CITY HALL 9615 Old Hwy. 43 P.O. Box 490 Creola, AL 36525-0490  MAYOR'S OFFICE Phone 251-675-8142 Fax 251-930-1877  CITY OF CREOLA Since 1978  MAYOR Donaldl Nelson CITY CLERK Mary Brown  CITY COUNCIL Kenda/Hadavgy Cody Chambless Wendy Lynch Harold Parmer Mark Howell MAGISTRATES Linda Hoiles Christie Bryant  Minutes ofthe City of Creola Council Meeting  Thursday, June 09, 2022 Creola City Hall Meeting 6:00 P.M.  The Council of the City of Creola, Alabama, met in the Creola City Hall at 5:30 p.m. A workshop was held before the Council Meeting at 5:30 pm. Present at the meeting was Kendal Hadaway, Harold Parmer, Cody Chambless, Mark Howell, and Wendy Lynch. Items that were discussed was the Power Washing of City Hall/Police Dept and the 4th ofJuly update.  The meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.  The regular counçil meeting was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Mark Howell at 6:00 p.m. We were led in prayer by Bill Chambers. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Howell. Roll call was taken by City Clerk Marcy Brown. Present at the meeting was. Kendal Hadaway, Harold Parmer, Mark Howell, Wendy Lynch, and Cody Chambless. Mayor Don Nelson was absent. Item #5 -Approval of the Minutes - The minutes of the May 26, 2022, regular meeting minutes were reviewed. Mr. Chambless made a motion to accept the minutes as written, with the change as noted. Mr. Parmer seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion was carried.  Item #6- Financials/Bill List-  Mr. Chambless gave an update on the finances and bank balances. Mr. Parmer made a motion to approve the financials of 06/09/22 as presented. Mrs. Lynch seconded the motion. All in favor Mr. Chambless made a motion to approve the bill list dated 06/09/2022 as presented. Mr. Parmer  and the motion was carried.  seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion was carried.    Mr. Hadaway made a motion to accept the payroll for the month of May as presented. Mr.  Chambless seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion was carried.  Item #7-1 Departmental Reports -  Police Dept. = Chief Hammond said that he had found a computer for the building inspector's  truck. It has been ordered and has a lifetime warranty. Sail Center- = All things are going well.  Park Dept. = Concrete needs to be bought for the batting cage. Mr. Parmer made a motion to buy the concrete, and form boards if needed, to do the batting cage in an amount not to exceed $4,000. Mrs. Lynch seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion was carried. Mr. Hadaway made a motion to get the park sprayed for mosquitoes and ants before the 4th of July celebration. Mr. Parmer seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion was carried. Fire Dept. - Chief Moye stated that the fire department was still working on getting quotes from Deep South on ai fire truck. He also said that the fire truck and the turnout gear costs will not be seen until starting next year and three more years ahead for the turnout gear. Assuming approval oft the plan, and with reliefa act funds still available from the first check, he would like to see them move forward with the hose replacement and Tower 10 repairs which can be done now and paid Public Works Department - Mr. Wayne is using the 3 interns from Citronelle High school for summer help. John Beech is out until July 30 due to health issue. The potholes were being  short term if funded.  patched and trash being picked up, along with grass cutting. Building Inspection Department- Nothing new to report.  Zoning Board -1 No report given. Item #8 - New Business-  a.  Power Washing City Hall and Police Dept - Afterre reviewing the quotes for the power washing, GCSS had the lowest bid of$1100 for city hall and $800 for the police station and fire dept. Mr. Parmer made a motion to accept the bid from GCSS for a total of$1900 for both buildings. Mrs. Lynch seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion was carried.  Item #9 - Mayors Comments- = Citizen Comments  2    Mr. Mike Cassidy addressed the council about the potential merger with Satsuma. He addressed the Mobile County School System with the Satsuma School System and how each is ranked. Mrs. Lynch addressed this issue saying that there are many factors involved when ranking schools. The discussion went on for about 20 minutes. Mr. Howell said that this discussion could  be continued after the meeting was adjourned.  Mr. Hadaway made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Chambless seconded the motion. The  meeting was adjourned at 7:01 p.m. Don Nn  Don Nelson Mayor  Marcy Brown City Clerk  MSa  3