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DRAFT CC Packet 2024.09.17 AGENDA PRATTVILLE CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG: INVOCATION: CALL TO ORDER: THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE MONTH IS DILIGENCE: Focusing my effort on the work at hand. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Public Hearing and City Council Meeting September 3, 2024 and Budget Work Session September 5, 2024. COMMENTS FROM PERSONS PRESENT REGARDING TONIGHT’S AGENDA: MAYOR’S REPORT: REPORT FROM COUNCIL ON SPECIAL COMMITTEES: REPORT ON THE STATUS OF CITY FINANCES: CONSENT AGENDA 1.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the Mayor to have Overgrown Grass and Weeds at 1105 Deramus Court, 1397 Cubs Place, 403 Azalea Drive and 104 New Moon Court Abated and Charge Any Incurred Expenses for the Abatement Process Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances. {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 2.RESOLUTION: To Set a Public Hearing to Declare the Abundance of Overgrown Grass and Weeds at 1676 S. Memorial Drive, 449 Dawson Street, 1780 E. Main Street and 711 Doster Road to be Unsafe and a Public Nuisance and Order Their Abatement Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances. {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 3.RESOLUTION: To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 571 Lower Kingston Road a Public Nuisance and Authorize the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances. {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 4.RESOLUTION: To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 1390 Cubs Place a Public Nuisance and Authorize the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances. {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 5.RESOLUTION: To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 416 Old Farm Lane North a Public Nuisance and Authorize the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances. {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 6.RESOLUTION: To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 1624 Dodgers Drive a Public Nuisance and Authorize the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances. {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 7.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the City Attorney to Affix the Cost for the Removal of Garbage and Rubbish at 1946 Chancellor Ridge Road. {Sponsored By: Council Whaley} 8.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the City Attorney to Affix the Cost for the Removal of Garbage and Rubbish at 1146 Gaddis Avenue. {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 9.RESOLUTION: To Waive Fee for the Autauga County Fair Organization during the Week of October 8 - 12, 2024. {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 10.RESOLUTION: To Designate Legal Holidays for the City of Prattville for Fiscal Year 202 4- 2025. {Sponsored By: Councilor Chambers} AGENDA 1.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the Release of Funds for Replacement Fencing at Mac Gray Softball Complex from Walls & Son Fencing LLC for the Parks and Recreation Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $99,120.00. {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 2.RESOLUTION: To Award Bid No. 024-008 and Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Agreement with Alexander Sealcoating & Striping, Inc. for the Extension of Interstate Court at a Cost Not to Exceed $231,286.00. {Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson} 3.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the Release of Funds for the Purchase of One (1) Ram 2500 Truck through State Contract No. MA220000003316-12 from Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for the Parks and Recreation Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $43,575.00. {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 4.RESOLUTION: To Award Bid No. 024-010 and Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Agreement with Murphy Excavation, LLC for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) Drinking Water/Wastewater Project for Bell Park Drainage at a Cost Not to Exceed $154,275.00. {Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson} 5.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the Release of Funds for the Purchase of One (1) Ram 1500 Truck through State Contract No. MA220000003316-7 from Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for the Parks and Recreation Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $39,834.08. {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 6.RESOLUTION: To Adopt the City of Prattville FY2024-2025 General Operating Fund, Gas Tax Special Revenue Fund, Debt Service Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Sanitation Enterprise Fund, Wastewater Enterprise Fund, and Judicial Special Revenue Fund Budgets. {Sponsored By: Councilor Chambers} 7.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the Implementation of the Firefighter Education/Certification Program. {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 8.RESOLUTION: To Authorize the Mayor to Sign Contracts for Services for Community Initiatives, City-County Services, and the Autauga County Emergency Communication District (E-911) as Allocated in the FY2024-2025 Budget. {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik } 9.RESOLUTION: To Appropriate Fixed Expenses, Salaries, and Continuing Policy Procedures Pending the Adoption of the City of Prattville FY2024-2025 Budget. {Sponsored By: Councilor Chambers} 10.RESOLUTION: To Declare a Council Vacancy in City Council District 1. {Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson } COMMENTS FROM PERSONS PRESENT: CLOSING COMMENTS: ADJOURN: The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 1, 2024. RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the Mayor to have Overgrown Grass and Weeds at 1105 Deramus Court, 1397 3 Cubs Place, 403 Azalea Drive and 104 New Moon Court Abated and Charge Any Incurred 4 Expenses for the Abatement Process Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code 5 of Ordinances.] 