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Bay Minette council accepts GOMESA park planning grant, approves seven resolutions and $475,355.82 in payments
Summary
The Bay Minette City Council on Feb. 2, 2026 unanimously approved seven resolutions — including acceptance of a GOMESA grant for a new city park master plan — and approved revised accounts payable of $475,355.82; no public comments were recorded.
The Bay Minette City Council unanimously approved a package of resolutions and consent items at its Feb. 2, 2026 regular meeting, including acceptance of a Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) grant to fund the master plan and engineering design for a proposed new city park.
Mayor Joshua O. Brown asked for motions on a series of resolutions. The council approved Resolution 0226-01 appointing municipal non-elected public officials, Resolution 0226-02 appointing the City Attorney, and Resolution 0226-03 to accept GOMESA Grant G-BMNPED/25/CBM from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for master planning and engineering design of a new city park. Councilmember Mike Phillips moved to accept the GOMESA grant; Councilmember Matt Franklin seconded, and the resolution passed unanimously. The minutes do not record the grant amount or further conditions; those details are not specified in the recorded minutes.
Other approved resolutions included declaration of surplus property at Holly Hills Municipal Golf Course (Resolution 0226-04), memorializing a public-private partnership with Novelis for coordinated public safety training (Resolution 0226-05), reducing the license fee for the John F. Rhodes Civic Center and authorizing application for a special events alcohol permit for the Tom Kelly Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation event on Feb. 27, 2026 (Resolution 0226-06), and transferring an Alabama ABC license from US Food Market, LLC to Bright Bay, LLC (Resolution 0226-07). The council also approved revised accounts payable for Feb. 2, 2026 in the amount of $475,355.82. All motions were moved, seconded and carried unanimously as recorded in the minutes.
Mayor Brown announced the next regular meeting will be Feb. 18, 2026; the minutes record no citizens’ comments during the public comment period.
The council did not record extended debate or public testimony on the grant or the other resolutions in the minutes; additional details such as precise grant amounts or contract terms were not specified and would need to be obtained from the grant award documents or staff reports.
