Calhoun County Commission Recognizes Great Start to the School Year

Calhoun County, AL – The Calhoun County Commission held their regularly called meeting on August 11, 2022.

• Call to Order
  • Fred Wilson – Present
  • Danny Shears – Present
  • Carolyn Henderson – Present
  • JD Hess – Present
  • Lee Patterson – Present
• Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance
• Adopt Agenda – Unanimously Approved
• Elected Official/Department Head Comments – No Comments
• Adopt Minutes – Unanimously Approved
• Old Business
  • ABC Board Application – Unanimously Approved
    • Jamarco Young, d/b/a Jays Mart (2^nd reading)
      • 406 Morrisville Road, Anniston, AL
  • Nuisance Abatements – Unanimously Approved
    • 357 White Plains Rd., Anniston – Hitt, Joe B. 2003 Revocable Trust
  • Dismissals – Unanimously Approved
    • 1324 Leyden Street, Anniston – Day, Barbara
    • 4424 Asbury Ave., Anniston – Bridges Properties LLC.
• New Business
  • Nuisance Invoices – Unanimously Approved
    • 1071 West 33^rd Street, Anniston – Hewitt, Tony $2,026.00
    • 1320 Leyden Street, Anniston – Miller, Louie $1,276.00
    • 0 Leyden Street (Pin #55906), Anniston – Miller, Louie $1,276.00
    • 215 Russell Avenue, Anniston – Neal, Mattie Mae Smith $3,526.00
  • Nuisance Declarations – Unanimously Approved
    • 1014 West 32^nd Street, Anniston – Smith, Kara
    • 2303 Calhoun Street, Anniston – Trantham, Helen
    • 920 West 42^nd Street, Anniston – Scoggins, Michael
    • 2428 Griffith Street II, Anniston – Woodrow, Rebecca
  • Bid Awards
    • Caterpillar Equipment Repair – Unanimously Approved
      • Bid award Thompson Tractor Co. for the amount of $38,683.13
    • Sports Lights Connecting & Mounting – Unanimously Approved
      • Bid awarded to J&J Electric in the amount of $29,950.00
    • General Landscape Maintenance – Unanimously Approved
      • Bid Awarded to Maddox Lawn Services for the monthly amount of $1,279 for weekly lawn services for the Administration Building, Animal Control, and Dewayne’s building.
  • ReSubdivision Approval – Colony at Jamestown Lot 34 – Unanimously Approved
  • FY2022-2023 Transportation Plan – Unanimously Approved
    • In accordance with Act 2019-2 Rebuild Alabama Act the plan has been submitted.
      • The three main projects are the Bynum Leatherwood Road repaving, the roundabout on Bynum Leatherwood Road, and a bridge replacement on McClellan Road
  • JM Wood Auction Company, Inc. Proposal – Unanimously Approved
    • For use with surplus items.
  • Surplus Property – Resolutions – Unanimously Approved
    • Various Depts. – Misc. Items
      • Pitney Bowes Printer
      • APC DVM Switch
      • Savin Copier
      • WrokCenter 5855 Printer/Copier
    • Hwy Dept. – Vehicles
      • 16 vehicles
  • Board Appointments – Unanimously Approved
    • MPO Planning Committee
      • Due to the recent retirement of Mr. Rosenbalm Chris Gann is appointed.
    • MPO Citizens Advisory Committee
      • Mr. Reuben Johnson, Mr. Edward Sturkie, Sr, Mr. Reggie Stewart, Mr. Chris Gann, Mr. Dennis Reaves, Dr. David West, Mr. Theasore Smart, Mr Rodney Cox, Mr. Tim Huddleston, and Mr. George Salmon now comprise the committee.
  • Commission Meeting Change Resolution – Unanimously Approved
    • The Thursday, August 25th meeting is now canceled and a new meeting for September 8th is scheduled.
• Public Comments
  • A resident spoke concerning a code enforcement violation where she state4s she has video of county/city workers dumping debris in her yard, but she has been forced to pay $500 for the removal. She also states that she was assured this matter would be resolved, but it was not. After the meeting sh meet with the code enforcement officer as well as the the city attorney to resolve the matter.
  • Dr. Reyes, County School Superintendent shared that they had a great start to the school year. There were 7,846 student s present on the first day and no bus mishaps with drops off were reported. He is excited about the various football games coming up and encouraged all to come put and support the teams, cheerleaders, and band members. He also wanted to publicly thank Sheriff Wade for the partnership they are building. He also thanked the Oxford Police Department for their help during the in-service meeting. Commissioner Shears shared the two employees had stated how excited they were to work under Dr. Reyes. Commissioner Hess said he has seen how excited the staff is and thinks this is a great start to a wonderful year. Chairman Patterson said they he fills Dr. Reyes is guiding the school system is a positive directions and looking forward to see what is next.
  • Ed Turner thanked the Commission for their continued support with the water department.
  • Anniston City Councilman Jay Jenkins just stated he was thankful to be here. He later that day went on to make an announcement concerning RMC.
• Adjournment – Unanimously Approved