6 7 {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 8 9 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Prattville declared in Resolution Book 2024 - 10 11 A, Page 196, on August 20, 2024, that the abundance of overgrown grass and weeds at 1105 12 13 Deramus Court, 1397 Cubs Place, 403 Azalea Drive and 104 New Moon Court constituted a 14 15 public nuisance and set a Public Hearing on said nuisance; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the Autauga County tax records list the property owner(s) as follows: 18 19 •1105 Deramus Court – CC Homes LLC, with an address of P O Box 483, Millbrook,20 AL, 36054, to Parcel Number 19 05 15 2 013 027.00021 •1397 Cubs Place – Candlestick MHC LLC c/o Cameron Bailey, with an address of 10822 Kacey Marie, Winchester, TN, 37398, to Parcel Number 19 07 25 2 000 002.00023 •403 Azalea Drive – Dobbins Vicki & Charles, with an address of 403 Azalea Drive,24 Prattville, AL, 36067, to Parcel Number 19 02 04 4 013 002.00025 •104 New Moon Court – Sauce Leticia Peregrine, with an address of 591 Anderson26 Street, Prattville, AL, 36067, to Parcel Number 19 05 16 2 000 108.000; and27 28 WHEREAS, notice was provided to correct, remedy or remove overgrown grass and 29 30 weeds; and 31 32 WHEREAS, the owner(s) of said properties have failed and/or refused to correct, 33 34 remedy or remove said nuisance by the expiration of said notice; and 35 36 WHEREAS, the owner of said properties did not file written objections with the City 37 38 Clerk’s Office within the time prescribed by City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, Section 46 - 39 40 114 (c);and 41 42 WHEREAS, the City Council held the required Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m. on 43 44 September 17, 2024, permitting the owners of said properties to present evidence, objections 45 46 and protest regarding said nuisance; and 47 48 WHEREAS, Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, authorizes the 49 50 City to do such work or make such improvements that are necessary to correct, remedy or 51 52 remove such conditions, pay therefore and charge the expenses incurred to the owner of such 53 54 property. 55 56 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 57 58 declares that the overgrown grass and weeds at 1105 Deramus Court, 1397 Cubs Place, 403 59 60 Azalea Drive and 104 New Moon Court continued to be a public nuisance at the expiration of 61 62 the notice of violation. 63 64 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor shall have the overgrown grass and weeds 1 2 at said property removed using City forces or private contractors. The property owner(s) shall 3 4 have the right to remove said nuisance at their expense provided that the removal is done prior 5 6 to the commencement of work by employees or agents of the City of Prattville; however, this 7 8 does not abolish incurred fines and expenses. 9 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Mayor shall keep an accounting of all costs related 11 12 to this request and report such costs to the City Council following its abatement. 13 14 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 15 16 17 18 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 19 Prattville City Council 20 21 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 22 23 24 25 By: Paula G. Barlow 26 City Clerk 27 28 APPROVED: 29 30 31 32 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 33 Mayor 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Set a Public Hearing to Declare the Abundance of Overgrown Grass and Weeds at 1676 3 S. Memorial Drive, 449 Dawson Street, 1780 E. Main Street and 711 Doster Road to be 4 Unsafe and a Public Nuisance and Order Their Abatement Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., 5 City of Prattville Code of Ordinances.] 6 7 {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 8 9 WHEREAS, an abundance of overgrown grass and weeds: 10 11 1. is injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare of the community by providing a 12 breeding ground and shelter for rats, mice, snakes and mosquitoes and other vermin; 13 2. may cause the further spread of weeds; 14 3. may hide debris, such as glass or metal, that could inflict injury on a person going to such 15 property; 16 4. may also pose a fire hazard and respiratory hazard; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the Prattville Police Department Code Enforcement Officer has inspected 19 20 the properties and determined the existence of an abundance of overgrown grass and weeds 21 22 at 1676 S. Memorial Drive, 449 Dawson Street, 1780 E. Main Street, and 711 Doster Road; 23 24 and 25 26 WHEREAS, the Autauga County tax records list the property owner(s) as follows: 27 28 • 1676 S. Memorial Drive – West Robin & Compton Sara, with an address of 593 29 Partridge Lane, Prattville, AL, 36067, to Parcel Number 19 07 25 2 000 002.001 30 • 449 Dawson Street – Patrick Morace c/o Steve Patrick or Ashley Odom, with an 31 address of 1686 Tom Turner Road, Billingsley, AL, 36006, to Parcel Number 19 03 07 32 4 001 028.000 33 • 1780 E. Main Street – Khatri Family Trust Pramiila Khatri, with an address of 19710 34 Michaels Court, Castro Valley, CA, 94546, to Parcel Number 19 06 14 1 001 001.004 35 • 711 Doster Road – Mendez Sasha, with an address of 335 Summerhill Road, Prattville, 36 AL, 36067, to Parcel Number 19 05 16 3 001 001.001; and 37 38 WHEREAS, in compliance with Section 46-31, City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, the 39 40 Code Enforcement Officer gave written notice to the owner(s) of said properties on August 7, 41 42 2024, August 27, 2024, August 27, 2024, and August 29, 2024, respectively, to correct, remedy 43 44 or remove the abundance of overgrown grass and weeds within ten (10) days; and 45 46 WHEREAS, the owner(s) of said properties have failed and/or refused to correct, 47 48 remedy or remove said condition by the expiration of said notice; and 49 50 WHEREAS, Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, permits the City 51 52 Council to declare the abundance of overgrown grass and weeds to be a public nuisance and 53 54 abate the same; and 55 56 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 46-114 (e), City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, 57 58 declaring the abundance of overgrown grass and weeds to be a public nuisance and ordering 59 60 their abatement by the City Council initiates a fine for the first violation and designation on the 61 62 repeat offender registry. 