Council reviews second reading of vacant-property detention amendment; motion to table follows

The Anniston City Council held a second reading of an amendment to Chapter 34, Article 6, Section 33.5, Section 1(a), an ordinance described in the meeting as relating to detention for registration of vacant property.

Council members moved to read the ordinance by title during the meeting. A motion to read was made and seconded; the transcript records roll-call affirmatives from Councilman Smith, Councilman Harris and Mayor Durrington. The meeting record indicates the reading step was approved by those recorded votes.

Later in the same segment a councilmember announced, “I’m gonna make a motion to table” the item. The transcript records affirmative responses from multiple councilmembers, including several entries transcribed as “Customer” and an affirmative from the mayor later transcribed as “Mayor Drake/Drake?” The public record included in the transcript does not state explicitly whether the tabling motion carried or whether it applied to the ordinance after the second-reading action; the meeting audio shows votes were taken but the available excerpt does not include a formal declaration of the final disposition.

The ordinance under discussion was identified in the meeting only by its chapter and section references; no full ordinance text, fiscal impact, or implementation schedule was provided in the transcript excerpt. The council did not state in the available segment whether the amendment would change enforcement, fees, or the registration process, and no department or staff presenter is named in the excerpt.

The council proceeded from the item to other business after the recorded votes in the excerpt.