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Douglas commissioners advance Hampton Inn liquor license, ratify police truck purchase and airport appointment
Summary
At the Feb. 23 meeting the City of Douglas carried several consent items: staff ratified a $47,391 police truck purchase (about $2,391 over budget), advanced a Hampton Inn alcohol-license application after a public hearing with no speakers, and approved an airport commission appointment and a two-week advertisement for a Keep Douglas Beautiful board vacancy.
At their Feb. 23 meeting the City of Douglas Mayor and Commission approved several routine items and advanced a required liquor-license hearing for the Hampton Inn.
City Manager Charlie Davis read the consent agenda during the regular meeting. The items included approval of the Feb. 9 meeting minutes; ratification of the police department’s 2026 Ford F‑150 purchase for $47,391 (staff said the purchase is $2,391 over the $45,000 budget); approval of an airport commission appointment to fill a term through the end of September (the packet references an appointee listed as "Mr. Michael BS"); permission to advertise a vacancy on the Keep Douglas Beautiful board for two weeks; and approval of Change Order No. 1 for the East Side Park project.
Later in the regular meeting staff convened the public hearing required for Capstone Hotel Group’s application for an on‑premises alcoholic beverage license at the Hampton Inn (1604 S. Peterson Ave.). Charlie Davis opened the hearing and invited public comment; no members of the public stepped forward, and the commission moved to carry the matter forward after the hearing.
On the truck purchase, staff said they solicited three bids and selected Akens Ford of Winder, Ga., at $47,391. The commission ratified the purchase by voice vote as part of the consent actions.
For the airport commission appointment, staff recommended appointing the candidate named in the packet to fill the remainder of the term; commissioners approved the recommendation as part of the consent vote. For the Keep Douglas Beautiful board, staff will advertise the opening for two weeks and return with applicants for possible appointment.
All consent items were adopted by voice vote; where the transcript records abstentions or spelling inconsistencies for some names, the minutes should be consulted for an official roll-call and exact vote tally.
