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Work session: votes and agenda actions (March 3, 2025)
Summary
The council considered routine items including monthly bills, minutes, surplus vehicles, contracts for landfill equipment, towing, janitorial services, construction management and a drainage‑easement vacation; the transcript lists the items but does not record final vote tallies for the resolutions.
At its March 3 work session the Decatur City Council reviewed and discussed a number of agenda items. The transcript identifies the items listed below; the excerpt does not include recorded vote tallies or mover/second information for these items.
Votes at a glance (as listed on the agenda and discussed in the work session):
- Approve February 2025 monthly bills — agenda item (vote not specified in transcript).
- Approve minutes: 02/19/2025 10:30 a.m., 02/25/2025 special call work session, 03/03/2025 5:00 p.m. work session and 03/03/2025 6:00 p.m. council meeting (votes not specified in transcript).
- Public hearing: Resolution 25019 — approve demolition of the old car wash at 2612 Old Moulton Road SW. Public hearing set 02/17/2025; owner has abated the building and staff asked that this item be removed from the agenda (action taken to remove from agenda; transcript indicates the property was abated).
- Resolution 25038 — approve purchase of jaw crusher for landfill (see separate article for full briefing); purchase price listed as $498,640; funding source cited as the landfill fund (vote not specified in transcript).
- Resolution 25039/25000 (surplus vehicles) — surplus five vehicles no longer needed by Environmental Services (presented by department staff; vote not specified in transcript).
- Resolution 25040 — award bid 25011 to Branham's for towing services for Decatur Police Department (single respondent; 50 vendors invited; vote not specified in transcript).
- Resolution 25041 — award bid 25012 to 4 Seasons Cleaners for janitorial services (two vendors submitted; 4 Seasons recommended as lowest responsible bidder; vote not specified in transcript).
- Resolution 25042 — authorize the mayor to sign an agreement with Fite Building Company (referred to in the transcript as Fight Building Company) for construction management services on the Sportsplex project (professional services selection; vote not specified in transcript).
- Resolution 25343 (listed in transcript as 25,343) — approve vacation request 773,224 for Old House LLC to vacate 0.79 acres of drainage easement, with eight feet of easement reserved for utilities and drainage (planning staff presented; vote not specified in transcript).
For several items staff provided briefings and answered council questions; where available staff noted whether an item was budgeted or funded from a specific source (for example, the landfill fund for the crusher purchase). The transcript excerpt does not show recorded votes or final outcomes for most of these agenda resolutions.
