Cullman City Council adopts package of zoning updates, signs contracts and approves appointments
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Summary
At its March 9 meeting the Cullman City Council adopted multiple zoning and administrative ordinances, authorized street-assessment and landscaping contracts (including a $237,625 award), and reappointed members to city boards; votes were unanimous unless noted.
The Cullman City Council on March 9 adopted a bundle of zoning and administrative measures, authorized professional services and construction contracts, and confirmed several board appointments.
The council approved second readings and adopted Ordinances 2616, 2618, 2620, 2621, 2623, 2628, 2629, 2630, 2631 and 2632, covering zoning updates, a neighborhood enhancement program, procedures for sale of city property, and processes for outside-city requests for water and sewer service. Each ordinance received a favorable recommendation from the planning commission where noted and passed by roll-call vote.
Why it matters: Council members said the street and infrastructure capital plan and the pavement-condition work will let the city prioritize and budget paving projects objectively rather than by opinion. “This takes a lot of the opinion out of what roads need the help,” Council member Jason Willoughby said during the discussion of the pavement-management contract.
Key contract and procurement actions - Resolution 26-78: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with First Step Pavement Management for professional services to collect 360° video and produce a segmented pavement-condition index and heat map for the city’s road network (selection described in work-session discussion). The council approved the authorization by motion. - Resolution 26-79: Awarded landscaping and irrigation work for the Wild Water Waterpark lazy river to Bridal Landscape LLC in the amount of $237,625 (lowest responsible bidder). The motion to award carried.
Personnel and boards - Resolution 26-77: Council amended position control and approved several job-description changes (sanitation and economic development among them). - Appointments: Drew Green was reappointed to the library board (term expiring Sept. 30, 2029); Cassie Sparks was reappointed to the Wellstone Board of Directors (term expiring 2032); Ann Swayka was appointed to the zoning board of adjustments (supernumerary position, term expiring Feb. 14, 2029).
Votes and formal outcomes - Where roll-call votes were recorded, the council’s recorded votes were unanimous in favor (President Pro Tem David Mauss; Council President Kim Hall; Council members Jason Willoughby, Paul Schaffer and Chuck Shackle each recorded as voting Aye on the items listed). If more detailed roll-call tallies are required the council clerk’s official minutes should be consulted.
What’s next: Several items introduced as first readings (including an ordinance to regulate retail sale of hemp products and a proposed annual street and transportation capital improvement plan procedure) will return for additional readings and public consideration at future meetings. The next scheduled council meeting is March 23, 2026, at 7 p.m.