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Madison aldermen approve consent agenda including hires, contracts and purchases
Summary
The Board unanimously approved a multi-item consent agenda on Sept. 3 that included personnel actions (resignations, hires and a retirement), awards of bids, contract authorizations and purchase approvals including a $16,542 airport matching agreement.
Mayor Pro Tempore Guy Bowering presented the consent agenda, which bundled routine minutes, claims, departmental reports, personnel actions, contract authorizations, bid awards and purchase authorizations. Alderman Paul Tankersley moved to approve the consent agenda; Alderman Sandra Strain seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Notable items listed in the minutes and approved under the consent agenda included:
- Personnel changes (Status/Payroll Change Report): acceptance of Police Officer Jeremiah Thornton’s resignation effective Aug. 23, 2024; approval to hire Kolton Scott Pigg (police) effective Sept. 16, 2024; hires for Parks and Streets positions with effective dates in early September; acceptance of Fire Battalion Chief John Pitts’s retirement effective Sept. 29, 2024; and several other specified hires and rehires.
- Contract and procurement approvals: acceptance of Mid-State Construction Change Order No. 24 for new Madison City Hall (janitor closet lighting and additional exit lights); authorization for a contract between the City and the Madison County Circuit Clerk for redistricting of ward districts; acceptance of various bid awards (iron gate at Liberty Park, fencing at the Montgomery House, repair work between Bradford Green addresses) and authorization for lease-purchase of vehicles and equipment.
- Grants and agreements: authorization for the Police Department to apply for FY24 Homeland Security Grant and FY23 Edward Byrne Memorial JAG funds; approval of airport federal matching agreement with the Mississippi Transportation Commission in the amount of $16,542 for Project No. AIG 3-28-0046-037-2024 to install a PAPI at Bruce Campbell Field.
- Technology and services: authorization for continued use of PowerDMS, an MOU for continuing education with Columbia Southern University of Alabama, purchase of LPR equipment from Flock Safety, and acceptance of a website design quote from Wells Graphics.
The board approved these items en bloc; the minutes identify supporting exhibits (Exhibits B–Y) for the consent items. The motion to approve the consent agenda was carried unanimously, and the meeting proceeded to public hearings on cleaning resolutions and later planning items.
