Baldwin City Council approved the second reading of the Personal Property ordinance during its meeting on Monday. The Wastewater Treatment Plant building and screw press was on the agenda but the council removed it until a later date.
Personal Property ordinance
The council approved the second reading of the Personal Property Sale ordinance. The city has several items it needs to surplus. Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Emily Woodmaster explained to the council during the first reading of the ordinance that one such item in need of surplus were cellphones.
At Monday’s meeting, Woodmaster clarified that the ordinance would be for personal property of the city with a value of $500 or less.
The ordinance will designate someone to set the values of the equipment and move forward with surplussing the equipment. The council designated Woodmaster to set the value and surplus the property.
Public Works update
Public Works Director Scott Barnhart gave an update to the council on the street and water departments that he oversees.
Barnhart praised the city’s employees for the completing lead and copper service line inventory project. The deadline for the project is October 16. The project is an unfunded mandate passed down to state environmental protection departments for the Environmental Protection Agency.
The project requires local water departments to compile an inventory of lead, non-lead, and galvanized service lines. It requires that the list include city service lines and customer lines up to their residence.
He informed the council that street paving will begin in the near future. Streets to be paved will be Batson, Homer, and Davis Streets. The project will be paid for with the state’s local maintenance and improvement grant.
Barnhart told the council that his department will be moving forward this fall with constructing a railroad overlook in Mitchell Gailey Park. The overlook will allow people to have an unobstructed view of the passing trains on the back side of the park. He advised the council that it would not be completed till sometime in the spring.
He informed the council that his department was preparing for the incoming weather that is expected later this week.
Announcements
The city is planning to hold Movies in the Market on Friday evening September 27 at 8:30 p.m. The mayor encouraged everyone to come out and join them in a free night of fun at the Farmers Market in downtown Baldwin. The city will be showing the movie “If”. Concessions will be available with all proceeds going to Shop with a Hero.
The mayor cautioned those that plan to attend, to watch the city’s Facebook page for updates due to expected rain later in the week.
