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The Limestone County Commission Tuesday approved the resurfacing of four roads.
In District 2, Commissioner Gerald Barksdale requested the resurfacing with plant mix of three roads. Holeada Lane will get a new surface on 480 feet at a cost of $5,300; Plum Lane will have 960 feet resurfaced at a cost of $8,100; and Cambridge Lane, $58,000.
District 4 Commissioner Bill Daws requested that 1.84 miles of Lakeside Estates Road be resurfaced at a cost of $112,000; and 1.12 miles of Curtis Road to be resurfaced at a cost of $71,000.
The road project will be funded with revenue from gasoline taxes.
In other business, the commission accepted through an agreement with the city of Huntsville to accept funds to purchase equipment in support of the Metropolitan Medical Response System. According to Athens Fire Department Chief Danny Southard, the approximately $35,000 would be used for the purchase of Hazmat-related equipment. The funding will be funneled through the Limestone County Emergency Management Agency. Huntsville Fire and Rescue is the regional Hazmat team.
“We will have the same equipment as Huntsville Hospital to de-con a patient,” said Southard.
All of Athens Fire Department firefighters will be trained in decontamination both at the scene and at Athens-Limestone Hospital, Southard said.
“We hope this will open the doors to increasing our Hazmat capabilities, open a stream of funding we’ve never had in Limestone County,” said Southard.
Agenda items
In other business the commission approve these agenda items:
• Participation in the Association of County Commissioners of Alabama liability self-insurance fund;
• Authorization for Revenue Commissioner Brian Patterson to conduct annual tax sales;
• Changing the time of the next commission work session to 9 a.m. on Sept. 15;
• Agreement with the Alabama Department of Corrections to accept funding not to exceed $219,000 for supervision reimbursement of felony offenders;
• Hired Lisa Hice as a corrections officer;
• Preliminary approval for two subdivisions: Legacy Grove Addition 5, a major subdivision with 20 lots in District 2 on the east side of Mooresville Road 1.5 miles south of U.S. 72 East; and Shields Subdivision, a minor subdivsion in District 1 with five lots on Hays Mill Road, southwest of Railroad Lane;
• Posting of a 7-ton weight limit on Wooley Spring Road Bridge over Little Piney Creek in District 1;
• Vacated at the request of Wesley Crouch the drainage and utility easement along the south boundary of Lot 7 of the Pepper Ridge Estates Subdivision;
• Removal of Market Forge steamer from the jail’s inventory;
• Placing of three pieces of equipment, a 2005 Explorer, a litter bus and a 1-ton 1969 Ford F-350 (salt spreader), on GovDeals.com at the request of District 1 Commissioner Gary Daly; and a 2002 Ford Van (Pacer II) for the Solid Waste Department.
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