2026-08-10 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes. No video is posted.

Regular meeting, 7:00 to 8:36 PM; all members present.
Passed the solicitor permit ordinance 5-2, as amended.
Annexed the Libertas Academy charter school site 5-2.
Tabled the mobile food vendor ordinance 7-0 (language had been left out).
Tabled the Unified Development Ordinance amendment 7-0 pending a line-by-line version.
Heard the police chief on Flock cameras; no vote.
After executive session on the Target development, voted 5-2 to authorize legal action on the access road easement.

Ordinance 2026-19 as amended by Alexander passed 5-2; Mayor Talbert and O'Shields opposed.

Ordinance 2026-20 passed 5-2; Mayor Talbert and Searcy opposed. Steve Hubrick described over $1 million of road, water and sewer improvements. Concerns: state funding, effects on district schools and tax revenue versus services.

Tabled 7-0 on Alexander's motion so Council could get a line-by-line version. A resident asked that new rules allow multigenerational housing (see Accessory Dwelling Unit Rules).

Chief Liner described the search policy, audits and discipline for misuse, and cases solved. No vote.

Second reading was not held at Target's request. Rebecca Starnes urged Council to reject the annexation. An information event was set for August 11.

Executive session 7:43 to 8:31 PM for legal advice, then a motion by Rainey to authorize legal action to modify easement consent rights by eminent domain passed 5-2 (Searcy and Alexander opposed).

Thanks to staff for the Senior League World Series; the administrator announced all future meetings will be in the courtroom; the finance report showed the main account at about $17.5 million.