[{"_1":2,"_96":-5,"_97":-5},"loaderData",{"_3":4,"_26":27},"root",{"_5":6,"_17":10,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":10,"_23":-5,"_24":-5,"_25":10},"user",{"_7":8,"_9":10,"_11":10,"_12":-5,"_13":-5,"_14":15,"_16":-5},"roles",[],"isAuthenticated",false,"isPremium","planName","subscriptionStatus","featureFlags",{},"insightsBudget","isDevelopmentHost","userPreferences",{},"recaptchaSiteKey","6LcvOJcUAAAAAHsB-gPGfGktcRlKpH7OTIU_dMTD","isImpersonating","impersonation","affiliateStatus","isFreedomPortal","routes/v2/article/layout",{"_28":29,"_30":31},"notFound",true,"relatedArticles",[32,75,86],{"_33":34,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":40,"_41":42,"_43":44,"_45":46,"_47":48,"_49":50,"_51":52,"_53":54,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":60,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":66,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},"mediaId",6502745,"mediaKeyId","5753601-1d7021ee1ce3df48b1b9ad64586ff45a","parentId",5753601,"title","Alexander City Council approves multiple resolutions including ADA website, incinerator maintenance and airport actions","audioSeconds",876,"startMs",878000,"endMs",1675,"viewUrl","/Search/View?dp=1&key=5753601-1d7021ee1ce3df48b1b9ad64586ff45a&start=878&end=1","thumbnailUrl","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5753601-1d7021ee1ce3df48b1b9ad64586ff45a/thumbnail_878000.jpg","articleUrl","/articles/6502745/Alexander-City/Tallapoosa-County/Alabama/Alexander-City-Council-approves-multiple-resolutions-including-ADA-website-incinerator-maintenance-and-airport-actions","mediaUrl","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6502745-42002a291209b1888cab97a1aafed9f4/orig.mp4?Expires=1775116651&Signature=Ex1HAFojjHvjVOS6cKeP~BZ2qosvaCx1K1gxK8PLoYl3HHQ-cyJ45LI8JkazLOO8WWpXeHP7gkM0RvPGmJ8WkKCUYTsU3zZ2OEGQLe7P4J6cYVgloOylsvvq2oORhIX8IS7SrFZa2kjae7uazbT1GxcaFt-2ZBXmJqSl4bX6JRdcNW6MREnwCopj73gob2F-m8y8i8W2Y6TefhPSnWl5rUWCyGwz~yTQJ-yD11lzotTXttPSTqvnf511q41I3xijUG~Jo6GIhI3YXguTv7i0W~gbfQ0YIN2pUSaTMMxt8DjDZJT1a8O4611Y8zTswugzAoe0jELveOOEKBQrlEXSvg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","author","Alexander City, AL","date","2025-08-19T11:09:21Z","article","The Alexander City Council approved a series of resolutions on Aug. 18, 2025 addressing website accessibility, incinerator maintenance, airport bids and grant agreements.

Council approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an engagement letter for development of an ADA-compliant Alexander City website. The motion passed on roll call with Councilor Phillips, Councilor Taplin, Councilor Eric Brown, Councilor Chris Brown and the Chair recorded as voting \"yay.\"

The council next approved a resolution to authorize the mayor to sign an agreement with Matthews Environmental Services to maintain the city incinerator. Councilor members moved and then voted to amend the resolution language (one amendment replaced the words \"recycling centers\" with \"environmental waste center service,\" and one change added quotation marks around the word \"estimated\" in line 14). After the amendments were approved, the resolution as amended passed on roll call with the same recorded \"yays.\"

On airport procurement, the council approved a resolution to reject and re-advertise bids for the Thomas C. Russell Field automatic weather observing system (project number 8012301513) after concluding correct bid procedures were not followed. Council members raised concern that procedural errors required rejection of all bids; the council voted to reject the bids and move forward with reprocurement.

The council also approved a resolution to update the airport layout plan and develop a narrative report. That item passed on roll call.

Finally, the council authorized the mayor to execute an Appalachian Regional Commission and Community Development Block Grant agreement for utilities for the 2 Rivers project; the resolution was approved on roll call during the same meeting.

All roll-call items in the transcript excerpt show consistent \"yay\" responses from the roll call participants listed above. The meeting transcript does not include detailed contract amounts in the provided segments, nor does it include the full text of the resolutions; where the file records amendments, the council specified the amended wording before final approval.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Monday, August 18, 2025 Regular Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Alexander City Council on Aug. 18 approved resolutions authorizing an ADA-compliant city website, an amended incinerator maintenance agreement, rejection of airport AWOS bids and several other airport- and grant-related actions.","taxTitle","Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama","taxId",56010,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6502750,"Alexander City Council overturns termination, reinstates employee effective Aug. 18",0,367000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5753601-1d7021ee1ce3df48b1b9ad64586ff45a&start=367&end=367","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5753601-1d7021ee1ce3df48b1b9ad64586ff45a/thumbnail_367000.jpg","/articles/6502750/Alexander-City/Tallapoosa-County/Alabama/Alexander-City-Council-overturns-termination-reinstates-employee-effective-Aug-18","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6502750-e7b671261014e849d4c53678e11b0477/orig.mp4?Expires=1775116651&Signature=UsYwKE2KDJiuObh8a90TAdkeKK-wsZu~ldCwQYupRVnmdY1ZiFKarOdlJBQ~6vskZkTwtwbjTYHXdc3RFUXuh-QBs4-j3fN9QCNoFU3JGQ4UVQFgBpLnX1DoSwIYwXI5fQYaW3M9ADg3MdPIstz4fvpDEy1vHM4La4UWW6XIgT8n9Hkp6SWBCK2Ct4K5Hw-d720ZwgGB-hkSf9pJDQR~TVYQp7MS4BfqrvyZnBB1EVC8iKFbXN-oy0qcIzZ1Byb47jfQdBsRm-Cjyzc2oSS3uufPNsOFdZQrXf1QLueA0iGuopxJo6Wwn9O-AYIvcciXELnU0iAmd1FdCSnruO-yeA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alexander City Council voted to overturn a termination and reinstate an employee to their position effective Aug. 18, 2025.

