VINEMONT – A request for a new business to come into the Vinemont area was approved during the regular meeting of the Vinemont City Council Tuesday night.
Jeremy Harbison is planning to have a welding fabrication shop located near the Dollar General Store. Harbison has been in the welding business for a long time and wants an opportunity to have a business locally where it will benefit the community.
Harbison spoke of possibly adding sand blasting and power coating to the welding shop, but welding will be his first priority. Harbison's plan is to have the business in operation by September.
The board approved the request, with Harbison signing a business permit at the meeting.
An issue that was seriously discussed between Mayor J.D. Marcum and council members Joann Oakley, Shirley Arnett, Raginald Dodson and Toni Helms was the current contract with the Boy Scouts and the Vinemont Scout Center.
The contract is unsigned and expired on Monday. Marcum wanted the council to consider an extension. A motion was made by Arnett for the council not to extend the contract with a second coming from Helms.
It was voted on unanimously. A motion was made by Helms with a second from Arnett to send a letter to the Scoutmaster that access to the building would have to be approved by the city council.
No timetable was announced for when the letter would go out to Scoutmaster.
Building a pavilion at the Vinemont Sports Complex was discussed. A motion was made by Arnett to build a pavilion with $1,000 to be donated to cover expenses and to build a second pavilion if the city receives a grant to do so. Oakley seconded the motion and it passed 5-0.
City employee Mike Graves informed the council a dumpster is available at the sports complex for people to drop off their brush piles. Helms reported she was again asked by residents on what steps are being done to deal with this issue throughout the city.
Dodson said the dumpster at the complex is for brush that can be taken to be burned at a different location.
Graves informed the council the sports complex will be taking part in the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) Class C youth softball state tournament the weekend of June 24-26.
As of Tuesday night, 99 teams have entered the tournament in six age divisions. Vinemont will be one of the locations, along with ball parks in Cullman, Good Hope and possibly Hanceville.
The complex and Mike Cupp Field at Vinemont High School will also be hosts for the Dizzy Dean 14-under state baseball tournament. The tournament will begin the weekend of July 1, with 14 teams expected to participate.
The next meeting of the Vinemont Town Council will take place on Tuesday, July 12 at 6 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
