Calhoun County, AL – The Calhoun County Commission held a regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, February 8th, 2024

  • Call To Order
    • Fred Wilson – Present
    • Chairman Danny Shears – Present
    • Carolyn Henderson – Present
    • Terry Howell – Present
    • Lee Patterson – Present
  • Invocation/Pledge Of Allegiance
  • Adopt Agenda – Unanimously Approved
  • Elected Official/Department Head Comments – None
  • Adopt Minutes – Unanimously Approved
  • Old Business
    • Nuisance Abatements: – Unanimously Approved
      • 312 S. Hollingsworth Drive, Anniston – Sam’s Properties LLC.
      • 1307 Russell Drive, Weaver – Bence, Joel R.
      • 1504 Piedmont Jacksonville Road, Piedmont – Vinson, Rascoe & Donna
      • 319 S. Stebbins Street, Anniston – Craft, Kay
      • 88 Church Street, Alexandria – Starling, Joshua & Connie
      • 6238 Cane Creek Circle, Anniston – Mack, Eugene & Kevin
      • 1023 Old Gadsden Highway, Anniston – Angels Lynch (Estate)
        • Representative Present at meeting
      • 1011 Folsom Avenue, Anniston – Lincoln Carter (Estate)
        • Representative Present at Meeting
      • 5815 Medders Street, Anniston – Ager, Tina
    • Nuisance Dismissals: – Unanimously Approved
      • 2611 Eulaton Road, Anniston – Land Home Properties LLC.
      • 430 S. Hunter Street, Anniston – Coleman, Cecil & Mary
      • 507 S. Colvin Street, Anniston – Henderson, James
      • 812 S. Hollingsworth Drive, Anniston – Rollins, Nancy
      • 1117 W. 49th Street, Anniston – Commons Jr, William & Marie
  • New Business
    • Nuisance Declarations: – Unanimously Approved
      • 120 Eastwood Drive, Anniston – Holland, Samuel & Cynthia
      • 38 Jacks Drive, Anniston – White, Charles & Dorothy, c/o Waldrop, Bobby
      • 331 Old Gadsden Highway, Anniston – Puckett, Truman
      • 1822 Old Gadsden Highway, Anniston – Anderson, Timothy & Jessica
        • Representative Present at Meeting
      • 20th W. 36th Street, Anniston – Morales, Gumersindo
      • 3515 Gurnee Avenue, Anniston – MBCM Investments LLC.
      • 3517 Gurnee Avenue, Anniston – MBCM Investments LLC.
      • 3520 Gurnee Avenue, Anniston – Hendrix, Jon
      • 3108 Birmingham Hwy
    • Bid Award Resolutions:
      • Grass Cutting & Maintenance – Unanimously Approved
        • Awarded to Maddox Lawn
          • Eli Henderson Park $780 per month
          • Nances Creek Community Park $500 per month
          • Thankful Pappy Dunn Park $870 per month
          • Blue Mountain Community Center $280 per month
          • Alexandria Community Center $330 per month
          • Saks Community Center $209 per month
      • Jail Additions & Renovations – Detention Module Package – Unanimously Approved
        • Awarded to Tindall Corporation in the amount of $2,161,127.00.
    • Surplus Resolution – Highway Department Bridge ID #4822 structure & covered portion – Unanimously Approved
      • For Alexandria- Wellington Rod Covered Portion of Bridge and Bridge Deck.
    • Recreational Trails Program – Camp McClellan Horse Trails Campground Project Resolution – Unanimously Approved
      • Goodwin, Mills, & Cawed selected to provide services.
    • Amendment 1 Resolution – Unanimously Approved
      • Amendement 1 would also local bills and local constitutional amendments to be considered by the Legislature without the adoption of a Budget Isolation Resolution (BIR), removing a procedural step from the legislative process and the County Commission has adopted a resolution encouraging Alabamians to vote yes to Amendment 1 on March 5th, 2024.
    • Intent to Purchase Highway Department Equipment Resolution – Unanimously Approved
      • Kenworth of Birmingham
        • (4) Heavy Duty Dump Truck Chassis for the total amount of $846,600.00
        • (1) Heavy Duty Low Boy Tracor for the total amount of $134,140.00
      • Logan Corporation
        • (4) 16′ Steel Dump Body for the total amount of $134,140.00
    • Tax Levy Resolution – Unanimously Approved
      • According to Act 2021-297 Municipal Police Jurisdiction the following municipalities may not collect any further license revenue or any other taxes or fees within the police jurisdictions outside the corporate limits: Piedmont, Hobson City, and Weaver.
    • Opposing Quarry Resolution – Unanimously Approved
      • The County Commission has gone on record opposing the quarry permit application made by Pillar Materials, ::C, facility location, 4631 Quarry Highway US-431, Heflin, AL.
    • ATIS Elevator Inspection Agreement – Unanimously Approved
      • An agreement was reached for the amount of $220.00
    • Board Appointment – McClellan Development Authority Board, At Large – Unanimously Approved
      • Mr. Maxwell’s term expiring March 31st was cited to be be reapportioned for three years.
  • Public Comments
    • Mr. Winston resented a letter he had received from the city manager that was not signed or on letterhead. He requested the letter be reissued with a signature and on letterhead.
    • Dr. West reminded all of the Arbor Day give away on February 19th from 12:00 pm to 2:00 at the Jacksonville Public Square. There will be apple trees and blueberry bushed given away. There are 200 of each.
    • Dr. Reyes reviews the many sport successes of the County Schools.
    • Jeff Winn spoke about how much he has enjoyed worked with Dr. Reyes on the Board of Education. He is currently seeking reelection.
    • Sheriff Wade shared his insights from his trip to DC where he was able to meet with representatives from the Israeli Government and to view over an hours worth of camera footage from the attack on October 7th. He also shared information he received regarding the border crisis.
      • Per Sheriff Wade, “One thing that we were I was able to see was the Israeli government showed up in our association and put on a presentation for Sheriffs only. We had to leave our cell phones and our watches outside and signed agreements that we wouldn’t share that info. It’s really a shame in America that we haven’t been told the truth of what happened in Israel on October the seventh. It was definitely hard to watch. It was over an hour worth of video of body cam footage from Hamas soldiers, actually not soldiers, savages. This is what I call it. We saw footage from a victim’s cell phones, their car cameras, and it was really, really disturbing. I will say if everybody saw what I saw I don’t see how anybody couldn’t stand with them and I know that we cannot allow that utter savagery and attack on innocent human lives to exist in this world because they want to extinguish them from the earth. I already knew ,but after seeing that, everybody needs to see it because we’re not being told that in the national news we’re not seeing that. It is not being told. You might hear bits and pieces of it, but if you see it, it’s enraging. We also got to meet with the Speaker of the House. And it goes along with the Israel briefing. We have millions and millions of people crossing our border every day, we don’t know who they are, those people are in our country, and can conduct the same style attack on our country. It’s coming. It is going to happen, it’s not going to be a plane into a building, it’s going to be hundreds or 1000’s of illegal aliens who come from Iran, or any other part of the world. There will be a foreign attack on our country at some point, it’s probably too late. Politics aside, we have to do something to secure our border. Israel had a fence and they still were able to get in, we don’t have any kind of protection. So while we were there, it was really disturbing and eye opening. US Americans need to put politics aside and we need to do what’s right.
      • Calhoun County PIO shared that in Mark World of Works will be coming to Oxford and it will be a great opportunity for students to learn about opportunities in Calhoun County.
  • Adjourn – Unanimously Approved

Next Meeting: Thursday, February 22, 2024, 10:00 a.m.