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9 SEPTEMBER 1996
COUNCILWOMAN PUCKETT MOVED TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID BY TERRA AT
$5,390.00, PROVIDED ALL SPECIFICATIONS ARE MET. SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN DUCK, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCILMAN FORD MOVED TO PAY BILLS AS PRESENTED. SECONDED
BY COUNCILMAN OVERSTREET, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCILMAN FORD REMARKED THAT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAME
SCOREBOARD WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING, AND IT IS HOPED THE PARTS WILL
ARRIVE IN TIME TO HAVE IT REPAIRED TOMORROW.
MEETING WAS DULY ADJOURNED UNTIL 1 0:00 O'CLOCK AM,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, FOR THE CANVASS OF THE MUNICIPAL
RUNOFF ELECTION.
18 SEPTEMBER 1996
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA,
RECONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, 1 6 SEPTEMBER
1 996, AT 1 0:00 O'CLOCK, A.M., IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, 1 6 1
NORTH SECTION STREET. PRESENT WERE MAYOR JAMES P. Nix;
COUNCILMEMBERS JOHN V. DUCK, MICHAEL A. FORD, DAVID E.
BISHOP, JEANETTE PUCKETT, AND LAYTON OVERSTREET; AND CITY
CLERK EVELYN P. PHILLIPS. CITY ATTORNEY MARION E. WYNNE WAS
ABSENT.
COUNCIL REVIEWED THE RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS DAY'S
MUNICIPAL RUNOFF ELECTION. COUNCILMAN OVERSTREET INTRODUCED
IN WRITING, AND MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF, THE FOLLOWING
CANVASS RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FORD, MOTION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY:
(CANVASS RESOLUTION No. 537-96 ON NEXT PAGE.....)
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18 September 1996
RESOLUTION NO. 537-96
WHEREAS, the municipal runoff election for the City of Fairhope
was duly and legally held on 17 September 1996, as provided
by law; and
WHEREAS, the municipal governing body of the City of Fairhope
met on this 18th day of September, 1996, all members thereof
being present, at 10:00 o'clock a.m., and has canvassed the
returns, and has ascertained and determined the number of votes
received by each candidate; and
WHEREAS, the said municipal governing body has ascertained and
determined the result of said runoff election to be:
NAME OF CANDIDATE BOX 1 BOX 2 AB BOX TOTAL VOTE
PLACE NO. 3
William (Bill) Jones 397 286 14 697
Layton Overstreet 207 143 8 1 CV 359
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Fairhope, Alabama, as follows:
(1) That WILLIAM (BILL) JONES received a majority of the votes cast
for the office of COUNCILMEMBER, PLACE #3, and is hereby declared
duly elected to that office for the term beginning on the first
Monday in October, 1996.
ADOPTED THIS 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1996.
AT
1 8 SEPTEMBER 1996
COUNCILMAN OVERSTREET, WHO WAS DEFEATED IN THE RUNOFF
ELECTION FOR PLACE #i 3 BY WILLIAM H. (BILL) JONES, OFFERED THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
"FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BILL JONES ON HIS ELECTION
AS A COUNCILMEMBER. I FEEL WE BOTH RAN A VERY CLEAN RACE.
I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH MAYOR NIX AND THE FOUR
COUNCILMEMBERS. IN THE FOUR YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE WE
DID A GOOD JOB FOR FAIRHOPE.
ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE MY SUPPORT AS I COMPLETE MY TERM
OF OFFICE. "
MEETING WAS DULY ADJOURNED AT 1 0:04 AM.
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P. Nix, MAYOR