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Gray council approves surplus-parcel sale, abandons test well and OKs alcohol at Main Street festival
Summary
At its April 6 meeting the City of Gray Mayor and Council approved multiple routine items—including abandoning test well #119, declaring parcel J45 00 193 surplus for sale (Resolution 26-R-009), ratifying a water/sewer capacity letter for Stone Creek Subdivision, allowing alcohol at the April 25 Main Street festival, and granting a beer-and-wine license for Friendly Gus #34. All recorded votes were APPROVED 5-0.
The City of Gray Mayor and Council met April 6, 2026, at the D.V. Childs Civic Center and approved a set of routine agenda items, including a surplus-property sale, infrastructure and licensing requests, and an event alcohol permit. Mayor Ed Barbee called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
The council unanimously approved abandoning test well #119 after a motion from Councilman Terry Favors, seconded by Councilman Terrell Fulford. Councilman David Tufts moved and Councilman Fulford seconded approval of Resolution 26-R-009, which declares city parcel J45 00 193 surplus and authorizes its sale; the motion passed unanimously. The council also ratified authorization for City Superintendent Cheyenne Morgan to issue a water/sewer capacity letter regarding Stone Creek Subdivision (moved by Councilman Favors, seconded by Councilman Fulford), with the ratification recorded as APPROVED 5-0.
The council approved allowing public consumption of alcoholic beverages at Main Street’s Hometown Spring Fest scheduled for April 25, 2026; Mayor Pro Tem James Collins moved the measure and Councilman David Tufts seconded. Separately, an application from Matthew Jones for a beer-and-wine sales license for Cochran Bros. Company Inc. d/b/a Friendly Gus #34, located at 240 James Street, was approved after a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Collins and a second from Councilman Terrell Fulford; the minutes record the license approval as APPROVED 5-0.
Council members moved the meeting into executive session to discuss real estate (motion by Councilman Favors, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Collins); the minutes record the motion as approved 5-0. After the executive session the regular meeting resumed, the minutes note there were no public comments, and the meeting was adjourned. City Clerk Cindy Yancey attested to the minutes.
Votes recorded in the minutes are shown as APPROVED 5-0 for each listed motion. The minutes list attendees as Mayor Ed Barbee; Mayor Pro Tem James Collins; Council Members Terry Favors, Terrell Fulford, Ikea Simmons and David Tufts; Main Street Director Ashley Roberson; Fire Chief Keith Elsele; and City Clerk Cindy Yancey. The record does not specify an individual roll-call of votes for each member; vote tallies are recorded only as the aggregate "APPROVED 5-0."
