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Votes at a glance: Groves City Council actions, Jan. 27, 2025
Summary
A summary of formal actions taken by the Groves City Council at its Jan. 27, 2025 meeting, including ordinance adoption, interim appointments, and approvals of invoices and a new city logo.
The Groves City Council took the following formal actions at its Jan. 27, 2025, meeting. Vote tallies reflect recorded ayes in the meeting minutes or voice votes; where individual yes/no votes were not all named in the transcript, the reported outcome is recorded as stated by the clerk.
1) Approve minutes of the Jan. 13, 2025 City Council meeting. - Motion: Deliberate and act to approve the minutes of the 01/13/2025 city council meeting. - Outcome: Passed (voice vote). Recorded: Council Member McAdams 'Aye'; other members recorded as 'Aye' in the roll call.
2) Receive minutes of the Jan. 17, 2025 Funding and Zoning meeting (informational). - Outcome: Received; informational only.
3) Annual review of businesses with beer-and-wine permits (informational) and approval of Ordinance 2025-2 amending Chapter 4 (Alcoholic Beverages). - Motion: Approve Ordinance 2025-2 (amending Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages). - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Staff said the change removes a local metes-and-bounds requirement and church-specific heading language while retaining 300-foot buffers for schools and hospitals.
4) Appointments to the Groves Economic Development Corporation (EDC). - Motion (amended): Appoint the four city council members (Mayor Pro Tem [name referenced], Council Member Brent Holmes, Council Member Rayshawn Gay, Council Member Martin McAdams) as interim EDC board members. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Recorded ayes from mayor and council members present.
5) Appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission. - Motion: Deliberate and act on appointments to Planning and Zoning Commission. - Outcome: Tabled to a future work session (motion and second approved).
6) Appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. - Outcome: Tabled to a future work session (motion and second approved).
7) Lower Natchez Valley Authority water rate increase (acceptance). - Motion: Accept LNV Authority rate increase. - Outcome: Accepted (voice vote). Staff recommended not passing the minimal increase through to city customers for the remainder of the fiscal year; staff estimated an approximate monthly cost to the city of roughly $1,070 depending on usage and said the city can absorb the increase.
8) Approval of the new city logo, seal and horizontal marks. - Motion: Deliberate and act on approval of new city logo and related marks. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Staff explained design origins, provided color and black-and-white variants, and outlined a phased implementation plan.
9) Approval of the Jan. 27, 2025 invoice list. - Motion: Deliberate and act on the 01/27/2025 invoice list. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Noted line items included raw water LDA charges, landfill fees, fuel charges, and janitorial and materials costs as detailed in the invoice packet.
10) Council Member comments and adjournment. - Outcome: Meeting adjourned at 5:57 p.m.
Where the transcript omitted a specific recorded mover or seconder for a motion, or individual roll-call votes for every council member, this summary records the outcome reported in the meeting text. For motions tabled, staff noted the intent to address those appointments after a rescheduled work session.