The vote to overturn the termination was taken by show of hands and later confirmed in a roll-call sequence during the meeting. Council members recorded in the roll call as voting in favor included Councilor Phillips, Councilor Taplin, Councilor Eric Brown, Councilor Chris Brown and the Chair. The council later took a separate vote on whether the reinstatement would include back pay and restoration of benefits for the period between termination and reinstatement; the transcript records the question and indicates members were asked to raise hands, but does not clearly record a named tally or final roll-call result for the back-pay question in the available excerpt.

Council members framed the action as an appeal hearing. At the outset of the agenda the council added the occupant’s appeal to the docket and then proceeded with a vote to overturn the prior termination decision. The council stated the reinstatement would be effective on the day of the vote, 08/18/2025.

The meeting record does not include the full motion text, the name of the mover or seconder for the motion to reinstate, nor a complete roll-call breakdown for the follow-up vote on back pay and benefits. The council announced that the reinstatement would be effective immediately; whether back pay and benefit restoration were approved is not specified in the transcript segments provided.

The item was heard as part of new business and the council then moved on to committee reports and other agenda items.","The Alexander City Council voted to overturn a termination and reinstate an employee effective Aug. 18, 2025; council discussed whether to award back pay but the transcript does not specify a final roll-call outcome on back pay.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":78,"_43":89,"_45":89,"_47":90,"_49":91,"_51":92,"_53":93,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":94,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":95,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6502740,"Council debates city limits target practice rules, seeks clearer ordinance language",998000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5753601-1d7021ee1ce3df48b1b9ad64586ff45a&start=998&end=998","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5753601-1d7021ee1ce3df48b1b9ad64586ff45a/thumbnail_998000.jpg","/articles/6502740/Alexander-City/Tallapoosa-County/Alabama/Council-debates-city-limits-target-practice-rules-seeks-clearer-ordinance-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6502740-33dff3886676926535dc280f7befed9a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775116651&Signature=iISZRLl45Lx1M2PKlejLRE-y1a1H83YpJgsBwCozwgUTIjIUXX-ZCadJ7pgKb~Fc-SITK1HEPQ7M7CByccHKyATWOBraiW92xYOBDOE6k4v~tOTJfVjOILA5AOGyKDVJdeuSwhO8SKrrMlZRcIAWptIXEwRW-ro97ZphKcgsxniDgsegcD7H4SktHhoR6iRx~U3nfmrSZYwxF1dTE1~u4EEaXIaMBWQb6Q-rGb2STmefAnUvUY4RVG4Q20gqHAQhoXkQHTo438JuxfGBA-TXmrwXTmVR3XxxL-huFF1ChgTTRG0kk2nofJU5U1vNaOqcjtxs7pryl0HBKcsM9xHwEw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Councilors in Alexander City spent extended discussion time during new business on clarifying rules for shooting, target practice and hunting within city limits, focusing on safety concerns and how the city’s ordinance defines \"elevated platforms\" and aims toward residences.

Speakers noted ambiguity in the existing code. One council member said the code’s language was \"a little bit vague\" and that it was difficult to specify height thresholds because a person standing on a low platform or a center block could be considered \"elevated.\" Speakers discussed examples such as a 10-foot platform, portable tripods or lawn structures that could be construed as elevated, and raised concerns about ricochet, missed shots and lines of fire toward houses, roadways and drainage easements.

Several participants urged rewording rather than leaving the provision vague. Councilors and other speakers suggested limiting aim that is \"in line with any residence or homes,\" and discussed accessible areas and easements where hunting might be allowed but which are difficult for the public to access. One participant noted that the state Fish and Game code likewise contains no clear definition of \"elevated platform.\"

The transcript shows the council discussed possibly rewording the ordinance and whether to table the item, but it does not record any formal motion or vote adopting new ordinance language in the provided excerpts. Councilors emphasized safety and enforceability as the primary goals for revising the code.

If the council wants to proceed, staff would need to draft specific language that defines prohibited aim, clarifies what constitutes an elevated platform and identifies permissible hunting areas or easements; the transcript excerpt does not show such a draft being presented that evening.","Alexander City councilors discussed revising the city's ordinance on target practice and hunting inside city limits, focusing on definitions of \"elevated platforms,\" sight lines, and safety; no formal vote to adopt new language took place in the transcript excerpt.","actionData","errors"]

Article not found

Alexander City Council approves multiple resolutions including ADA website, incinerator maintenance and airport actions

Alexander City Council overturns termination, reinstates employee effective Aug. 18

Council debates city limits target practice rules, seeks clearer ordinance language