An attorney representing Butterball spoke against the rezoning of acreage south of the plant at last week’s meeting of the Huntsville Planning Commission.
The Elkins City Council approved an ordinance to increase water rates by 1 percent a year and a dollar per meter “to support the deployment of new digital and wireless meters,” according to Mayor Bruce Ledford.
Huntsville is moving closer to getting gateway signs on the Highway 412 Bypass, according to Brandi Holt, the city’s economic development director. Holt updated the Economic Development and Tourism Commission last week. The group’s August meeting was canceled last Tuesday.
The Madison County Court on Aug. 9 approved several items concerning a possible jail.
The Madison County Election Commission last week finalized ballot positions for the Nov. 8 General Election and conducted other business concerning the election.
The Madison County Quorum Court on Monday adopted three ordinances to ask voters on Nov. 8 to approve 1.75% sales and use taxes to build a county jail and maintain and operate the facility.
Several council seats did not draw candidates in Huntsville and St. Paul for the Nov. 8 General Election, according to the Madison County Clerk’s Office.
The St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department has a new-to-them fire truck, Fire Chief Greg Wheeler shared with the St. Paul Town Council during its August meeting on Aug. 9.
The Madison County Quorum Court on Monday discussed a possible jail, but recessed until it could meet Tuesday night after a jail advisory committee meeting.
Huntsville City Council member Travis Dotson and former Huntsville Mayor Charles Coger have filed to seek the mayor’s job in the Nov. 8 General Election, according to the Madison County Clerk’s Office.
An advisory committee assigned to look at potential land for a Madison County jail will present its two final choices to the Madison County Quorum Court next Monday when it convenes for its regular monthly meeting.
Owners of apartment buildings in Huntsville will be required to retrofit units with electronic, interconnected smoke alarms, Huntsville Fire Department Chief Kevin Shinn told the Huntsville City Council Monday night.
HINDSVILLE – All five members of the city council and Mayor Stephanie Casey are seeking reelection in the November General Election.
The Elkins City Council passed a resolution to purchase approximately one acre adjacent to Hollybrook Estates for the purpose of installing a new lift station to replace one about 400 yards away.
The filing period for those seeking municipal positions in Elkins, Hindsville, Huntsville and St. Paul in the Nov. 8 General Election will open on Wednesday, according to Madison County Clerk Tamitha Blocker.
An advisory committee assigned to look at potential land for a Madison County jail narrowed its search to four properties last week and will compile cost estimates for each property, including pre-construction work, for another meeting on Aug. 2.
The Madison County Quorum Court on Monday rescinded an earlier vote to seek funding for a jail in May 2023 to instead ask for funding on the November General Election ballot.
The Huntsville City Council on Monday approved the sale of city-owned property to Christian and Heidi Batteau with Assemblage for $175,000, a company in Witter that makes handmade wallpaper sold around the world.
The Huntsville Planning Commission on Monday unanimously approved the rezoning of the city’s industrial park from residential-estate to light industrial and the annexation of less than an acre of the property that officially was not inside the city.
Former state senator Bryan King won all but one Madison County precinct to defeat District 5 Sen. Bob Ballinger last week in the Republican Party runoff for state Senate 28.