The Flomaton Town Council gave its approval to Jimmy Henderson to move forward with a private family cemetery on land he owns off of Highway 113.
Henderson told the council his attorney told him the first step was to see if there were any objections from the town and noted it still had to be approved by the county health department.
Mayor Dewey Bondurant said all the lots at the Flomaton Cemetery are full and there are no more for sale.
Henderson said his lots will not be for sale but reserved for family members and possibly close friends.
In other business Monday night the town council:
- Heard from Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., concerning updates on code enforcement's efforts to help clean up Flomaton, saying he is having the health department look into property on Poplar Street.
“It's hard to get things done,” Bondurant told the council. “We have people with no electricity or water and they are using the bathroom outside. We're trying to stop that.”
- Mayor Bondurant also told the council he has not given up on his plans for a new concession stand and additional practice fields and parking for Hurricane Park. He did say that the county school board has agreed to pay half of the light bill at the park.
- Mayor Bondurant told the council that he had a company willing to put up a 16-foot by 20-foot sign along Highway 113 within the police jurisdiction welcoming people to Flomaton highlighting “Hurricanes, Home of Champions” at no cost to the town.
- Received an American flag and an Alabama state flag from Flomaton Lions Club members Wayne Key and Mack McKinley. Key explained that the American flag had flown over the capitol building in Washington, D.C., and the state flag had flown over the capitol building in Montgomery.
- Heard from Councilman Buster Crapps, who said he would put it on the agenda for the council to resume having two meetings a month instead of one.
The council used to meet at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month but cut it back to the one meeting on the second Monday as required by law.
“Too much can go on between meetings,” Crapps said. “We need our department heads at the meeting. I'm going to put it on the agenda.
Crapps, noting that council members are paid $200 per month, wanted the people know that they are earning their $200.
“We need to be councilmen,” he said. “I think we need to do more to earn the $200.”
- Heard from Councilman Jim Johnson, who said it was time the council looked at studying and possibly rewriting the town's handbook on policies, noting some things are out of date.
