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Greenville City Council approves 12-year lease for fire apparatus, business incentives and routine measures
Summary
The Greenville City Council on Feb. 23 unanimously adopted a package of routine resolutions, including a 12-year lease-purchase to finance a fire apparatus, incentives for The 19th Hole Cigar Lounge, personnel policy updates and two ABC licenses; council also accepted quarterly financial reports and approved city expenditures.
The Greenville City Council unanimously approved a series of routine measures on Feb. 23, including a 12-year lease-purchase agreement to finance a new fire apparatus and incentives for a downtown business.
The council adopted Resolution 2026-10, a 12-year lease purchase agreement with Government Capital Corporation to finance a fire apparatus; the city will begin annual payments in 2027. Council also approved Resolution 2026-11, authorizing incentives under Section 94.01 for The 19th Hole Cigar Lounge intended to spur downtown sales tax revenue.
Councilmembers approved additional resolutions that the meeting record identifies as routine: an amendment to the 2023 Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual (Resolution 2026-12); participation in §36-26-36.1, Code of Alabama 1975, allowing conversion of unused sick leave to retirement service credit (Resolution 2026-13); and acceptance of quarterly financial reports for both the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024–25 (Resolution 2026-16) and the first quarter of 2025–26 (Resolution 2026-17). The council also approved issuance of ABC licenses for two Gas Express locations (Resolutions 2026-14 and 2026-15).
Motions on the floor were introduced by councilmembers as recorded in the meeting minutes (for example, Councilmember Ed Sims moved to adopt Resolution 2026-10; Councilmember Joseph West seconded). Mayor Jae’Ques Brown announced each motion carried with a unanimous vote.
City Clerk-Treasurer Dee H. Blackmon reported the general fund checking balance at $386,816.21 and the money market balance at $850,393.48 as of Feb. 23, and told the council the city expects a large sales tax deposit during the week. She said quarterly financial reports covering Sept. 30–Dec. 31 were included on the agenda and that the city is "moving in the right direction financially."
Council also approved two budgeted expenditures presented at the meeting: $13,405.80 to Ewing for a Lawn Rover sprayer-fertilizer system for the Horticulture Department and $4,728.24 to BSN Sports for baseball and softball equipment. Finally, Mayor Brown was nominated and unanimously approved as the city's delegate to the 2026 Alabama League of Municipalities convention, with Councilmembers Joseph West and Kenderius Boggan named as alternates.
The council adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