63 64 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1 2 1. the City Council of the City of Prattville declares the abundance of overgrown grass and 3 weeds at said properties to be a public nuisance and has therefore initiated the abatement 4 process; and 5 2. the owner(s) of said properties are ordered to abate said nuisance and appear before the 6 City Council at a Public Hearing at 6:00 p.m. on October 15, 2024, at Prattville City Hall; 7 and 8 3. any objections may be filed, in writing, to the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the 9 Public Hearing; and 10 4. the fine of $100.00 shall be assessed to the owner(s) of said properties in addition to any 11 costs incurred for the abatement process; and 12 5. said properties shall be placed on the repeat offender registry for a period of three (3) years; 13 and 14 6. the notice of Public Hearing on the matter, as required by law, will be provided in a 15 publication of general circulation, by certified mail, and by signage on the subject properties. 16 17 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 18 19 20 21 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 22 Prattville City Council 23 24 AUTHENTICATED THIS THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 25 26 27 28 By: Paula G. Barlow 29 City Clerk 30 31 APPROVED: 32 33 34 35 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 36 Mayor 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 571 Lower Kingston Road a Public Nuisance and 3 Authorize the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et 4 seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 7 8 WHEREAS, keeping garbage and rubbish: 9 10 1. is injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare of the community by providing a 11 breeding ground and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin; 12 2. may inflict injury on a person going to such property; 13 3. may also pose a fire and environmental hazard; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Prattville Police Department Code Enforcement Officer has inspected 16 17 the property and determined the existence of garbage and rubbish at 571 Lower Kingston 18 19 Road; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the Autauga County tax records list the property owner as Rogers Charles 22 23 E., with an address of 571 Lower Kingston Road, Prattville, AL 36067, to Parcel Number 19 03 24 25 08 2 006 009.000; and 26 27 WHEREAS, in compliance with Section 46-31, City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, the 28 29 Code Enforcement Officer gave written notice to the owner of said property on August 22, 2024, 30 31 to correct, remedy or remove the condition of garbage and rubbish within ten (10) days; and 32 33 WHEREAS, the owner of said property has failed and/or refused to correct, remedy or 34 35 remove said condition by the expiration of said notice; and 36 37 WHEREAS, Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, permits the City 38 39 Council to declare the keeping of garbage and rubbish to be a public nuisance and authorizes 40 41 the City to do such work or make such improvements that are necessary to correct, remedy or 42 43 remove such condition, pay therefore and charge the expenses incurred for the abatement 44 45 process to the owner of such property. 46 47 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 48 49 declares that the garbage and rubbish at 571 Lower Kingston Road continued to be a public 50 51 nuisance at the expiration of the notice of violation. 52 53 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor shall have the garbage and rubbish at 54 55 said property removed using City forces or private contractors. The property owner shall have 56 57 the right to remove said nuisance at their expense provided that the removal is done prior to 58 59 the commencement of work by employees or agents of the City of Prattville; however, this does 60 61 not abolish incurred expenses. 62 63 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Mayor shall keep an accounting of all costs related 64 to this request and report such costs to the City Council following its abatement. 1 2 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 3 4 5 6 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 7 Prattville City Council 8 9 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 10 11 12 13 By: Paula G. Barlow 14 City Clerk 15 16 APPROVED: 17 18 19 20 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 21 Mayor 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 1390 Cubs Place a Public Nuisance and Authorize 3 the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et seq., City 4 of Prattville Code of Ordinances.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 7 8 WHEREAS, keeping garbage and rubbish: 9 10 1. is injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare of the community by providing a 11 breeding ground and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin; 12 2. may inflict injury on a person going to such property; 13 3. may also pose a fire and environmental hazard; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Prattville Police Department Code Enforcement Officer has inspected 16 17 the property and determined the existence of garbage and rubbish at 1390 Cubs Place; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the Autauga County tax records list the property owner as Candlestick MHC 20 21 LLC c/o Cameron Bailey, with an address of 108 Kacey Marie, Winchester, TN, 37398, to 22 23 Parcel Number 19 07 25 2 000 002.000; and 24 25 WHEREAS, in compliance with Section 46-31, City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, the 26 27 Code Enforcement Officer gave written notice to the owner of said property on July 24, 2024, 28 29 to correct, remedy or remove the condition of garbage and rubbish within ten (10) days; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the owner of said property has failed and/or refused to correct, remedy or 32 33 remove said condition by the expiration of said notice; and 34 35 WHEREAS, Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, permits the City 36 37 Council to declare the keeping of garbage and rubbish to be a public nuisance and authorizes 38 39 the City to do such work or make such improvements that are necessary to correct, remedy or 40 41 remove such condition, pay therefore and charge the expenses incurred for the abatement 42 43 process to the owner of such property. 44 45 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 46 47 declares that the garbage and rubbish at 1390 Cubs Place continued to be a public nuisance 48 49 at the expiration of the notice of violation. 