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Council accepts sewer rehab bid for ‘fish streets’
Atmore City Council members gave unanimous approval during their Monday (July 24) meeting to a bid for renovation and replacement where necessary of the sewer system that runs beneath three city streets. The 5-0 vote, on the meeting’s only agenda item, came after Paul Darnell of Southern Engineering Solutions said the firm recommended awarding the bid to Mississippi-based Suncoast Infrastructure Inc., which submitted the lowest among four bids opened by…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Bonus for city retirees
Former City of Atmore employees who retired from municipal service will receive a Christmas bonus this year. The city’s governing body, sitting with just three members due to the absence of District 3’s Chris Walker and District 5’s Chris Harrison, unanimously approved the one-time bonus during the council’s Monday (July 10) meeting. “This was done before, in 2008 I think it was, and they want to do it again,” said…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council accepts Rivercane utilities bid – Also taking steps to dissolve inactive Medical Clinic Board
For Atmore City Council members, their Monday, June 26, meeting represented a case of “out with the old, in with the new.” The council formally accepted a local company’s low bid for utilities improvements related to the city’s newest industrial resident, while at the same time taking measures to dissolve one of the city’s oldest and most inactive boards. Martin Construction of Atmore’s bid was the lowest among those opened…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council upholds rezoning denial
Atmore’s city council, meeting for the first time since May 8, made quick work of a two-item agenda during the panel’s Monday, June 12, session. Actually, it became a one-item agenda when Tonya Hudson, organizer of Fight Against Darkness Warfare Walkers, was not in attendance to ask approval for an upcoming event, the details of which were not disclosed, that was to encompass both Tom Byrne and Houston Avery parks.…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Council approves ‘Love Walk II’
The biggest business item handled by the Atmore City Council during the Monday, May 8, meeting wasn’t even on the agenda. After council members voted unanimously to approve a business license for Mobile-based Newman Medical Services, which serves as stand-by medical transport for Atmore Ambulance Service at Atmore Dragway events, and Mayor Jim Staff announced that the month’s second scheduled council meeting would be canceled due to its coinciding with…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago