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City council passes slate of routine resolutions and task orders; several contracts, grants and franchises approved
Summary
The Orange Beach City Council on Jan. 28 adopted multiple routine resolutions and task orders including grants, contracts, franchise authorizations and appointments.
The Orange Beach City Council on Jan. 28 adopted a series of routine resolutions and task orders covering grants, appointments, professional services and franchise authorizations.
Items the council adopted (motion and recorded "motion carries" or similar confirmation in the transcript) included:
- A resolution authorizing execution of a professional service agreement with Encompass 360, GRAMA administration services (adopted).
- Appointment of Larry Ramirez to the library board (adopted).
- A $10,000 appropriation to Safe Harbor Animal Coalition (adopted).
- A resolution authorizing transactions related to Margaritaville/Wharf (adopted).
- A task order with AECOM for a traffic signal study at 180 and Wharf Parkway, not to exceed $13,000 (adopted).
- A franchise resolution authorizing commercial demolition/construction debris removal services with Baldwin LLC ("the dumpster guy") (adopted).
- Authorization of a rental agreement with Sharp Electronics Corporation (adopted).
- Authorization to use the senior center to support the Orange Beach Garden Club's 37th annual game day and salad luncheon (adopted).
- A performance contract with Coastal Ballet (adopted).
The transcript records the council moving each resolution, a second, and the mayor calling for voice votes with "All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries" for each item listed above.
Other items mentioned on the committee agenda included awarding bids for senior center and library renovations, Veterans Memorial work, professional service agreements for aquatic center instruction, multiple franchise authorizations for commercial waste companies, purchase of three police vehicles from McSweeney Auto Group, and a Thompson Engineering task order for sidewalk construction inspection and administration. For many of those the meeting record lists the resolution or bid award and the usual confirmation of adoption ("Motion carries").
One ordinance (second reading) amending Ordinance No. 172 for a Turquoise Place PUD modification was placed on the agenda and a roll call was taken; the transcript records each council member's response during that roll call as "No." The transcript does not contain an explicit subsequent voice statement of the final outcome for that specific second‑reading roll call.
Votes at a glance (selected items from meeting record): - Encompass 360 GRAMA agreement — adopted (motion carries). - Larry Ramirez appointment to library board — adopted (motion carries). - $10,000 to Safe Harbor Animal Coalition — adopted (motion carries). - AECOM traffic signal study, not to exceed $13,000 — adopted (motion carries). - Franchise for commercial C&D hauling (Baldwin LLC) — adopted (motion carries). - Rental agreement with Sharp Electronics — adopted (motion carries). - Senior center use for Orange Beach Garden Club event — adopted (motion carries). - Coastal Ballet performance contract — adopted (motion carries).
Details such as mover/second and roll‑call tallies are not consistently recorded in the transcript for each resolution; where recorded the transcript shows the standard motion/second/voice‑vote sequence and the mayor’s confirmation that the motion carries.