50 51 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor shall have the garbage and rubbish at 52 53 said property removed using City forces or private contractors. The property owner shall have 54 55 the right to remove said nuisance at their expense provided that the removal is done prior to 56 57 the commencement of work by employees or agents of the City of Prattville; however, this does 58 59 not abolish incurred expenses. 60 61 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Mayor shall keep an accounting of all costs related 62 63 to this request and report such costs to the City Council following its abatement. 64 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 1 2 3 4 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 5 Prattville City Council 6 7 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 8 9 10 11 By: Paula G. Barlow 12 City Clerk 13 14 APPROVED: 15 16 17 18 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 19 Mayor 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 416 Old Farm Lane North a Public Nuisance and 3 Authorize the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et 4 seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 7 8 WHEREAS, keeping garbage and rubbish: 9 10 11 12 13 1.s injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare of the community by providing a breeding ground and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin; 2.may inflict injury on a person going to such property; 3.may also pose a fire and environmental hazard; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Prattville Police Department Code Enforcement Officer has inspected 16 17 the property and determined the existence of garbage and rubbish at 416 Old Farm Lane North; 18 19 and 20 21 WHEREAS, the Elmore County tax records list the property owner as Wilson Alice L 22 23 Avant, with an address of 2200 Acadian Place, Jasper, AL 35504, to Parcel Number 26 03 06 24 25 0 001 003.008; and 26 27 WHEREAS, in compliance with Section 46-31, City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, the 28 29 Code Enforcement Officer gave written notice to the owner of said property on May 28, 2024, 30 31 to correct, remedy or remove the condition of garbage and rubbish within ten (10) days; and 32 33 WHEREAS, the owner of said property has failed and/or refused to correct, remedy or 34 35 remove said condition by the expiration of said notice; and 36 37 WHEREAS, Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, permits the City 38 39 Council to declare the keeping of garbage and rubbish to be a public nuisance and authorizes 40 41 the City to do such work or make such improvements that are necessary to correct, remedy or 42 43 remove such condition, pay therefore and charge the expenses incurred for the abatement 44 45 process to the owner of such property. 46 47 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 48 49 declares that the garbage and rubbish at 416 Old Farm Lane North continued to be a public 50 51 nuisance at the expiration of the notice of violation. 52 53 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor shall have the garbage and rubbish at 54 55 said property removed using City forces or private contractors. The property owner shall have 56 57 the right to remove said nuisance at their expense provided that the removal is done prior to 58 59 the commencement of work by employees or agents of the City of Prattville; however, this does 60 61 not abolish incurred expenses. 62 63 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Mayor shall keep an accounting of all costs related 64 to this request and report such costs to the City Council following its abatement. 1 2 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 3 4 5 6 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 7 Prattville City Council 8 9 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 10 11 12 13 By: Paula G. Barlow 14 City Clerk 15 16 APPROVED: 17 18 19 20 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 21 Mayor 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Declare the Garbage and Rubbish at 1624 Dodgers Drive a Public Nuisance and 3 Authorize the Mayor to Abate and Charge Any Incurred Expenses Pursuant to Chapter 46 et 4 seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 7 8 WHEREAS, keeping garbage and rubbish: 9 10 1. is injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare of the community by providing a 11 breeding ground and shelter for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin; 12 2. may inflict injury on a person going to such property; 13 3. may also pose a fire and environmental hazard; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Prattville Police Department Code Enforcement Officer has inspected 16 17 the property and determined the existence of garbage and rubbish at 1624 Dodgers Drive; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the Autauga County tax records list the property owner as Candlestick MHC 20 21 LLC c/o Cameron Bailey, with an address of 108 Kacey Marie, Winchester, TN, 37398, to 22 23 Parcel Number 19 07 25 2 000 002.000; and 24 25 WHEREAS, in compliance with Section 46-31, City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, the 26 27 Code Enforcement Officer gave written notice to the owner of said property on August 30, 2024, 28 29 to correct, remedy or remove the condition of garbage and rubbish within ten (10) days; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the owner of said property has failed and/or refused to correct, remedy or 32 33 remove said condition by the expiration of said notice; and 34 35 WHEREAS, Chapter 46 et seq., City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, permits the City 36 37 Council to declare the keeping of garbage and rubbish to be a public nuisance and authorizes 38 39 the City to do such work or make such improvements that are necessary to correct, remedy or 40 41 remove such condition, pay therefore and charge the expenses incurred for the abatement 42 43 process to the owner of such property. 44 45 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 46 47 declares that the garbage and rubbish at 1624 Dodgers Drive continued to be a public nuisance 48 49 at the expiration of the notice of violation. 50 51 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor shall have the garbage and rubbish at 52 53 said property removed using City forces or private contractors. The property o wner shall have 54 55 the right to remove said nuisance at their expense provided that the removal is done prior to 56 57 the commencement of work by employees or agents of the City of Prattville; however, this does 58 59 not abolish incurred expenses. 