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Residents urge action on housing grants and get a library update at Prattville council meeting
Summary
Residents and community leaders urged the council to pursue regional housing grant programs and provided an update on library operations and staffing as the city works on repairs to the library building.
During the public-comment portion of the Feb. 3 Prattville City Council meeting, several residents urged the council to pursue grant funding and community support programs and provided an operational update on the public library.
Reverend Dr. L. White II urged the city to write grants and match funds through the Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (CARPDC), saying regional programs exist to assist low-to-moderate-income homeowners and that the city should pursue those options actively. "All we gotta do is write a grant," he said, and he encouraged councilors to discuss those options at commission meetings.
Ray Bowles gave an update on library operations during a building closure: staff have inventoried books, the children's section is expected to be done by the weekend, staff are being paid and the library is fully staffed, and beginning in March library hours will be extended to 8:00 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to better serve patrons who work evenings. Bowles said he will meet with the architect to plan phase two of repairs.
Councilors thanked speakers, and the mayor said he would look into the regional grant programs mentioned. No formal council action on grant applications was recorded in the meeting beyond the earlier authorization to pursue ALDOT RAA funding for roadway improvements.
