City Council met for its first regular meeting of April on 4/4/2018. The meeting kicked off with a very interesting presentation by Police Chief Mathis on the new body camera program the department has been investigating. There were a number of first readings of proposed ordinances including: Grant Request to Fund Three New Full-time Firefighters … Read more
City Council met for its second regular meeting of March on 3/21/2018. The meeting kicked off with the introduction of 2 new city employees – Lisa DellaTorre – Administrative Secretary, Police Department Nathan Chaney – Maintenance Worker, Public Works Department I was impressed with both the departments introduction and the new team members enthusiasm for … Read more
City Council met for its first regular meeting of March on 3/7/2018. The meeting started out with several commendations from the police department and the city related to public safety as well as several financial and purchase related items. I was especially impressed by the presentation the Police Chief gave to several officers where the … Read more
City Council met for its second regular meeting of February on 2/21/2018. There were a number of repeat items on the agenda with a heavy emphasis on zoning requests forwarded from Planning Committee that had first readings on 2/7 that were up for action. Items and discussions of note included: Zoning Request (first reading) for … Read more
City Council met for its first regular meeting of February on 2/7/2018. There were a number of items on the agenda with a heavy emphasis on zoning requests forwarded from Planning Committee. Items and discussions of note included: Zoning Request and Action for 11905 Kenn Rd (Calvary Pentecostal Church) Zoning Request (first reading) for 11345 … Read more
At the most recent council meeting (February 7, 2018) there was significant discussion related to the use of Emergency Clauses attached to ordinances – how and when to use them. The topic came up during the discussion around Ordinance 5-2018 to authorize an agreement with the City of Montgomery to allow the housing of some … Read more
City Council met for it’s second regular session for January. The agenda included a special presentation from the Better Bus Coalition as well as two ordinances for consideration: Jake Sweeney Place Rehabilitation Project Updating the method for electing City Council officers Better Bus Coalition Several members of the Better Bus Coalition attended the council meeting … Read more
Some of you may know I grew up in Springdale’s Heritage Hill subdivision and my parents still live there. A few times a week I find myself driving by the former GE Park (now Springdale Commerce Park?) and even being on City Council I have a lot of open questions about the development. Since any … Read more
City Council met for it’s first regular session on the new year January 3rd. A light agenda to start the year – though looking ahead at what is likely coming through planning committee things will be picking up soon (more on that soon). The agenda included four resolutions in two areas for consideration: Year End Appropriations, … Read more
On December 20th City Council met for it’s regular session. At a glance the schedule looked packed with end of year administrative work (though it turned out to be a fairly short meeting). There were three principle areas of business: End of Year Finances Beacon Hills Road Bid Vacant Committee Appointments End of Year Finances … Read more