Special Council Meeting Called For Channel Dredging

Fairhope, Alabama

 

 

 

Today's special meeting.

 

 NO ACTION TAKEN THOUGH

The city council held a special-called meeting today intending to authorize dredging of the Fly Creek boat channel but wound up taking no action because of a technical procedural issue concerning state bid laws. 

After a private executive session with the city attorney, council president Burrell said contractors' proposals received were too close to the $100K threshold for public works projects to proceed at this time. 

The contractors involved were not named publicly. 

Cost of this project is to be shared 50/50 with the Fairhope Yacht Club. 

Boats transiting the outer channel are scraping their bottoms due to sand build up there, according to city engineer Johnson. 

 

 

Special meeting.