The following is a summary of key action items taken by the Mayor and Council at the last City Council meeting. The meeting was held at City Hall at 25 East Alabama Street, Tallapoosa.
Attendance: Mayor Brett Jones; Dan Pope, Post #1; Jacqueline Roberts, Post #2; Mark Smith, Post #3; Jonathan James, Post #4; Bobby Parker, Post #5.
City Council “Regular” Meeting – August 12, 2024
- Financials, minutes and checks over $300 approved.
- Approved the first reading of the zoning ordinance for vape shops.
- Adopted the amendments to the zoning ordinance for vape shops.
- Approved a resolution to adopt the FY25 budget for each fund for the City of Tallapoosa, appropriating the amounts shown in each budget as expenditures/expenses, adopting the several types of revenue anticipations, and prohibiting expenditures or costs from exceeding the actual funding available.
- Approved the tentative millage rate of 6.4610 for the city until it was advertised the required two weeks before officially setting the millage rate at the September council meeting.
- Approved a charge off of $7,388.89 of uncollectible debt as required by the city’s auditors. Efforts will continue to be made to collect those debts should any holder wish to re-establish service.
- Approved moving CDs to American Commerce back with an interest rate of 5.1% for 12 months to be reviewed annually.
- Approved a resolution to authorize the city manager to accept FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) award for purchasing two portable generators, 11 transfer switches, and two portable by-pass pumps. The federal share is $246,922.00.
- Approved moving the September Council meeting from September 9th to September 3rd.
The next regularly scheduled meeting for the Mayor and Council is Tuesday,
September 3rd, at 6:00 pm at City Hall at 25 E. Alabama St.