Council members gather at a city hall meetingFoley City Council meets Monday to consider a full agenda of city business.

The Foley City Council will hold its regular work session and meeting on Monday, Aug. 3, at 4 p.m. in the council chambers at Foley City Hall, with a lengthy agenda that spans rezoning requests, festival permits and public works items.

Council members are scheduled to hold public hearings on proposed amendments to the Magnolia Walk East Development District and on a rezoning request for property owned by SCP/BPG Magnolia Holdings. The council will also issue proclamations recognizing National Health Center Week, Glowing Green for 811 Week and Constitution Week.

Also on the agenda is a presentation on the South Baldwin Entrepreneurship Program from Tara McMeans and Allison Niemisto. Council members are expected to take up the establishment of gymnasium fees and usage policies for the Foley Activity Center, along with new speed limit ordinances covering the Bay Forest Estates and Wolf Bay Point subdivisions.

City leaders will also consider a pay restructuring plan for staff at the new Foley Community Library. Elsewhere on the agenda, the council is set to review approval of the Tacos and Tequila Festival at Heritage Park, including authorization for alcohol sales at the event, and a proposal to purchase two electric Chevrolet Blazers outfitted with emergency equipment.

Additional items include requests for street closures tied to Hometown Halloween, set for Oct. 29, and the Society of Black Hats’ Foley Witches Ride charity event. The council will also hold several public nuisance hearings involving weed and junk accumulation complaints at various properties around the city.

The meeting is open to the public and will be held at Foley City Hall.

By James Bullard

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