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Agenda 10:00 a.m. 1. Call meeting to order. • Invocation • Pledge of Allegiance 2. Consider approving minutes of the regular meeting held August 5, 2025. 3. Consider amendments to the agenda. 4. Consider approval of the agenda. 5. Consider approval of an event permit for the 4th Annual Angel Baby 5k requested by Candice Waldrop to be held at the Courthouse Square and around downtown Jasper on August 23, 2025, with a requested blockage of 19th Street from 2nd to 3rd Ave. (Kellie Barnes, Events Coordinator) 6. Consider a request for permission to renew the following contracts under the same terms and pricing: (Jessica Cook, Purchasing Agent/Accountant) a) Hauling Services b) Crushed Stone c) Physician Services 7. Consider adoption of a resolution to declare a 1997 Ford F150 as surplus property unneeded. (Jessica Cook, Purchasing Agent/Accountant) 8. Consider a request for use of the Natatorium without charge for an autism seminar and swimming lesson to be held August 29, 2025, which is open to the public. (Stacy Smothers, Aquatics Director/Natatorium Manager) 9. Consider adoption of a resolution to authorize Mayor Cowen to enter into an agreement with Jasper City Schools related to School Resource Officers. (Mayor Cowen) 10. Introduce Budget Amendment 2024/2025-23 to provide funds for sanitation dumpsters, scales and installation, and travel to the Alabama Recycling Coalition Conference. (Kathy Chambless, City Clerk) 11. Consider authorizing the closure of a portion of 2nd Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets on August 26, 2025, from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm to enable the City Election Manager to utilize the City Hall Council Chambers as the location for the return of election ballots and reporting of election returns for the 2025 municipal election. (Kathy Chambless, City Clerk) 12. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of a resolution to set cost for Nuisance Abatement. (Kathy Chambless, City Clerk) 13. Consider adoption of a resolution for nuisance abatement for unsafe structures. (Adam Bolton, Building Inspector) 14. Consider adoption of a resolution for nuisance abatement for grass/weeds. (Brent McCarver, City Planner) 15. Consider adoption of an agreement related to the use of Young Jeweler’s parking lot for vendors during Foothills Festival. (Russ Robertson, City Attorney) 16. Consider adoption of an ordinance to provide handicap accessible parking in the lot located directly behind the City Hall Annex for Foothills Festival. (Russ Robertson, City Attorney) 17. Conduct a public hearing and consider adoption of an ordinance rezoning 50 separate parcels from the MR (Municipal Reserve) Zoning District to the R-1 (Single Family Residence), B-T (Transition Business), B-2 (Community Service), B-4 (I-22 Business Corridor), M-2 (Heavy Industrial), M-3 (Industrial Park) or AG (Agricultural) Zoning District. (Brent McCarver, City Planner) 18. Introduce an ordinance to annex a parcel of land located at 480 Moon Road. (District 4) (Brent McCarver, City Planner) 19. Introduce an ordinance to amend the landfill charges. (Russ Robertson, City Attorney) 20. Introduce an ordinance to levy a local excise tax on the sale of consumable vapor products. (Kathy Chambless, City Clerk) 21. Introduce an ordinance to prohibit sleeping on sidewalks, streets, alleys, and entrances and/or doorways. (Russ Robertson, City Attorney) 22. Introduce an ordinance to prohibit the use of shopping carts on city streets. (Russ Robertson, City Attorney) 23. Announcement: The next regular council meeting on September 2, 2025, will start at 12:00 p.m. 24. Receive comments from audience. (Please step to the podium and state your name before addressing the Council. Immediate action will not be taken.) The Council will allow two people to speak in support of and two people to speak in opposition to the same topic. There is a 3-minute time limit per person. 25. Receive comments from Mayor. 26. Receive comments from Councilmembers. 27. Motion to Adjourn. https://www.jaspercity.com
