Columbiana council approves lighting agreement, auditing contract and adopts county building codes; mayor reports new business prospects

The Columbiana City Council approved three resolutions during its Feb. 18 meeting, authorizing a lighting-service agreement for the Springs Crossing subdivision, contracting an auditing firm to recover undercollected sales taxes, and adopting the Shelby County Commission's building-code regulations.

Mayor (presiding) called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and, after department reports, the council moved through three agenda resolutions. Councilman Ruston introduced Resolution 022501 to authorize the mayor to sign a lighting-service agreement with Alabama Power for five new street lights in Springs Crossing; the motion was seconded and passed on a roll-call vote. Council later approved Resolution 022502 to contract Rivertree Systems for sales-tax and business-license audit and recovery services, and adopted Resolution 022503 to align the city's building-code version with Shelby…