Brundidge dilapidated housing project underway

Staff

Published Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The city of Brundidge took another step in cleaning up its dilapidated houses Tuesday.

In the council meeting, members chose to appoint city attorney Richard Calhoun to serve titles to each of the houses on the list to be removed.

Mayor Jimmy Ramage said this project is part of a Community Block Development Grant that will tear down 12 dilapidated houses in the city, and appointing an attorney will help the city secure the right to tear down the homes.

Ramage said he is not certain what the timeframe on the project will be, but he said the city will work quickly to complete the project.

Also in the meeting, a request for a Dothan church to use Galloway Park for services was denied.

Mark Pickett, pastor of Tabernacle of Deliverance International Worship Center, Inc., presented a proposal to the council in September for the use of the local park during the church’s services.

Pickett said the church, which is from Dothan, was in the process of locating permanently to Brundidge but wanted to use the park for three months to hold services.

The council denied the request, as the church’s members are primarily from outside of the city.

“I’m not saying I’m for it or against it, but we set the precedent when we do this to start up churches,” Bowden said. “Any other churches that have come in here to get started have acquired their own place first.”

Ramage said other churches have made use of Galloway Park before, but they were from the Brundidge community.

“We’ve had several churches use Galloway Park or Brundidge Station,” Ramage said.

Council members also approved to continue using the 2008 fiscal year’s budget until they pass their next one.

Though the 2009 fiscal year started Oct. 1, council members have held off making their budget until the District 5 runoff ended.

“We haven’t had any discussion on the budget because we’re waiting on the runoff,” Ramage said. “We want whoever gets this seat to be here for the discussion.”

Within a week after the election, Ramage said the council will determine when to hold a budget hearing.

The city also held a public hearing Tuesday to discuss the submission of a Community Block Development Grant to bring more funding to the Transload America project.

No members of the public had comments to make, and the council approved to submit the request for funding.

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