HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-25-2019 Regular Meeting MinutesSTATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF BALDWIN
The City Council, City of Fairhope, met in regular session at
6:00 p.m., Fairhope Municipal Complex Council Chamber,
161 North Section Street, Fairhope, Alabama 36532, on
Monday, 25 March 2019.
Present were Council President Jack Burrell, Councilmembers: Jay Robinson,
Jimmy Conyers, Robert Brown, and Kevin Boone, Mayor Karin Wilson, City
Attorney Marcus E. McDowell, and City Clerk Lisa A. Hanks.
There being a quorum present. Council President Burrell called the meeting to
order. The invocation was given by Pastor John Martin with Celebration Church and
the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Council President Burrell stated there was a need to add on an agenda item
after Agenda Item Number 23: a resolution that Mayor Karin Wilson is hereby
authorized to execute a Reimbursable Agreement for Relocation of Utility Facilities
(Two Water Services) for County Project Number ERPR-8980(910) between the City
of Fairhope and the Baldwin County Commission on CR9 for Bridge Replacement
over Polecat Creek. The total estimated reimbursable cost is $6,815.00.
Councilmember Conyers moved to add on the above-mentioned item not on
the printed agenda. Seconded by Councilmember Boone, motion passed unanimously
by voice vote.
Councilmember Brown moved to approve minutes of the 7 March 2019,
regular meeting; minutes of the 7 March 2019, work session; and minutes of the 7
March 2019, agenda meeting. Seconded by Councilmember Conyers, motion passed
unanimously by voice vote.
Mayor Wilson addressed the City Council and gave the following report:
We lost a great community leader March 8th. Bob Gentle was a self-made man who worked
his way from the family hot dog stand, through Howard University to earn his degree in
business, and eventually running a successful National Construction company.
He served as a City Councilman, was on multiple City committees and always engaged with
all the happenings in Fairhope.
The last few sentences of his obituary were wonderful - he does have a few writers in his
family! "We hold solace in the image of Bob pulling up a chair to God's table, and saying
with a smile, "Well, what's going on with you today?'" And God smiling back and saying,
"Welcome home. Bob. Welcome home.'"