CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – The East Alabama Regional Planning Commission recently completed a proposed new re-districting plan for Childersburg, and it became official on Tuesday evening, Dec. 17, with passage of Ordinance 1148.
The vote sets the Ward registered voter totals as follows:
Ward A – 956
Ward B – 978
Ward C – 943
Ward D – 946
Ward E – 931, with new residents in the new housing development, College Park, to be included once completed.
The Council adopted Resolution 2024-30, obligating the remaining $11,000 from the American Rescue Plan funds toward the Childersburg Police/Judicial Complex renovation project. It’s hoped that the project will be completed by the end of March, but it could take until May of the new year.
In the meantime, the Council approved the use of the R.S. Limbaugh Community Center for the Municipal Court until the new Complex is completed at 34011 US Hwy 280.
Approval was given to three training requests for the Childersburg Police Department.
Kristen Glenn will enroll in an on-line training session, “Conducting a Records Inventory and Purge,” with an associated cost of $159. Chief Kevin Koss and Investigator Micah Northcutt will attend Command Leadership Training in Hoover from Feb. 3-7. The cost will be $795 each including meal reimbursement, paid from Fund 13 – Police Special. Chief Koss will also attend the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police (AACOP) Winter Conference in Montgomery from Feb. 9-13. There is a $200 registration fee.
Deborah Morris was approved as a part-time temporary-as-needed driver for the public transportation system at a rate of pay of $10 per hour. Mayor Ken Wesson noted that the two new transportation vans have been delivered and are already in service
The Council approved payment of invoices in the amount of $169,905.64.
The next regular Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.
