Orange Beach council adopts package of routine resolutions, approves island dredging plan and ordinances

The Orange Beach City Council met on Dec. 17 and approved a slate of resolutions and procurement actions, recognized local honorees, and heard a coastal-restoration presentation that described planned dredging on Robinson Island.

The council presented certificates to Eagle Scouts Evan Chase and Daniel Flowers and recognized Dr. Mary Catherine Law for leadership at Orange Beach City School and recently earning a doctoral degree. "We're so happy to be in Orange Beach," the honoree said in brief remarks following the presentation.

On routine business the council approved the meeting agenda and previous minutes, certified cash requirements as within budget, and moved through a series of resolutions adopting contracts and purchase awards. Actions approved included amendments and new agreements for grant writing and program administration (Encompass360), professional services and retainer agreements (Vince Koyak Associates, Bob Riley Associates, Chris Litton), intergovernmental agreements and medical services contracts, and purchases for public-safety and public-works equipment.

Council members also approved funding and program actions with environmental and community impact: the council appropriated $75,000 to the Gulf Shores Airport Authority, adopted a second amendment to a National Audubon Society stewardship grant for beach-nesting bird habitat, approved a second amendment related to an Alabama Department of Conservation sea-turtle triage and restoration project, and approved a Restore Act subaward amendment to expand the Orange Beach…