60 61 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Mayor shall keep an accounting of all costs related 62 63 to this request and report such costs to the City Council following its abatement. 64 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 1 2 3 4 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 5 Prattville City Council 6 7 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 8 9 10 11 By: Paula G. Barlow 12 City Clerk 13 14 APPROVED: 15 16 17 18 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 19 Mayor 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the City Attorney to Affix the Cost for the Removal of Garbage and Rubbish at 3 1946 Chancellor Ridge Road.] 4 5 {Sponsored By: Council Whaley} 6 7 WHEREAS, § 6-5-122 et Seq., of the Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, permits the 8 9 City Council of the City of Prattville to declare a public nuisance and have the violation resolved; 10 11 and 12 13 WHEREAS, in Resolution Book 2024-A, Page110, on May 21, 2024, the City Council 14 15 of the City of Prattville declared garbage and rubbish at 1946 Chancellor Ridge Road continued 16 17 to be a public nuisance; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the Autauga County tax records list the property owner as White Ervin D 20 21 Sabrina B. White with an address of 3606 McGehee Place Drive N. Montgomery, AL 36111, to 22 23 Parcel Number 19 01 12 1 001 258.000; and 24 25 WHEREAS, in compliance with Section 46-31, City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, the 26 27 Code Enforcement Officer gave written notice to the owner of said property on May 3, 2024, 28 29 to correct, remedy or remove the conditions of garbage and rubbish within ten (10) days; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the owner/operator of said property failed and/or refused to correct, remedy 32 33 or remove said nuisance conditions by the expiration of said notice; and 34 35 WHEREAS, Section 46-32 of the City of Prattville Code of Ordinances authorizes the 36 37 City to do such work or make such improvements that are necessary to correct, remedy or 38 39 remove such condition, pay therefore and charge the expenses incurred to the owner/operat or 40 41 of such property to the fullest extent authorized by law. 42 43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 44 45 the cost totaling $2,124.14 for the removal of garbage and rubbish at 1946 Chancellor Ridge 46 47 Road is accurate and shall be established as a lien against the property. 48 49 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney is authorized to file any actions 50 51 necessary to recover costs of said removal. 52 53 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 54 55 56 57 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 58 Prattville City Council 59 60 61 62 63 64 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 1 2 3 4 By: Paula G. Barlow 5 City Clerk 6 7 APPROVED: 8 9 10 11 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 12 Mayor 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the City Attorney to Affix the Cost for the Removal of Garbage and Rubbish at 3 1146 Gaddis Avenue.] 4 5 {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 6 7 WHEREAS, § 6-5-122 et Seq., of the Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, permits the 8 9 City Council of the City of Prattville to declare a public nuisance and have the violation resolved; 10 11 and 12 13 WHEREAS, in Resolution Book 2024-A, Page 109, on May 21, 2024, the City Council 14 15 of the City of Prattville declared garbage and rubbish at 1146 Gaddis Avenue continued to be 16 17 a public nuisance; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the Autauga County tax records list the property owner as Hepburn Ronald 20 21 & Dixie, with an address of 1146 Gaddis Avenue, Prattville, AL 36066, to Parcel Number 19 02 22 23 10 3 028 001.000; and 24 25 WHEREAS, in compliance with Section 46-31, City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, the 26 27 Code Enforcement Officer gave written notice to the owner of said property on April 22, 2024, 28 29 to correct, remedy or remove the conditions of garbage and rubbish within ten (10) days; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the owner/operator of said property failed and/or refused to correct, remedy 32 33 or remove said nuisance conditions by the expiration of said notice; and 34 35 WHEREAS, Section 46-32 of the City of Prattville Code of Ordinances authorizes the 36 37 City to do such work or make such improvements that are necessary to correct, remedy or 38 39 remove such condition, pay therefore and charge the expenses incurred to the owner/o perator 40 41 of such property to the fullest extent authorized by law. 42 43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 44 45 the cost totaling $624.14 for the removal of garbage and rubbish at 1146 Gaddis Avenue is 46 47 accurate and shall be established as a lien against the property. 48 49 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney is authorized to file any actions 50 51 necessary to recover costs of said removal. 52 53 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 54 55 56 57 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 58 Prattville City Council 59 60 61 62 63 64 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 1 2 3 4 By: Paula G. Barlow 5 City Clerk 6 7 APPROVED: 8 9 10 11 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 12 Mayor 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Waive Fee for the Autauga County Fair Organization during the Week of October 8 - 12, 3 2024.] 4 5 {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 6 7 BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville, that the license fee 8 9 imposed by the City of Prattville Code of Ordinances, Section 38-322, is hereby waived for the 10 11 Autauga County Fair and all related concessions and games, etc. to be operated under the 12 13 auspices of the Autauga County Fair Organization to be held at Mac Gray Park on Martin Luther 14 15 King, Jr. Drive during the week of October 8 - 12, 2024. 