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Century Council Proclaims”National Public Works Week”, Conducts Ordinary Business
March 18, 2008
The Town of Century has proclaimed the week of May 18-24 as “National Public Works Week” in the town.
The town council approved the proclamation at their Monday night meeting at the request of Mayor Freddie McCall.
The proclamation honors those that work with the town’s water, sewer, streets, public buildings and solid waste collection, as well as those the serve with law enforcement, the fire department and other emergency medical services in the town, McCall said.
“The health, safety and comfort of this community greatly depends on these facilities and services,” the proclamation reads. To read the actual proclamation in its entirety, click the image to the left to enlarge.
In other business, the council approved a variance request to place a used 10 foot by 40 foot mobile home on a lot located at 67 Jackson Street. The motion by Council Member Nadine McCaww passed 3-1, with Council Member Gary Riley voting against the motion and Council President Anne Brooks abstaining. The mobile home will replace one previously located on the lot, according to McCall. The variance was needed because the town’s current land use ordinances requires mobile homes to be at least 14 feet wide. McCall noted that power, water and sewer services were already available to the home’s owner because a mobile home was previously located on the lot.
The council also heard request from individual council members:
Riley noted that many streets around the town needed to have traffic markings repainted because they are difficult to see, especially when it is dark and raining. The mayor said he would look into the situation.
Council Member Henry Hawkins asked the mayor about street lights in the town, saying that at least six lights were out in the Hudson Hill area along North Century Boulevard. and that others were out on Mayo Storeet. McCall said he and a Gulf Power employee had looked in the situation about a month ago and had found five lights that were out along North Century Boulevard.. Those lights were replaced, the mayor said, and he will look into the others that are now not functioning.
Council Member Sharon Scott asked that “Children At Play” signs be placed near the Marie McMurray Ballpark and the Carver Community Center. She also asked that the town look at cleaning out ditches along Pleasant Hill Road, and that a “Deaf Child” sign be placed in a neighborhood where a deaf child resides.
Monday’s short council meeting was unusual in that no member of the public signed up to address the council during their “public forum” part of the meeting.
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