The Eutaw City Council met for its regular fourth Tuesday meeting on November 26, 2024. The mayor and all council members were present.

The Council approved the Greene County Automatic Aid Agreement with the Greene County Volunteer Fire Departments which had been considered but not voted on in the last meeting.  The agreement would allow the dispatch of the closest four fire departments when a fire is reported. The four fire departments that would come to Eutaw’s assistance would be Springfield, Lower Gainesville Road, Clinton and Dollarhide. The Eutaw Fire Department would automatically be dispatched to fires in these four rural nearby communities.

The Council referred the lease agreement with the West Alabama Action Group to its attorney, Zane Willingham. He will meet with the group to refine the agreement to rent the Grubbs/E911 Building for three years in exchange for repairs it would make to the building. Willingham will work out a listing of the specific repairs and costs for inclusion in the agreement before it is brought back to the council for a vote.

Th Council approved a contract, recommended by Engineer Angela Henline, with the Cassady Company in Northport. This Contract “E” will replace portions of the 16-inch water main, between Lola Wallace Young Road and the Boligee Connector, was awarded to Capstone Contractors, who submitted the low bid of $635,481. Henline said this was the last of the contracts for improvement of the joint Eutaw -Boligee Water System, which came as grants from ADEM.

Engineer Henline also asked the Council to approve a request to ADEM for $8.3 million for additional improvement to the Eutaw Sewage System, which also serves Boligee, the Crossroads of America Industrial Park and surrounding areas. The funding would be used for improvements to the City’s lagoon, rehab of pumping stations in the city (Clarke, Branch Heights, Annie Thomas, Chevron, School, Swamp), a sewer jetter (trailer mounted) and improvement of the city’s gravity sewer system. The Council voted to approve this request.

Mayor Latasha Johnson reported that the Project 24-1122-0016 to resurface West End Avenue was moving forward as planned.
In other business, the Eutaw City Council:

• Tabled consideration of requests from the Alabama Fiber Network for a space to place a building and equipment related to broadband in the city and the county; they also tabled a request from Eagle Internet, who propose placing a wireless tower on top of the city’s downtown water tower.

• Received financial reports on accounts in Merchants and Farmers Bank and utility revenue collections for October, compiled by Financial Advisor, Ralph Liverman.

• Approved annual software maintenance agreement with BBI Inc. for the city’s financial reports.

• Approved appraisal quote from Bill Mackey Real Estate for appraisal of the R. H. Young Community Center and surrounding property.

• Approved payment of bills.

• Reset the date of the second meeting in December from the 24 to the 17th of December.

The Mayor gave a report and Council members commented on it. Several residents made comments in the Public Comments of the meeting.