16 17 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 18 19 20 ________________________________ 21 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 22 Prattville City Council 23 24 AUTHENTICATED THIS DAY 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 25 26 27 ________________________________ 28 By: Paula G. Barlow 29 City Clerk 30 31 APPROVED: 32 33 34 ________________________________ 35 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 36 Mayor 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE _____ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Designate Legal Holidays for the City of Prattville for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.] 3 4 {Sponsored By: Councilor Chambers} 5 6 WHEREAS, Section 10.2 of the Human Resources Policies & Procedures Manual 7 8 states that the Mayor and City Council will approve a schedule of holidays for each fiscal year 9 10 and the Human Resources Department will publish the list. 11 12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 13 14 the following holidays shall be designated for Fiscal Year 2024-2025: 15 16 Veteran’s Day November 11, 2024 17 Thanksgiving Day November 28, 2024 18 Friday Following Thanksgiving Day November 29, 2024 19 Christmas Eve December 24, 2024 20 Christmas Day December 25, 2024 21 New Year’s Day January 1, 2025 22 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / Robert E. Lee’s Birthday January 20, 2025 23 Memorial Day May 26, 2025 24 Juneteenth Day June 19, 2025 25 Independence Day July 4, 2025 26 Labor Day September 1, 2025 27 One Personal Holiday - at the employee’s supervisor’s discretion and with prior approval.28 29 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 30 31 32 ________________________________ 33 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 34 Prattville City Council 35 36 AUTHENTICATED THIS DAY 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 37 38 39 ________________________________ 40 By: Paula G. Barlow 41 City Clerk 42 43 APPROVED: 44 45 46 ________________________________ 47 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 48 Mayor 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the Release of Funds for Replacement Fencing at Mac Gray Softball Complex 3 from Walls & Son Fencing LLC for the Parks and Recreation Department at a Cost Not to 4 Exceed $99,120.00.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 7 8 WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation has identified a need to replace the softball field 9 10 fencing at Mac Gray Softball Complex; and 11 12 WHEREAS, Walls & Son Fencing LLC has the necessary expertise to perform said 13 14 installation of fencing at a cost not to exceed $99,120.00; and 15 16 WHEREAS, pursuant to §39-2-1, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, said project is 17 18 a public works project; and 19 20 WHEREAS, §39-2-2, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, allows contracts for public 21 22 works projects under $100,000.00 to be let without bidding; and 23 24 WHEREAS, this is a budgeted expense for Parks and Recreation. 25 26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 27 28 funds in the amount not to exceed $99,120.00 for said project are hereby authorized and 29 30 approved to be paid to Walls & Son Fencing LLC, and said funds are approved and 31 32 appropriated from FY2024 Budget Line Item Parks and Recreation/ Capital Outlay. 33 34 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 35 36 37 38 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 39 Prattville City Council 40 41 AUTHENTICATED THIS THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 42 43 44 45 By: Paula G. Barlow 46 City Clerk 47 48 APPROVED: 49 50 51 52 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 53 Mayor 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ____ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Award Bid No. 024-008 and Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Agreement with 3 Alexander Sealcoating & Striping, Inc. for the Extension of Interstate Court at a Cost Not to 4 Exceed $231,286.00.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson} 7 8 WHEREAS, a need has been identified for an extension of Interstate Court; and 9 10 WHEREAS, the Engineering Department had specifications drafted for said 11 12 improvements; and 13 14 WHEREAS, three (3) sealed bids were received, opened and read in public on 15 16 September 4, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, and Alexander 17 18 Sealcoating & Striping, Inc. was the lowest responsible bidder at a cost not to exceed 19 20 $231,286.00 for said project; and 21 22 WHEREAS, this is a budgeted expense in the Capital Projects Fund. 23 24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 25 26 hereby awards Bid No. 024-008 to Alexander Sealcoating & Striping, Inc. in an amount not 27 28 to exceed $231,286.00 for said project, and said funds are approved and appropriated from 29 30 the FY2024 Budget Line Item Capital Projects Fund/ Extension of Interstate Court. 31 32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute any and 33 34 all documents necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution. 35 36 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 37 38 39 ________________________________ 40 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 41 Prattville City Council 42 43 AUTHENTICATED HIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 44 45 46 ________________________________ 47 By: Paula G. Barlow 48 City Clerk 49 50 APPROVED: 51 52 53 ________________________________ 54 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 55 Mayor 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ____ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the Release of Funds for the Purchase of One (1) Ram 2500 Truck through 3 State Contract No. MA220000003316-12 from Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for the 4 Parks and Recreation Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $43,575.00.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 7 8 WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation has identified a need to purchase one (1) 2024 9 10 Ram 2500 Crew Cab 4x4 truck; and 11 12 WHEREAS, said truck is available through the State Contract No. MA220000003316- 13 14 12, from Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram at a cost not to exceed $43,575.00; and 15 16 WHEREAS, this is a budgeted expense in Parks and Recreation. 17 18 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 19 20 funds in an amount not to exceed $43,575.00 for the purchase of said truck is hereby 21 22 authorized and approved to be paid to Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, and said funds are 23 24 approved and appropriated from FY2024 Budget Line Item Parks and Recreation/ Capital 25 26 Outlay. 