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For about 6 months, the City of Magee Board of Aldermen have discussed field rental for the Sportsplex. Jimmy Zilla, Parks and Rec, came before the Board numerous times attempting to adopt a working plan for use of the Sportsplex fields. City league teams will have first choice on available fields.
Travel ball teams will follow rules set forth by the Rec Department. For detailed information, contact Jimmy Zilla.
Citizen of Ward 2 Lewis Roberts gave the opening prayer which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
The minutes and claims docket was approved.
Steve Womack of Clear Water Solutions updated the Board of project progress concerning Plant 1. All repairs should be completed by February 1st. Alderman Lawana Thompson questioned Mr. Womack for information about purchasing new water meters. Steve expressed a need for the new meters. “The City is losing a lot of water.” Steve will research the best solution to replacing the meters.
Tim Bray, public works, had no update but expressed the good job his crew performed during the freeze. Several water lines broke during the cold. The city crew handled all breaks.
Chief of Police Shane Little presented additional bids for an App the City is considering purchasing. The App company is ThePoliceApp.com. Chief Little requested an executive meeting for personal matters.
Alderman Mark Grubbs requested the City Park be completely cleared of debris. Tim Bray, Public Works, will be in charge of the clean up.
Zooming director Penny Aguirre presented each aldermen with a copy of a letter sent to the apartment complexes in the city concerning trash, garbage, and debris disposal in the City of Magee. The managers of the apartments were given two options.
#1 Contract a waste disposal company to obtain a large roll-off to be kept on preises and emptied at least once a month. The average cost for this plan is approximately $600 per month.
#2 Contract the City of Magee for pick up of mattresses, furniture, and large debris. The cost of this service is $1,000 per month for one load.
The housing units must present a garbage and debris proposal to the City by February 23, 2024.
Penny requested the City consider payment of the Mississippi Main Street Association yearly dues in the amount of $500. The request was approved.
The City has the opportunity to sell merchandise for the Bicentennial Celebration. No action was taken.
Conditional use was granted to Kingsley College in DPD, dimensional variance, granted to Mr. Marc Broome on behalf of Dr. Lake Garner for Garner Dental, and rezoning from RM to C3 to Chad and Logan Hand.
Benny Blair, Animal Control, expressed his appreciation for the donated dog food. “We have plenty right now,” stated Benny.
The dog pound will move to a building at McNair Springs. The facility will be an improvement over the existing pound. Benny hopes to have 12 kennels at the new pound. Dog houses are on back order according to Benny,
From 12/25 to 1/16, 24 calls were received. 4 dogs were impounded . 4 citations were issued during the extreme cold.
Penny presented the Building Inspector report for Kara Lucas. Walmart is in the process of updating. Millcreek has an on going project. T Mobile will be in Magee soon. Magee Sporting Goods (located across from the Co-Op), has a few things to complete before opening.
Garner Dental has given plans for their new building which will be located on the other side of Tractor Supply. (Kind of near the tower).
Code enforcement officer Shane Steele asked for a hearing to be set concerning the old Bilbo Finch place (628 11th Avenue NW). The hearing is set for February 20, 2024. Permission was given for Shane Steele to attend a day conference in Meridian.
Fire Chief Buck Craft reported two fires during the cold days.
The meeting was adjourned for an Executive Meeting concerning police personal.
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I don’t know specifics but I’ve been involved in Rec ball and travel ball for years. This in my opinion is not the best position for city. We as a travel team have never stopped a tourney or any rec ball from practicing and have played numerous tourneys here. And with other cities getting “ in the ball game” our facilities are not up to par with others! In my opinion this is a losing situation!