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Jasper City Council approves routine permits, bids, appointment and budget amendment; centralizes polling site
Summary
At its April meeting the Jasper City Council approved an event permit, awarded an on-call concrete bid, authorized procurement actions, reappointed a school board member, adopted a budget amendment and approved a plan to centralize voting at the Jasper Civic Center.
The Jasper City Council on Tuesday approved a set of routine permits, procurement actions and a budget amendment, and voted to centralize voting for the upcoming municipal election at the Jasper Civic Center.
The council granted an event permit for a Memorial Day candlelight service submitted by Veterans with Christ, approved Suburban Concrete as the on-call concrete services provider, authorized staff to send bids for street department shop repairs, reappointed Marybeth Barber to the Board of Education District 3 seat and adopted a budget amendment that includes multiple allocations across city funds.
The budget amendment adopted at the meeting included a $480,000 allocation from the general fund for the city’s pay plan, $39,715 for two side-by-side vehicles from the 1¢ sales tax fund (fund 204), $266,000 for engineering design on Highway 118, and $300,000 for renovations at the street department office and mechanic shop, according to staff. Council members also introduced a separate budget amendment for future consideration that would include $10,626 for a cemetery mower from the capital improvement fund, $30,000 for improvements at the new Jasper City Hall, $60,000 from opioid funds for two used vehicles and $28,000 from fund 310 for District 5 Splash Pad improvements.
During the meeting councilors voted to request that the Jasper Civic Center be used as a centralized voting location for the upcoming election and authorized a temporary street closure (Third Avenue between 19th and 20th Street) to permit election logistics as requested by Probate Judge Lee Tucker.
Several routine procurement motions passed by unanimous voice votes as taken on the record during the meeting; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript. The council also accepted an introduction of draft franchise ordinances submitted by the Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board; that ordinance was only introduced for later review and no adoption occurred.
Council action summary (selected): - Memorial Day candlelight service event permit: approved by motion and voice vote. - On-call concrete services (Suburban Concrete): award recommended and approved. - Authorization to send bids for street department shop repairs: approved. - Reappointment of Marybeth Barber to Jasper City Board of Education, District 3: motion carried; Barber appointed. - Budget amendment (2024–2025–14): adopted; allocations described above were announced by staff. - Centralized polling at Jasper Civic Center for the municipal election: approved to proceed with preparations. - Street closure for election box handling (Third Avenue between 19th and 20th Street, election night): authorized. - Introduction only: draft water and sewer franchise ordinances from Jasper Water Works and Sewer Board; no adoption.
Councilors and staff did not record formal roll-call vote counts by name in the public transcript for most items; motions were carried by voice vote during the meeting.
The meeting included additional non-action items such as a ceremonial proclamation for Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.
