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Houston County Commission approves reappointments, surveys and budget tweaks; discusses Cottonwood property repairs
Summary
The commission approved reappointments to the Council on Aging, authorized a $28,440 survey for a proposed jail site, passed a $25,000 budget amendment for sanitation building repairs, and added a request for the Water Authority to clear a corridor for a 16-inch waterline; commissioners also debated temporarily accepting Cottonwood sports property to allow renovations.
Houston County commissioners handled routine appointments and several funding and infrastructure requests at Monday's meeting, approving a set of motions and discussing a path forward for repairs to a Cottonwood youth-sports property.
The commission unanimously reappointed Donna West, Gwen Malloy and Brandon Shoop to the Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging. The body then approved a resolution to extend a temporary polling-place change for the Cottonwood community.
A $28,440 request from the jail pods addition fund was approved to pay Northstar Engineering…
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