Monday's meeting of the Alexander City Council will be a mix of voting and discussion according to the agenda. Potentially three items could result in votes, while another three are listed for discussion.
On the voting side, there is a proposed resolution that will adjust payments in the 2024 budget to four elected officials who were allegedly underpaid in 2023. According to the proposed resolution Mayor Crystal Herrmann was paid $37,456.04 in 2023 instead of $42,160.00; a difference of $4,703.96. Council members Tony Staton, Angela Griffin and Gina Thomas-Littlejohn are listed as being paid $1100.00 in 2023 instead of the annual $1,200.00; a difference of $100.00. Council members are paid $100.00 per month no matter how many meetings are held.
Another agenda item that may result in a vote is appointing someone to the planning commission. On April 6, 2024 a new term began for one of the five planning commission seats. That position is currently held by Rodney Chapman. Only one resume has been received. Chapman did not submit a resume.
Council members are expected to vote on a replacement for Alexander's prosecuting attorney. R. Margaret Dobson, Esq. submitted her resignation effective next month, May 6, 2024.
In her resignation letter she states, "I have been appointed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to serve as Circuit Judge for the First Division of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, a role I will uphold until December 31, 2027."
The only other agenda items are labeled for discussion. One involves increasing rental fees on the pavilion and gazebo in the city park and Community Center #1 located on Main Street. At one time Community Center #1 served as the post office and later as city hall. Also included in the discussion establishing a rental fee for Community Center #2, which is located at the former Alexander Human Development Center.
Another discussion item involves the removal of the "Duplex (site-built)" housing type from the "Mixed-Use Residential District (R-2. MU)" zoning category. Under the current description of the zoning district allowed housing types include, "Single-Family (site-built), Duplex (site-built), Manufactured Home, Modular Home," and "Prefabricated Home." Nearly all of the area in south Alexander (formerly known as Woodland Hills) and portions of north Alexander are zoned R-2. MU.
The final agenda item is listed as "Ordinance Discussion." There is no documentation provided hinting at the purpose for this item.
The next regular meeting of the Alexander City Council is Monday, April 15, 6:00 PM in the courtroom at the Alexander Municipal Complex (City Hall). The public is invited to attend.
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