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Decatur City schedules hearings and approves multiple capital purchases, contracts
Summary
The council set hearings on a property abatement and rezoning, approved capital equipment purchases and park contracts, reappointed the municipal judge and scheduled a special meeting Oct. 30 to consider an event agreement.
Decatur City officials at a meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. set multiple public hearings, approved a series of capital purchases and awarded contracts for park and intersection work.
Council members set a public hearing for abatement of unsafe conditions at 410 Railroad St. for Nov. 17, 2025, at 10 a.m.; the resolution was amended so that the abatement budget would not exceed $40,000. The council also scheduled a public hearing on a rezoning ordinance and zoning map rewrite for Nov. 17, 2025, at 10 a.m. and scheduled an ordinance first reading to adopt the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code for a Nov. 7 hearing.
The meeting record lists several resolutions approved or on the consent/approval track: preliminary approval for MUB FY 2026 (expected to exceed $100,000), a parking desk inspection proposal, the capital purchase of a vacuum truck for the street department, the purchase of a mini excavator with a tree-head attachment for trail maintenance, and contract awards for Jesse Lewis Smith Park improvements to Woodward Construction and Design. The council approved Wilson Morgan Park access improvements to Morrell Engineering and reappointed Takisha Golston as municipal judge. The council also approved pre-purchase of an atrium tent for downtown Christmas events.
The council added Resolution 25 2 95 to the agenda as an addition for the Matthews renovation (see separate article). For one item, an event investment agreement (listed as a cater/event investment agreement, Resolution 25 2 93), the council indicated they would address it at a special meeting on Oct. 30 at 9:30 a.m.
Several items were described as “approved” in the agenda review portion of the meeting; the transcript provided does not include roll-call vote tallies or recorded individual votes for these items. Where vote tallies or mover/second information were not in the transcript, outcomes below list the action recorded in the meeting text.
Votes at a glance: 25 2 60 — Set public hearing for abatement at 410 Railroad St.; amended budget not to exceed $40,000 (scheduled/approved in agenda review). 25 4 4594 — Rezoning ordinance rewrite and zoning maps public hearing set for Nov. 17, 2025, at 10 a.m. (scheduled). 25 2 83 — Public hearing to authorize mayor to sign SVLI LLC project development agreement (scheduled). 25 2 93 — Rock This Out / cater event investment agreement (tabled for special meeting Oct. 30 at 9:30 a.m.). 25 2 84 — Preliminary approval of MUB FY 2026 (approved in agenda review). 25 2 85 — City parking desk inspection proposal (listed). 25 2 86 — Capital purchase: vacuum truck for street department (approved). 25 2 87 — Purchase: mini excavator for trail maintenance (approved). Resolution (Ward/Project) — Jesse Lewis Smith Park improvements awarded to Woodward Construction and Design as lowest responsible bidder (approved). 25 2 90 — Wilson Morgan Park access improvements to Morrell Engineering (approved). 25 2 91 — Reappointment of Takisha Golston as municipal judge (approved). 25 2 92 — Notice of public hearing for adopting the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code (approved). 25 2 94 — Pre-purchase of atrium tent for downtown Christmas (approved). Geo warrant series 2025A and 2025B — approval of go warrants (listed as approved).
The transcript does not provide vote counts or mover/second names for these agenda-review approvals; the meeting portion provided is the agenda review and scheduling segment rather than the full formal roll-call record.
