- Meeting called to order – President Simmons
- Invocation
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Roll Call – Bob Leyde
- Approval of Agenda
- Message from Mayor
- Reports of Department Heads
- Reports of Standing Committees
- Public Hearings: Proposed rezoning of 13.50 acres located on County Road 47, just North of Copper Creek Subdivision and South of Shadybrook Drive from R-1 (Single Family Residential) to R-3 (Multi-Family Residential), as requested by AP III, LLC.
- Business from floor pertaining to items on the consent and regular agenda (5-minute time limit).
- Consent Agenda:
All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Florence City Council for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the Council with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request. Please call 256-760-6400 for questions on Consent Agenda items prior to the Council meeting.
(a) Approval of minutes of the June 17, 2025, meeting.
(b) Confirm payment of bills by the City Treasurer.
(c) Resolution to approve the agreement with UniFirst Corporation to provide consumable paper and other products to the Police department, to be paid from account #42100-320, sponsored by Chief Holt.
(d) Resolution to approve payment of Invoices #SRVCE000000086726 and #86727, dated September 13, 2024, from Bagby Elevator Company, Inc., for emergency repair service to the elevator at the “old” Parking Deck in the amount of $900.00, sponsored by Bob Leyde.
(e) Resolution to approve payment of Invoice #25092-1, from Simpson Plastering LLC, dated June 9, 2025, for labor, materials, and incidentals necessary to make emergency repairs to effluent pipe at Cypress Creek Water Treatment Plant, in the amount of $5,843.50, sponsored by Tad Cole.
(f) Resolution to approve a contract with Honeybee Window Cleaning, to provide labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to clean gutters and flush out downspouts at the Kennedy-Douglass Art Center, in an amount not to exceed $1,650.00, to be paid from budgeted funds, account #266-43600, sponsored by Brian Murphy.
(g) Resolution to approve an agreement for a Nurse Navigation Program regarding emergency medical transports, sponsored by Brad Holmes.
(h) Resolution to approve payment of the Invoice, dated June 7, 2025, from Jabco, Inc., for testing, repairs, and cleaning the pool at the Handy Recreation Center, in the amount of $2,850.80, to be paid from budgeted funds, account #260-44410, sponsored by Bill Jordan.
(i) Resolution to approve payment of Invoice #A210409-IN, dated June 3, 2025, from Certified Alarm Company of Alabama Inc., for repairing wiring to the alarm system at Blackberry Trail Cart Barn in the amount of $3,858.40, to be paid from budgeted funds, account #266-44730, sponsored by Bill Jordan.
(j) Resolution to approve a contract with Muscle Shoals Fire Extinguisher, Inc. to provide labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to provide annual fire extinguisher inspection and maintenance at the Street Department, based on a schedule of fees, to be expensed to account #260-43120, sponsored by David Koonce.
(k) Resolution to approve a contract with Muscle Shoals Fire Extinguisher, Inc. to provide labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to provide annual fire extinguisher inspection and maintenance at the Solid Waste Department Facilities, based on a schedule of fees, to be expensed to account #260-43200, sponsored by David Koonce.
(l) Resolution to approve a contract with Oil Equipment Company, Inc., to provide labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to service the fueling system at 29485 County Road 14 on an as needed basis for the Solid Waste Department, in accordance with an agreed upon schedule of fees, to be expensed to account fund 151, #260-43200, sponsored by David Koonce.
(m) Resolution to approve a contract with Oil Equipment Company, Inc., to provide labor, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary to service the fueling system at 1251 Terrace Street on an as needed basis for the Solid Waste Department, in accordance with an agreed upon schedule of fees, sponsored by David Koonce.
(n) Resolution to approve the Amended Contract Agreement with NACOLG to provide technical and professional assistance for the administrative requirements of the State of Alabama Land and Water Conservation Fund Program sponsored by Mayor Betterton
(o) Resolution to approve the reappointment of Ben Maharrey to the Scope 310 Authority Board, sponsored by the City Council.
(p) Resolution to approve the reappointment of MaLeah Chaney to the Scope 310 Authority Board, sponsored by the City Council.
(q) Resolution to advance and reimburse travel expenses to City employees, sponsored by Mayor Betterton.
12. Regular Agenda:
(a) Ordinance for a lease from the City of Florence to the Children’s Museum of the Shoals, Inc. for a term of twenty years, sponsored by Mayor Betterton.
(b) Ordinance to rezone 13.50 acres located on County Road 47, just North of Copper Creek Subdivision and South of Shadybrook Drive from R-1 (Single Family Residential) to R-3 (Multi-Family Residential), as requested by AP III, LLC, sponsored by Melissa Bailey.
(c) Resolution to approve that Heath Trousdale is appointed as the City Prosecutor for a term of two years beginning on April 20, 2024 and ending on April 19, 2027, sponsored by Billy Musgrove.
(d) Resolution to approve that Christopher Smith is appointed as the Municipal Judge for a term of two years beginning on April 20, 2024 and ending on April 19, 2027, sponsored by Billy Musgrove.
13. General Business:
(a) Upcoming Board Expirations: None
14. Business from the public (5-minute time limit).
15. Council Members reports and/or comments (5-minute time limit).
- Council member Griffin – District 3
- Council member Eubanks – District 4
- Council member Edwards – District 5
- Council member Oliver – District 6
- Council member Hendrix – District 2
- President Simmons – District 1
Mayor Andy Betterton
16. Motion to adjourn