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Anniston council approves first reading of franchise ordinance for fiber-optic line
Summary
On first reading the council approved an ordinance granting a nonexclusive franchise to a private provider to construct and maintain fiber-optic transmission lines in the city's rights-of-way; the ordinance advanced without a recorded roll-call in the transcript excerpt.
The Anniston City Council approved on first reading an ordinance granting a nonexclusive franchise to a private provider to construct and maintain a fiber‑optic transmission system in the city's public rights-of-way.
During the meeting the council moved to read the ordinance by title only and opened a public hearing on the ordinance reading. The ordinance described a nonexclusive franchise agreement for the construction and maintenance of a fiber-optic transmission line and related facilities within the public rights-of-way. The transcript records the motion and the statement "That ordinance has passed," but no roll-call vote or tally appears in the excerpt.
The transcript does not include the full legal name of the grantee (the spoken record is garbled in places), nor does it include the ordinance number or the complete terms of the franchise. Council members asked procedural questions and staff opened the public hearing for comments prior to taking the first-reading action.
The ordinance was handled as a first reading during the work session portion of the meeting and was recorded in the transcript as passed on first reading.
