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Mulga council adopts hazard mitigation plan, records grants and authorizes conference travel
Summary
Mulga approved Resolution No. 2026-05 adopting a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan, recorded a $25,000 Jefferson County grant toward a new fire station and authorized up to three people to attend a water conference in Indianapolis. Council also approved minutes and bills for payment.
Mayor W. Keith Varner opened the Mulga Town Council meeting on June 2, 2026, and the council approved minutes, bills for payment and Resolution No. 2026-05 adopting the Division G Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The council unanimously approved Resolution No. 2026-05 after a roll-call vote (Seat 1 Yes; Seat 2 Absent; Seat 3 Yes; Seat 4 Yes; Seat 5 Yes; Mayor Yes). The resolution is described in the record as fulfilling the Federal Mitigation Act of 2000 and the local mitigation plan requirements in 44 C.F.R. §201.6.
Visitor Jonathan Goodwin told the council "the fire department has the opportunity to purchase a 2014 Ford Explorer for $5,000.00," and asked that the vehicle be added to the town's insurance if acquired. Goodwin also reported the Jefferson County Commission has granted the town $25,000 toward a new fire station and that the department is awaiting other grant decisions.
On recreation funding, Seat 1 asked about a splashpad grant; Mayor Varner said the town "didn't make it for funding this term but we are set to be considered for the next term." The council approved a motion to authorize up to three people to attend a water conference in Indianapolis, Aug. 29–Sept. 3, 2026, approving a $700 registration per person and noting that food, hotel and airfare are additional and not specified in the motion.
Procedural business included approval of the May 28 and May 5, 2026 minutes and a vote to approve the bills for payment; roll-call tallies for those motions were recorded in the meeting minutes (Seat 2 was marked absent during roll-call votes). The mayor also said staff will contact Alabama Power about trimming tree limbs around power lines.
At one point a speaker recorded as Seat 4 said their granddaughter had been told she would have to move her trailer; Mayor Varner responded, "That isn't accurate information." The record does not contain further detail or a named complaint filer; the council did not take formal action on that item during the meeting.
The meeting record includes a clerk attestation block naming Robin Giardina as town clerk; that block appears as a written signature/attestation in the transcript record.
