Jasper City Council approves permits, contracts, nuisance abatements and zoning changes

The Jasper City Council approved a series of routine permits, contract renewals and nuisance-abatement actions during its meeting (date not specified in the transcript).

Council members voted to approve minutes and the meeting agenda, grant an event permit for the fourth annual Angel Babies 5K on Courthouse Square, renew multiple hauling and crushed-stone contracts, declare a 1997 Ford F-150 from the fire department as surplus, and waive facility fees for a water-safety seminar for families of children with autism. The council also approved a contract allowing 3.5 school-resource officers (SROs) under an agreement between the city and the school board.

In code-enforcement actions, the council set the city's cost to remove an unsafe structure at 2405 Central Avenue at $14,809 and voted to declare three additional properties (905 North Delaware Avenue; 1620 Third Street West; and 904 Robinson Street) nuisances and proceed with abatement. Council also approved a grass-and-weeds notice for 1107? First Street West (address as recorded in the transcript). The body approved a temporary closure of part of Second Avenue for election results and an agreement allowing vendors at the Foothills Festival to use a nonpublic parking area behind Jones and Jewelers for staging.

The council voted to approve the rezoning action that moves 50 properties out of municipal reserve into appropriate zoning districts; that item was presented as the final set of 50 parcels and the motion carried. Several other items on the agenda were introductions only and will return for later action.

Votes at a glance (motions recorded in the transcript): - Approval of minutes: motion seconded; outcome: approved (all in favor reported). - Approval of agenda: approved (all in favor reported). - Angel Babies 5K permit (19th Street between Second and Third avenues; event Aug. 23, 7 a.m.-11 a.m., staging at 6 a.m.): approved (all in favor reported). - Renewal of hauling/crushed-stone/physician-after-hours contracts (Wiregrass Construction and physician services noted): approved (all in favor reported). - Surplus declaration: 1997 Ford F-150 (fire department): approved (all in favor reported). - Waiver for water-safety seminar for families of children with autism (pool and room fee waiver, Aug. 29): approved (all in favor reported). - SRO agreement permitting 3.5 SROs under a city-school board contract: approved (all in favor reported). - Temporary street closure for election results (Second Avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Street; roughly 6:30 a.m.–9 p.m.): approved (all in favor reported). - Cost assessment for removal of unsafe structure at 2405 Central Avenue: set at $14,809; motion approved (record shows four affirmative responses). - Nuisance declarations for 905 North Delaware Ave; 1620 Third Street West; and 904 Robinson Street: declared nuisance; motions approved (all in favor reported). - Grass-and-weeds action for 1107? First Street West: approved (all in favor reported). - Vendor staging agreement for Foothills Festival (nonpublic parking behind Jones and Jewelers): approved (all in favor reported). - Rezoning action converting the final 50 municipal-reserve parcels to the appropriate zoning districts: approved (all in favor reported; transcript records an opportunity for opposed votes and none were recorded).

Several routine motions were carried by unanimous voice vote as reported in the record; the transcript records multiple 'yes' responses but does not consistently identify individual council votes by name. Items introduced but not acted on appear separately in the meeting record.

The meeting closed after a motion to adjourn, which passed by voice vote.