27 28 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 29 30 31 32 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 33 Prattville City Council 34 35 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 36 37 38 39 By: Paula G. Barlow 40 City Clerk 41 42 APPROVED: 43 44 45 46 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 47 Mayor 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ____ 64 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RESOLUTION [To Award Bid No. 024-010 and Authorize the Mayor to Enter into an Agreement with Murphy Excavation, LLC for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) Drinking Water/Wastewater Project for Bell Park Drainage at a Cost Not to Exceed $154,275.00.] {Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson} 8 9 WHEREAS, a need has been identified for a drainage and erosion control project at Bell 10 11 Park; and 12 13 WHEREAS, the Engineering Department had specifications drafted for said project; and 14 15 WHEREAS, three (3) sealed bids were received, opened and read in public on 16 17 September 5, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, and Murphy 18 19 Excavation, LLC was the lowest responsible bidder at a cost not to exceed $154,275.00 for 20 21 said project; and 22 23 WHEREAS, this is a budgeted expense in the Capital Projects Fund. 24 25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Prattville 26 27 hereby awards Bid No. 024-010 to Murphy Excavation, LLC in an amount not to exceed 28 29 $154,275.00 for said project, and said funds are approved and appropriated from the FY2024 30 31 Budget Line Item Capital Projects Fund/ Bell Park Drainage. 32 33 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute any and 34 35 all documents necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution. 36 37 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 38 39 40 ________________________________ 41 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 42 Prattville City Council 43 44 AUTHENTICATED HIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 45 46 47 ________________________________ 48 By: Paula G. Barlow 49 City Clerk 50 51 APPROVED: 52 53 54 ________________________________ 55 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 56 Mayor 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ____ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the Release of Funds for the Purchase of One (1) Ram 1500 Truck through 3 State Contract No. MA220000003316-7 from Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for the Parks 4 and Recreation Department at a Cost Not to Exceed $39,834.08.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 7 8 WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation has identified a need to purchase one (1) 2025 9 10 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 truck; and 11 12 WHEREAS, said truck is available through the State Contract No. MA220000003316-7, 13 14 from Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram at a cost not to exceed $39,834.08; and 15 16 WHEREAS, this is a budgeted expense in Parks and Recreation. 17 18 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 19 20 funds in an amount not to exceed $39,834.08 for the purchase of said truck is hereby 21 22 authorized and approved to be paid to Stivers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, and said funds are 23 24 approved and appropriated from FY2024 Budget Line Item Parks and Recreation/ Capital 25 26 Outlay. 27 28 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 29 30 31 32 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 33 Prattville City Council 34 35 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 36 37 38 39 By: Paula G. Barlow 40 City Clerk 41 42 APPROVED: 43 44 45 46 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 47 Mayor 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE ___ 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Adopt the City of Prattville FY2024-2025 General Operating Fund, Gas Tax Special 3 Revenue Fund, Debt Service Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Sanitation Enterprise Fund, 4 Wastewater Enterprise Fund, and Judicial Special Revenue Fund Budgets.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Councilor Chambers} 7 8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville, 9 10 Alabama, as follows: 11 12 THAT for the purpose of financing the conduct of affairs of the City during the period 13 14 beginning October 1, 2024, and ending September 30, 2025, inclusive, the General Operating 15 16 Fund, Gas Tax Special Revenue Fund, Debt Service Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Sanitation 17 18 Enterprise Fund, Wastewater Enterprise Fund, and Judicial Special Revenue Fund Budgets 19 20 for the City’s revenues and expenditures for such period, as prepared and submitted to the City 21 22 Council by the Mayor, are hereby approved and adopted as the official FY2024-2025 Budgets 23 24 for the City with a combined total of $116,640,482.00. 25 26 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 27 28 29 ________________________________ 30 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 31 Prattville City Council 32 33 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 34 35 36 ________________________________ 37 By: Paula G. Barlow 38 City Clerk 39 40 APPROVED: 41 42 43 ________________________________ 44 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 45 Mayor 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the Implementation of the Firefighter Education/Certification Program .] 