GOOD HOPE – A regular Good Hope City Council meeting was held on Monday night at Good Hope City Hall. Visitors included State Rep. Corey Harbison, R- Good Hope and his wife.
Councilmen John Harris, Maxie Jones and Taft Dillashaw all expressed that the City’s Back-to-School Bash was a great success this year.
In Place 3 (Sewage), Councilwoman Susan Eller told the council, “We are conducting an analysis on sludge that is needed for the solid waste profile permit application we have to send to ADEM. We also have a quote from Living Water Services for the sludge analysis and generation of a Solid Waste Profile Report required every two years by ADEM for sludge disposal from the treatment plant at the landfill for $1,975.” This expense was approved.
Councilman Matthew Glover was not present.
The Canvassing Council, which is required by law to meet before noon on Aug. 30 to approve the municipal election’s provisional results, will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 11:30 a.m.
November’s first council meeting has been changed to Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. for swearing in. (Instead of Nov. 14)
Resolution #021-2016, an agreement with Marshall Tree Service for post-disaster cleanup as part of the City of Good Hope’s EMA mitigation process, was approved.
The Good Hope City Council meeting was adjourned.
After the meeting was over, Harbison commented on the upcoming Open Tax Discussion which will take place on Aug. 13 in Fairview High School’s auditorium.
“There is a guy on the east side of the county going around making a push to change the sales tax distribution in Cullman County. You know, they brought this up back when I was still the mayor of Good Hope and several of the municipalities passed resolutions asking for a change up. But I looked at the math of it back then and I felt like all of the smaller municipalities came out better with the way the sales tax is structured because Cullman County is in a unique position. We are the only county like this in the state to where no matter where you spend your money, everybody gets part of the cut as permitted by the law.
“If we change it to be like Morgan County, they have a 1-cent county tax and a 40-cent municipal tax and then the four cent state tax. So back then, when I did the math, I think it cut us short about $20,000 a year, or maybe a little more rather than what we did get. The City of Cullman actually would come out ahead from where they are at this point. I am going to go out and listen to what everybody has to say, but I think we’ve got a pretty fair tax system in Cullman County. If you all feel different, then I want to hear from you. But I think we already have a fair tax system, but I am open to suggestions.”
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