By Crystal McGough, Associate Editor
IRONDALE – Mayor James D. Stewart and the Irondale City Council recognized and honored the Irondale Middle School Volleyball Team for winning the Jefferson County Metro Championship. The players and their coach were each presented with a trophy from the city.
“At the next council meeting, I will have a resolution to be able to provide you with some funding,” Stewart told the team. “I want to be able to reward you all for all the hard work that you do. … We’ll give you some trophies, but we also know that you all need funding to help you all do what you do.”
Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight also attended the meeting and presented the council with a check in the amount of $20,000 to be used toward the purchase of a new sign at the entrance of the city.
“We have an old, ugly sign down at the entrance of the city of Irondale,” Stewart said. “I reached out to Commissioner Knight (and) told him what we were trying to do here in the city of Irondale. I requested $20,000 from him to go towards replacing the old sign with a new sign. The new sign is going to cost around $65,000.”
In other business, the council approved the following:
- Resolution 2022-R-209, authorizing the mayor to execute a pole attachment agreement with Alabama Power Company for holiday decorations
- Resolution 2022-R-210, authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with BMSS Inc. to perform the annual audit for $70,000
- Resolution 2022-R-211, authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Deckard Technologies to monitor short-term rental activity in the city for a sum of $3,000/year
- Resolution 2022-R-212, authorizing Irondale Police Department to apply for Law Enforcement Assistance Grand Funding with ADECA
- Resolution 2022-R-213, approving a contribution to the Freshwater Land Trust and Vulcan Trails Foundation Inc in the amount of $83,333.33 towards the purchase of real property within the city of Irondale
- Resolution 2022-R-214, authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with OCV, LLC for the production of a mobile app to allow the city to effectively engage with residents in the amount of $14,985 for the first year and $7,990 beginning the second year
- Resolution 2022-R-215, authorizing the execution of a service agreement with Irondale Community Foundation in an amount not to exceed $3,500 to provide services to the city of Irondale to provide Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas hams for those in the community with food insecurities
- Resolution 2022-R-216, authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Warren Averett, LLC for a proactive IT risk review
- Resolution 2022-R-217, authorizing the allocation of public funds to Shades Valley High School to be exclusively used by the Shades Valley Basketball Team in a total amount of $500, including $250 each from the discretionary funds of Councilor John London and Councilor Robert Box
- Resolution 2022-R-218, authorizing the allocation of public funds to Irondale Middle School to be used exclusively for the IMS Robotics Team in a total amount of $950, which includes $500 from the discretionary fund of Councilor John London, $250 from the discretionary fund of Councilor Aaron Sims and $200 from the discretionary fund of Councilor Robert Box
- Ordinance 2022-29, which modifies Chapter 10 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) to add Article VIII, entitled “Regulation of Fireworks”
- Ordinance 2022-30, which modifies Chapter 4 (Building and Building Regulations) to add Article VIII, entitled “Registration of Vacant Properties”
The next meeting of the Irondale City Council will be Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, beginning at 6 p.m.
Crystal McGough can be contacted at mcgoughcrystal@gmail.com