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Council approves multiple procurement and routine items, including traffic controls, reappointments and liquor license
Summary
Fairhope City Council approved several routine and procurement items Dec. 8: traffic‑control cabinet replacement (~$62,700), Gulf States Engineering contract extension (up to $20,000), reappointments to the Parking Authority, a street‑closure for a March 2026 wedding and permission for a library fundraiser to serve alcohol. Council also approved a liquor license for The Decoy Bar & Grill.
At its Dec. 8 meeting the Fairhope City Council approved a set of routine and procurement items across departments.
Key approvals and actions:
- Liquor license: The council approved a lounge liquor license for George W. Carnley Jr., doing business as The Decoy Bar & Grill (311 Fairview Ave) after a public hearing with no objections.
- Traffic controls: Council awarded traffic‑control cabinet replacement work at two intersections to Bagby & Russell Electric Co. for a not‑to‑exceed project cost of $62,700. The work is part of scheduled signal upgrades and comes from a drawdown budget for traffic‑control replacements.
- Gulf States Engineering: Council authorized Mayor Sherry Sullivan to execute an extension to the on‑call professional engineering services contract with Gulf States Engineering for fire‑protection plan reviews, updating the 2025 rate sheet with an annual not‑to‑exceed of $20,000.
- Pecan drainage and Flying Creek: The council approved selecting Jade Consulting for phase‑1 Pecan Avenue watershed drainage professional services and rescinded and ordered a rebid for the Flying Creek Nature Preserve phase‑2 landscape RFQ after a prior selection did not proceed.
- Parking authority reappointments: Morgan Slay and Chad Bartz were reappointed to the Parking Authority for four‑year terms; the council noted there were no new applicants.
- Events: Council approved a street closure for a private wedding on North Bancroft Street (March 28, 2026) and approved the Friends of the Fairhope Public Library’s request to serve alcohol at their Chocolate & Champagne gala on Jan. 31, 2026, with police officers present.
All the listed resolutions passed by voice vote during the Dec. 8 meeting; the transcript records motions, seconds and the chair announcing motions carried, without roll‑call tallies.
