CITY OF CREOLA P.0.BOX490 CREOLA, AL36525-0490 Phone: 251-675-8142 FAX: 251-679-8203  William Criswell Lee Anne Greene Harold Martin Avis Walker Tonya Moss Kendal Hadaway  Mayor Carolyn Sue Cain City Clerk  City Council  Linda Hoiles Court Clerk  Doug Kirkland Chiefof Police  Jeff Reeves Fire Chief  Minutes of City of Creola City Council Meeting  Thursday, August 24, 2017 Creola City Hall 9615 Old Hwy. 43, Creola, AL  Mayor Criswell called the meeting to order, and asked everyone to remove all hats and turn off  all cell phones.  Upon the call of roll, the following were found to be present.  Councilwoman Greene Councilman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell City Attorney -Mr. Danny Mims City Clerk-Carolyn Sue Cain Rev.. John White gave the Invocation. Pledge of Allegiance  Councilwoman Greene made a motion to accept the minutes of 8/10/17. Councilwoman Moss  seconded, all favored, none opposed, motion carried. CITIZENS ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL  Mayor Criswell asked for the list of citizens to address the Council.  -None-  RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES AND OTHER BUSINESS  Councilwoman Greene made a motion to vote on Resolution No. 250, not) just the Mayor and City Clerk, as previously stated, but for the Mayor and Council to agree on all bills. This    resolution was posted int three places at the attorney'ssuggestion. Councilwoman Moss  seconded. Roll call for vote: Councilwoman Greene Councilman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell Approved by roll call.  YES YES YES YES YES YES  4  Councilwoman Greene made a motion to vote on Ordinance 2017-002 for annexing properties of the Forrest, Lambeth, Smith and Evans families, that we have introduced and posted.  Seconded by Councilwoman Moss. Roll callf for vote:  Councilwoman Greene Councilman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell Approved by roll call.  YES YES YES YES YES YES  Councilwoman Greene stated that the Resolution No.2017-002 for the re-zoning of the Tim Foster property was recommended to the council by the Planning and Zoning Board. It has been posted and the public hearing was held. Councilwoman Greene made a motion to vote to re- zone the Foster property from R-2 to B-2. Seconded by Councilwoman Moss. Roll call for vote:  Councilwoman Greene Councilman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell Approved by roll call.  YES YES YES NO YES  YES (based on the recommendation oft the planning board-YES)  Councilwoman Greene stated that we have introduced and posted the Ordinance No. 2017-003 for the closing of the Lister Dairy Rd. Grade Crossing with Norfolk Southern RR. Councilman Martin made a motion to table for at few minutes until we can geti it organized. Councilman Walker seconded. All favored, none opposed, motion carried. Councilwoman Greene made a motion to vote on Ordinance 2017-003 for the closing of the Lister Dairy Rd. Grade Crossing with Norfolk Southern RR repealing all prior ordinances. Councilwoman Moss seconded. Roll  call for vote: Councilwoman Greene Councilman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss  YES YES YES YES    Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell Approved by roll call.  YES YES  Councilwoman Greene made a motion to accept the low bid of $14,990.00 from Richard Broadhead and use him for all repairs and painting inside the Police building. Councilwoman  Moss seconded. Roll call for vote: Councilwoman Greene Councilman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell Approved by roll call.  YES YES YES YES YES YES  We will cuta check for $5,505.00 to Mr. Broadhead for a deposit to purchase materials forj job. We received a second bid of $18,000.00 for painting and repairs inside police building. Councilwoman Greene presented information and made a motion on the AMIC bond for all council members and all city employees that sign checks or handle money to be bonded. This includes Jeff Reeves with the fire department. This information will give to Mr. Mims for his  A drawi for payment will be made each week until jobi is complete.  review and to make recommendations to the council at next meeting.  Counciwoman Greene Councilman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell Approved by roll call.  YES YES YES YES YES YES  PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE  In the absence of Mr. Chambers, Councilwoman Greene reported that L& WTrucking came to the meeting requiring a business license. They will be parking 4-71 trucks on their lot, that are not being used, next to Creola Ace Hardware. They haul steel on flatbeds. No toxic waste per Building Inspector, Don Moss. They will be putting up lights on their lot for some sense of The next Planning and Zoning Committee meeting will be held September 19, 20176p.m.  security and preparing the parking lot, putting down gravel.  PARKS AND RECREATION No report    UTILITIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS  Councilwoman Moss reported the. Joel Pike, Pike Electric, repaired/replaced lights, ballasts, capacitors and flood lights. The invoice of8/24/17 for the repairs was $348.00. Councilwoman Moss stated that we are applying for a CDBG grant fort the senior building. Ms. Nayyer Madhi will be coming the first of September to look at the senior building.  ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS  Mayor Criswell announced the names he had presented for approval to the council for the Zoning Board of Adjustments: Carl Walker, Harold Martin, David Boucher, Jennifer White and Liz Lassiter. Councilman Martin made a motion to accept. Seconded by Councilman Walker.  Roll call for vote: Councilwoman Greene Counciman Martin Councilman Walker Councilwoman Moss Councilman Hadaway Mayor Criswell Approved by roll call.  YES YES YES YES YES YES  They will elect a Chairman and begin work. on the back table for them to pick up.  Counciiwoman Greene reported that the notebooks for the Board of Adjustment members are  FINANCE  Councilwoman Greene gave the financial report, giving a copy to the Council. (see details of report listed below). Also copies available to citizens attending the meeting wishing to have one. All revenues for the month as of August 23"'totaled: $4 43,140.48. Also, a Find Report will  be available tomorrow for August 1-24, 2017 after all checks are cut.  Court Bond Account Court Fund Special Court Fund Fire Department General Fund Police Department S.A.I.L. Center Account 7-cent Special Gas Tax Acct. 4-cent Gas Tax Acct. (incl 5 cent) Total: (in bank)  $  1,834.66 32,417.90 8,334.52 15,300.20 103,499.15 7,103.46 674.27 16,967.82 14,188.37 213,638.42  Councilwoman Greene made a motion to approve the Finance Report. Seconded by Councilman  Walker, all favored, none opposed, motion carried.    POLICE AND FIRE POLICE: written in August.  The Police account has a balance of $6670.00 with ai total of $432.96 was reported for checks Councilman Martin mentioned that SARPC will be hosting al Planning and Zoning Workshop on Tuesday, August 29th. The City will cut a check for 10 employees to attend. The registration is $25. Per person and includes lunch. SARPC has 1701 RSVP's so far. It will be held at the  International Trade Center.  FIRE:  Volunteer Fire Chief Jeff Reeves stated that all is quiet now.... just training tonight. Mayor Criswell reported that we met with Le Moyne Water Board Tuesday, August 15, 2017. We offered advice and help. We both have had many complaints on brown water. Jeff Reeves stated that the fire department flowed plugs in June for the ISO inspection and again in. July when they had the Bennett structure fire. The Chiefasked everyone to report leaks and if you see anyone stealing water or messing with the plugs-please let the fire department know. Mayor Criswell spoke with Larry Parker ofLel Moyne Water two days ago. Mr. Parker stated they are now on a flushing cycle that the board has put him on. Hopefully, this will eliminate the  brown water problem. STREETS  Councilman Walker stated that Ducey Rd. isi in dire need of work but it's been too wet. It will have to dry out before we can grade it. We will get the county grader with operator. We pay Mayor Criswell stated that we are the only municipality that does not have a Public Works Department. We are proposing to create that department. We need al backhoe. We can'tafford a new one: sO we need one with experience. We went to Beard Equipment and Thompson Equipment and asked them tol look in their rental/lease fleet and find something they are moving out with approximately 2500 hours. We need backhoe, with a ditching bucket to clean out ditches, a diesel with a mechanical thumb. Councilman Walker went with me to Beard Equipment, Councilman Walker got up on the machine and operated it and blessed it. We can get one from Beard Equipment for $35,000. With an offer for John Deere to finance the balance, whatever we don't pay. We understand all the concerns, but we, just don'thave anything to work with. We also want al local dealer to service equipment and. John Deere will  the operator when jobi is complete.  finance it.  We received a second quote from Thompson Equipment for $58,000.00.  COMMUNITY GROUP None ADDITIONAL NOTES None    MAYOR'S. DISCUSSION  Mayor Criswell stated that our revenues are good.  Mayor Criswell reported that he met with the. AMIC Insurance adjuster and filed claims on damages to the Old City Hall and Police building that was sustained during the recent storm. AMIC won't pay everything due to maintenance on the buildings being minimal for the past 15 years. Buildings need to be maintained to keep them in shape. Normal maintenance requires your attention at least every two years. We will use insurance check for PD repairs. The Fire Department will be getting a $2,500.00 grant soon that will help them.  Mayor Criswell announced that City of Creola will be hosting the next Municipality Dinner on 9/21/20177PM at Creola Assembly ofGod Church. Judge Edmond Naman will be our guest speaker. Thisi is a great time for us to visit with other municipalities, legislators, judges, lawyers, county commissioners, school board representatives, etc. and for them to know what's going on. Mayor Criswell stated that we have just about finished our move to the new City Hall. The ribbon cutting for the new City Hall will be announced soon. We are waiting on our signs. We  have our new chairs for meetings. They are nice and look good.  ADJOURNMENT  MOTION BY: Councilman Hadaway SECONDED BY: Councilwoman Moss seconded. Meeting adjourned @6:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Carolyn Sue Cain City Clerk c.m. 8.24.2017