Hamilton City officials sworn in; council approves reappointments and $33,000 for wastewater valve repair

Hamilton City’s newly seated officials were sworn in and the council moved quickly through organizational business Monday night, reappointing several municipal officers, updating bank signatories and approving up to $33,000 to repair a wastewater-treatment header valve.

Mayor Tammy Lewis Williams presided over the meeting and led the council through a slate of resolutions that reappointed Angela Owen as city clerk and Jeremy Streetman as both municipal court prosecutor (monthly pay of $600) and city attorney (monthly retainer $500). The council also reappointed an existing municipal judge and continued the monthly pay for that position at $1,300; the judge’s name appears inconsistently in the meeting record (the resolution text refers to “George White Howe” while the oath transcript later reads “White Hale”).

“This administration will continue on the same schedule as the previous administration,” Mayor Williams said, announcing regular meeting days and times and other procedural matters. She introduced Resolution 2025-11-3-5 to ratify the city’s depositories (First State Bank of the South, First National Bank and People’s Trust) and to add Williams as an authorized signer; the resolution also added Amy Nicks and/or Sherry Armstrong as authorized signers replacing Wade Williams. The record shows Sherry Armstrong abstained on that item while the remainder of the council voted in favor.

On a separate, substantive item, the council approved additional funds of up to $33,000 to replace a wastewater-treatment header valve that officials said could not be rebuilt after prior maintenance revealed a further problem. Mayor Williams described the need as the result of work the “previous administration” had undertaken and said the city would buy and install a new valve. The motion to appropriate the funds was made by Mayor Williams and seconded by Shane Stidham; the council approved the expenditure.

Other housekeeping actions included reappointing Alan Cantrell as the city’s certified public accountant and reappointing Riggs accounting firm to continue audit services. The council also approved the minutes from the Oct. 20 meeting and authorized payment of accounts payable for September 2025.

The meeting closed with schedule and operations announcements: regular meetings will be the first and third Monday at 6:00 p.m. at the new City Hall, workshops will be at 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before a meeting, City Hall will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11 (with that day’s garbage pickup moved to Wednesday), and holiday banners and a tree will be installed in advance of November events.

The council adjourned and remained for a group photo and fellowship.

Votes at a glance - Resolution 2025-11-3-1 — appoint Sherry Armstrong mayor pro tem: approved (tally not specified in the record). - Resolution 2025-11-3-2 — reappoint Angela Owen, city clerk: approved (tally not specified). - Resolution 2025-11-3-3 — reappoint municipal judge; pay $1,300/month: approved (tally not specified). Record shows inconsistent spelling of the judge’s name in the transcript. - Resolution 2025-11-3-4 — reappoint Jeremy Streetman as municipal prosecutor ($600/mo) and city attorney ($500/mo): approved (tally not specified). - Resolution 2025-11-3-5 — ratify depositories and change authorized signatories: approved; Sherry Armstrong abstained. - Resolution 2025-11-3-6 — reappoint accountant Alan Cantrell: approved (tally not specified). - Resolution 2025-11-3-7 — reappoint Riggs accounting firm as auditors: approved (tally not specified). - Resolution 2025-11-3-8 — appoint Mayor Williams to Northwest Alabama Gas District board: approved (tally not specified).

The council’s next regular meetings are scheduled for the first and third Mondays of each month at 6:00 p.m.; workshops will be the preceding Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m.