2025-12-30 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes only. Stokes was absent. The meeting adjourned to a January 6, 2026 special meeting.

Two menace-property resolutions (66 and 80 cases) adopted, 6-0 each.
Claims docket amended by Parkinson to $4,579,190.20 (the landfill and sanitation line rose to $2,066,801.63) and passed 5-1, Brown-Thomas nay. The record does not say which invoices drove the landfill line. Payroll deduction claims of $96,374.28 passed 6-0.
Precinct Four police lease addendum failed 2-4.
$250,000 budget transfer and $89,226.16 ratification for Safe City cameras, 6-0 each.
Stop loss insurance Option 2 accepted, premiums capped at $933,720 for 2026, 6-0.
Senior Auditor pay range raised to $43,753.36-$55,267.76, 6-0.
Change Order No. 1 of $496,906.39 for festival street resurfacing ratified, 5-0 with Clay abstaining.
Tennis center agreement with Overkil Tennis ($1,000 a month, 2026 through 2030) approved; the recorded vote is inconsistent for Grizzell.
Five-year Greenwood Cemetery Association agreement at no cost to the City, 6-0.
Consent items: asbestos testing contract, a $1,270 state-parcel cleanup, PowerDMS renewal ($4,807.45), a USGS joint funding agreement (city share $95,720, USGS $24,210) and an inmate litter pickup agreement through September 30, 2026 (reimbursement up to $50,000 a year), all 6-0. A demolition contract was pulled from consent; a vendor fee increase and a beautification contract were pulled.
A non-binding resolution on electric vehicles and clean energy awareness passed 6-0.
Council discussed continuing the COVID-19 local emergency; no action recorded.
Minutes of December 2, December 15 (zoning), December 16 and December 19 approved. A privilege tax report was received. One resident spoke in public comment.
Closed and executive session on legal matters; no action reported.