Hueytown council approves $737,724.32 in bills; residents raise pothole, nuisance and parking concerns

Council Member Zinnerman presented an accounts-payable register totaling $737,724.32 and moved for payment; Council Member Randall seconded. President Hurliman and Council Members Zinnerman, Randall, Wright and Jacks voted unanimously to approve the list.

The minutes list account balances by bank and fund, including Servis 1st Bank operating account ($607,608.24), seven-cent gas tax fund ($3,353.08), emergency communications fund ($14,750.00), garbage fund ($20,725.52), Regions Bank jail store ($261.70), and 1st Financial Bank accounts for the U.N.I.T. Task Force, cash bond restitution fund and municipal court fund (totals recorded in the minutes). The account register summary total was recorded as $737,724.32.

During the public-comment portion, President Hurliman read rules requiring speakers to state name and address and be Hueytown residents. Speakers included Lynette Peters (traffic ticket; advised to raise at scheduled court), Mary Meyer (inquired about Resolution 7443; mayor provided information), Georgia Gray Hampton (complained that utility repairs left a pothole and asked about recycling for glass/plastic), Shelia Draper (nuisance issues in her neighborhood) and Kelvin McCoo (said he received notice about an inoperable vehicle and raised concern about parking on an extended area of his property). The minutes do not record council action in response to those specific public-comment requests beyond advice to use appropriate processes or scheduled court dates.

Next steps: vendor payments were authorized; resident concerns raised during public comment may be addressed administratively by the relevant departments, but no follow-up motions were recorded in the minutes.