CITYI 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 Donald Nelson CITYCLERK Mary Brown  CITYCOUNCIL Kendal Hadaway Cody Chambless Wendy Lynch Haroldi Parmer Mark Howell MAGISTRATES Linda Hoiles Christie Bryant  Minutes of the City of Creola Council Meeting Thursday, March 10, 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 Mark Howell, Wendy Lynch, Cody Chambless, and Mayor Nelson. Items that were discussed was the Playground Status, Fire Department building roof, Fire Truck, Gazebo, APCO Lights, CSpire, Police Department Cameras, Race Trac Status, Zoning Ordinance, and the Fire Dept Grant The  meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.  The regular council meeting was called to order by Mayor Don Nelson at 6:00 p.m. We were led inj prayer by Mr. Carl Walker. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Nelson. Roll call was taken by City Clerk Marcy Brown. Present at the meeting was Mayor Nelson, Mark Howell, Wendy Lynch, and Cody Chambless. Council Members Harold Parmer and Kendal Hadaway Item #5 -Approval of the Minutes = The minutes of February 10th and February 24th were not approved since some had not read the minutes or had not attended the meeting reflected in the  were absent. Also present was City Attorney, Daniel Mims.  minutes.  Item #6- Financials/Bill List-  Mayor Nelson gave an update on the finances and bank balances. Mr. Howell made a motion to approve the financials as presented. Mrs. Lynch seconded the motion. All in favor and the  motion was carried.    Public Works Department - Mr. Wayne is working on getting street signs replaced and Building Inspection Department - Mr. Moss needs to attend a building inspector conference in Orange Beach May 2-6, 2022 at a cost of $275.00Mr. Howell made a motion to send Mr. Moss to the conferençe and pay the $275. Registration fee. Mr. Chambless seconded the motion. All Zoning Board - Mr. Carl Walker stated that the Board of Adjustment met to approve the sign variance for Raçe Trac. The variance was approved, and construction is about to begin.  scraping the roads.  in favor and the motion was carried. e  Item #8 - New Business-  a. Playground Status - The new playground equipment has been installed. Waiting on the b. Fire Department Roof - Mr. Morris completed the roof replacement for the fire C. Fire Truck - Mayor Nelson informed the council that Chief Moye had located a firetruck for an amount of $160,000. The information regarding the truck has been email to everyone and mayor asked for them to look at the email and ask Chief Moye for more d. Gazebo- Mr. ML Eubanks is constructing a 16x 16ft. gazebo with a metal roof. The concrete will be poured March 11, 2022. The price will be $11,600 and this includes the e. APCO Lights = We are awaiting on the engineer from Alabama Power to return to work sO that we can get an estimate on how much the underground wiring for the Veterans f. CSpire - CSpire has been contacted regarding our server. They will be here Wednesday, March 16, 2022, from 1-3 p.m. To give us an estimate on replacing our current one. g. Police Department Cameras - Mr. Hadaway was absent, but we should be receiving h. Dead Lake Road Resurfacing - Will be bid out in July for the resurfacing from the red  engineered mulch to ship and it will be complete. department and did an outstandingjob.  information ifneeded. concrete slab.  Memorial Park will cost.  quotes at the next meeting. light to the service road. Item #9. - Mayors Comments  Mr. Hadaway, who was absent, will be getting camera estimates gathered for presentation at the next council meeting. Raceway is close to pulling permits to begin construction. The next Municipal Dinner will be held at Dauphin Island Sea Lab March 17, 022a at 7p.m. Mr. Chambless made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mrs. Lynch seconded the motion. The  meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m. Dm Nek  Don Nelson Mayor  3    Aos Marcy Brown City Clerk  4