgundy Street and she
would like to move that an. Attorney General Opinion be requested. Notion
died for lack of a second.
Meeting was duly adjourned.
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