MINUTES OF AF REGULAR: SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITYOF1 TUSCUMBIA MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017  CALL OFI MEETING TO ORDER Mayar Keny Underwood called thet mecting to order @6:50p.m. INVOCATION Mayor Underwood PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE William Foster ROLLCALL Present, Absent, AnthonyLogan. APPROVALOFI MINUTES  Kerry Underwood, Mayor Agnes G. Thompkins, Council Member Jeffrey Smart, Council? Member  William Foster, Council Member  Katherine Logan, Chairperson ProTempore Michaell Isom, Council Member  Administration: City Clerk JoAnn Armstead, City Attorney Harold Hughston, IIL, Building Official Luster Echols, Parks Recreation! Director Joel Kendrick, Public Works Director Hugh Stanley, Fire ChiefRodney McAnally and ChiefofPolice &  MOTION- To adopt the! Minutes of October 16, 2017, Regular Scheduled Meeting  Motion by Council Member Logan; seconded by Council Member Thompson  VOTE: Yea,5 Nay,0 Absent,  The! Mayor's first State ofthe Cily Address wasl held onl November 6, 2017,5:30p p.m, at thel Roundhouse andi included the Council's Regular Scheduled Mceting. No officialb business was discussed andi noa action  was taken.  REPORTS OFI BOARDS healths screening and drugt testing. screenings and drugt testing. Upcoming) Board Opening(s)- BUSINESS  The Civil Service Board met on October 30, 2017 and interviewed eight applicants for the position of Correctional Officer/Jailer for thel Policel Department. They! hired Austin Handley and employment will begin immediately: following The Civil Service Board met on October 24, 2017 and interviewed 7 applicants for 2 Firefighter positions. They! hired Jared K. Ergle and Desmond Brown to fill the vacancies. Employment will begin immediately following the health  Planning Commission! Board Appointment for Harold S.. Johnson, term expires 11/26/17  Mayor Underwood: re-appointed Barren Charlean Rutland to Tuscumbia's Housing Authority Residence Board for at term of Council Member Logan made ther motion tor ratify all expenditures for the month of October 2017i int the amount of$553,801: General Fund $363,511, Payroll$143,251 and Special Funds $47,039; seconded by Council Member Thompkins.  five years beginning November 1,20171 thru) November 1,2022.  VOTE: Yea,5 Nay,0 Absent,1  RESOLUTION! NO.1 17-015 QuIT CLAIM DEED, 1110 Old Leel Highway SHELBY ANDJ JENNY BAILEY, OWNERS  Council Member Thompkins madet the motion to approve Resolution' No. 17-0151 for a Quit Claim Deed to Shelby and. Jenny Bailey, conveying anyi interest they have for unpaid assessments Int thea amount ofs $812.65, dated March 25, 1968 and recorded inl Deed Book 301, page 448; seconded by Council Member Logan. VOTE: Yea,5 Nay,0 Absent, Council! Member Foster made ther motiont toa approvet the application for Retail Beer (050), OffF Premises Only, for Kaavyakrupa LLC, d/b/a Quick Stop, located at 1021 Highway" 721 East; seconded by Councill Member Isom. Calvary Baptist Church requested the alley between the main building oft the church and the gymnasium, whichi is connected  VOTE: Yea,5 Nay,0 Absent, I  byaskywalk, be vacated. Request was givent tot the City Attorey fora response.  RESOLUTION NO. 17-016 GRANT AMOUNT! $60,105  APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION FUNDS  Council Member Loganr madet ther motion toa approve thea application requestf fort the Appalachian Reglonal Commission Funds, Resolution! No. 17-016, int thea amount of $60,105 andy pledgef funds! byt the City of$60,105 fort thep purchase ofa Trolley forF Parks & Recreation! Department; seconded by Council Member Thompkins. VOTE: Yea,5 Nay,0 Absent, Council Member Foster made ther motion tor reimburse! James! H. Bonds, 4501 Locust Lane,f for damages tol hlsp propertyi int the amount of$316.88; seconded by Council Member Isom. VOTE: Yea,5 Nay,0 Absent,  Bids for Helen Keller Library floor repairs wast tabled until thei next meeting. The sign fort thel Library was discussed. No action was taken.    Thel Mayor updated the Council ont thel Proposed Bond Issue, Standard and Poorsi is  a  andt this new bondi issue willi include2 2+ millioni inr newr money for capitali improvement; working oni issuinga new credit rating The Council will meet on? November 27, 2017@5:30i ina Special Call Meetingt to discuss the 2017-18 General Fund Budget.  bond advisors placed ont the next agenda, OTHER BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT Thompkins. Motion 6-0 Attest:  projects, He willh have estimates for  City offices willl be closedo onl November 23-d, and2 244 for Thanksgiving Holiday. The Christmas Paradei is? November 28, 20176 @6:00p p.m, Thel Dickens Feasti isc on! December 8,2 2017 andt tickets are $25 per person.  Withr nof further business, Councill Member Logan madet the motion toa adjourn at6 6:15p.m.; seconded  Member by Council  By:  Keny L. Underwood, Mayor  JoAnn Armstead, City Clerk/Treasurer