3 4 {Sponsored By: Councilor Whaley} 5 6 WHEREAS, the Prattville Fire Department has identified a need to attract and retain 7 8 Certified Firefighters possessing a Fire Services degree from a college or university accredited 9 10 by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher 11 12 Education Accreditation or for National Fire Academy Executive Officer Graduates; and 13 14 WHEREAS, the implementation of a Firefighter Retention Program for Education/ 15 16 Certification will attract and retain Certified Firefighters possessing higher education; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the FY2025 Budget Line Item Salaries and Wages includes funding for 19 20 the program; and 21 22 WHEREAS, the program will provide a Firefighter Education/Certification Incentive 23 24 Pay for the highest-level degree/certification attained and may not be cumulatively stacked; 25 26 and 27 28 WHEREAS, the Firefighter Education/Certification Incentive Pay is not allowed for a 29 30 required level degree or certification; and 31 32 WHEREAS, said program may be altered, amended, reduced, or discontinued solely at 33 34 the City’s discretion, and no employee will vest any right to the continuation of the additional 35 36 compensation authorized under this supplemental pay program; and 37 38 WHEREAS, said incentive percentages for supplemental pay program are defined as 39 40 follows: 41 42 Degree/Certification Percentage of Increase Associate’s 2.5% Bachelor’s 5.0% Master’s 7.5% National Fire Academy Executive Officer Graduate 7.5% 43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 44 45 the Firefighter Education/Certification Program is hereby established. 46 47 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Council authorizes the Mayor, the Human Resources 48 49 Director and the Fire Department to implement said program as described. 50 51 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 52 53 54 ________________________________ 55 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 56 Prattville City Council 57 58 59 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 1 2 3 ________________________________ 4 By: Paula G. Barlow 5 City Clerk 6 7 APPROVED: 8 9 10 ________________________________ 11 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 12 Mayor 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE 63 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Authorize the Mayor to Sign Contracts for Services for Community Initiatives, City-County 3 Services, and the Autauga County Emergency Communication District (E -911) as Allocated 4 in the FY2024-2025 Budget.] 5 6 {Sponsored By: Council President Pro Tempore Strichik} 7 8 WHEREAS, funding for community initiatives, City-County services, and the Autauga 9 10 County Emergency Communication District (E-911) are budgeted annually by the City of 11 12 Prattville; and 13 14 WHEREAS, said entities serve the public good and are necessary for the health, safety, 15 16 and welfare of the citizens of Prattville; and 17 18 WHEREAS, said entities provide services that the City could not otherwise perform; and 19 20 WHEREAS, contracts for services are needed to support the allocation of funds. 21 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 23 24 the Mayor is hereby authorized to sign contracts for services for community initiatives, City- 25 26 County services, and the Autauga County Emergency Communication District as allocated in 27 28 the FY2024-2025 Budget. 29 30 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 31 32 33 ________________________________ 34 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 35 Prattville City Council 36 37 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 38 39 40 ________________________________ 41 By: Paula G. Barlow 42 City Clerk 43 44 APPROVED: 45 46 47 ________________________________ 48 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 49 Mayor 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE 63 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Appropriate Fixed Expenses, Salaries, and Continuing Policy Procedures Pending the 3 Adoption of the City of Prattville FY2024-2025 Budget.] 4 5 {Sponsored By: Councilor Chambers} 6 7 WHEREAS, the City of Prattville FY2024-2025 Budget is still being formulated and 8 9 reviewed; and 10 11 WHEREAS, the City must continue to perform necessary functions and provide services 12 13 until the FY2024-2025 Budget is adopted by the City Council. 14 15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville that 16 17 all fixed expenses, namely, but not limited to utilities, insurance costs, normal and necessary 18 19 operational costs, supplies, maintenance, and other items for usual and necessary operations, 20 21 are hereby appropriated and authorized for expenditure, until furthe r action of this Council or 22 23 until the FY2024-2025 Budget is approved. 24 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all salaries are authorized for payment until further 26 27 action of this Council or the approval of the FY2024 -2025 Budget. 28 29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Ordinances, Resolutions, Procedures and 30 31 Policies are hereby ratified, affirmed and ordered to continue on a temporary basis unless, and 32 33 specifically, until such time as any of the items are specifically amended, changed, repealed 34 35 or altered by this Council. 36 37 ADOPTED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 38 39 40 ________________________________ 41 By: Lora Lee Boone, President 42 Prattville City Council 43 44 AUTHENTICATED THIS DAY 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 45 46 47 ________________________________ 48 By: Paula G. Barlow 49 City Clerk 50 51 APPROVED: 52 53 54 ________________________________ 55 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 56 Mayor 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE 64 RESOLUTION 1 2 [To Declare a Council Vacancy in City Council District 1.] 3 4 {Sponsored By: Councilor Jackson} 5 6 WHEREAS, District 1 City Councilor Albert Striplin passed away on Tuesday, August 7 8 27, 2024; and 9 10 WHEREAS, pursuant to §11-43-65, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, the City 11 12 Council of the City of Prattville intends to appoint a qualified person to fill this vacancy and 13 14 serve the remainder of the unexpired term. 15 16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Prattville 17 18 that a vacancy is hereby declared in City Council District 1. 19 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Clerk to accept 21 22 letters of intent and resumes from qualified applicants of City Council District 1 from Monday, 23 24 September 23, 2024, through Friday, October 4, 2024, 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. (closed 25 26 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for lunch). 27 28 AUTHENTICATED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. 29 30 31 ________________________________ 32 By: Paula G. Barlow 33 City Clerk 34 35 APPROVED: 36 37 38 ________________________________ 39 By: Bill Gillespie, Jr. 40 Mayor 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 RESOLUTION BOOK 2024-B, PAGE _ 64