By Paige Gurgainers
The first thing on Monday night’s agenda for the Springhill City Council was to consider going into executive session to discuss litigation matters. This item appeared on last month’s agenda, but the council did not go into executive session due to more information being needed at the time.
It looks like it will be added to the May agenda, as well. According to Springhill Mayor Ray Huddleston, the lawyer involved was ill and could not attend the April meeting.
Main Street Manager Amie Poladian gave an update on the recent happenings on Main Street.
“The North Webster high school art department has completed the mural downtown and Coca-Cola has written a check,” said Poladian. “It has been fully funded by Coca-Cola. We are hoping to have a dedication by the end of the month.”
The Springhill Farmer’s Market was held this past Saturday, April 6, with approximately 50 vendors and hundreds of attendees coming out.
“The Webster Parish Tourism Convention came up and congratulated us and thanked us for bringing tourism to Springhill. They are hoping to start a similar market in Minden,” said Poladian.
They will continue to host this market on the first Saturday of every month for the remainder of the year.
Other items on the agenda included:
- Amending the budget in the amount of $832,467.32 for the General Fund, Water and Sewer Fund and Community Activity Fund.
- Approval of emergency repairs to the Shady Oaks Street manhole in the amount of $25,000.
- Declaring five city vehicles (four city and one Springhill Police Department) as surplus property no longer needed for public use and advertising them for bid.
- Approval of repairs to the recreation complex green machine in the amount of $4,277.42.
- Approval for the recreation complex security system to the lowest bidder, Nash Security in the amount of $8,720.00
- Approval of the Police Chief’s recommendation to hire Raven Gonzalez as a part-time dispatcher, hire Niki Anderson as a full-time patrol officer and accept Jimmy Williams resignation.
- Approval for payment of the March 2024 monthly vendor bills totaling $88,579.94.
The City Clean-Up for ‘Love the Boot Week’ will take place on April 22 – 28. Residents are encouraged to clean up their yards. Burning of yard debris will be allowed from April 17 – 28 between the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. They may haul items to the Maintenance Shop located at 800 7th Street SE and someone will be there to assist on Saturday and Sunday of that week between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Citizens may place items out by the curb for city workers to pick-up. Please call the City Hall to have your name added to a list for pick-up at 318-539-5681.