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Bay Minette City Council approves speed-limit request, FEMA claim authority and cemetery maintenance contract

City Council of the City of Bay Minette · March 1, 2026

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Summary

At its April 1, 2021 meeting the Bay Minette City Council approved resolutions asking ALDOT to consider a lower speed limit on Hand Avenue, authorized amendments and actions related to disaster recovery and the city’s FEMA claim, appointed planning and adjustment board members, and awarded a cemetery maintenance contract (one abstention noted).

The Bay Minette City Council on April 1, 2021 approved a series of resolutions and routine items, including a request to the Alabama Department of Transportation to consider reducing the speed limit on Hand Avenue (Highway 287), authorization for the mayor to pursue amendments to a disaster-recovery contract, appointments to local boards, and the award of a cemetery maintenance contract.

Mayor Robert A. Wills called the meeting to order at City Hall and led roll call; Councilmember Shannon Clemmons led the Pledge of Allegiance. The council approved the consent agenda, including minutes of the March 15 meeting and work session, on a motion by Councilmember William Taylor that was seconded by Councilmember Pete Sellers and carried unanimously. The council also approved payables totaling $421,389.97 on a motion by Councilmember Mike Phillips, seconded by Councilmember Matt Franklin.

In substantive business, the council approved Resolution 0421-01 asking the Alabama Department of Transportation to consider lowering the speed limit on Hand Avenue/Highway 287. The item passed on a motion by Councilmember Pete Sellers, seconded by Councilmember Matt Franklin.

Councilmembers approved Resolution 0421-02, authorizing the mayor to amend the city’s contract with Synergy Disaster Recovery for emergency response grant services. The council later approved Resolution 0421-07, which authorizes and directs the mayor to take necessary actions to facilitate processing of the city’s FEMA claim (DR4563AL) for damages from Hurricane Sally.

The council made two appointments to the Bay Minette Planning Commission (Scotty Langham and Ray Clark) under Resolution 0421-03 and appointed Jessica Davis and Ray Clark to the Bay Minette Board of Adjustments under Resolution 0421-04; both appointment resolutions passed unanimously.

On procurement related to cemetery care, the council voted to rescind a prior resolution (00321-02) concerning CB2021-01 Cemetery Landscape Maintenance under Resolution 0421-05. That motion passed with five ayes — Mayor Robert A. Wills, Councilmembers Pete Sellers, Mike Phillips, Matt Franklin and Shannon Clemmons — and one abstention from Councilmember William Taylor. Immediately afterward the council approved Resolution 0421-06 awarding CB2021-01 to Adult and Teen Challenge Alabama; that award was approved unanimously.

Mayor Wills also reported on a meeting with Baldwin County mayors and the Baldwin County Commission about the city’s FEMA claim and announced a Good Friday service scheduled for April 2 at noon at First United Methodist Church, sponsored by the North Baldwin Ministerial Association.

The council adjourned after approving a motion to close the meeting.

Actions recorded at the meeting were procedural and administrative; no ordinances were given second reading or final adoption during this session. The council did not record any public comments in the minutes.

Next step: implementation of awarded contracts and processing of the FEMA claim as authorized by the council.