The Athens City Council on Monday may approve the purchase of a light bulb sculpture as part of Alabama’s ongoing bicentennial celebration.

The sculpture is being designed by Micah Gregg, an Athens High School alum. In June, the city hopes to dedicate the sculpture, which will be installed near the Athens-Limestone Tourism Association building downtown.

The cost of the project is $10,000. City of Athens Grant Coordinator and Communications Specialist Holly Hollman said the cost would be split evenly between the Tennessee Valley Authority and Athens Utilities.

She said the purpose of the sculpture is to honor the history of Athens Utilities and the TVA. June marks 85 years of Athens receiving power from TVA.

A sign on the sculpture will read: “This sculpture commemorates the first office for Athens Light and Water Company, opened at the corner of Beaty and Market streets in 1906. The first street lights came in 1908. Athens Light provided electric power until midnight May 31, 1934. On June 1, 1934, Athens began to receive power from the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA continues to provide power to Athens through Athens Utilities.”

The council will hold a work session at 4:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall, 200 W. Hobbs St., Athens. The regular meeting begins at 5:30.

Other items on the agenda include:

• A public hearing relating to proposed demolition of an unsafe structure located at 533 Brownsferry St.;

• A public hearing for proposed vacation of alley near Market Street Church of Christ;

• A public hearing concerning the rezoning of property at 1603 W. Hobbs St. for Old South Properties from a Traditional Neighborhood 2 district to an Institutional District;

• A public hearing concerning the rezoning of property at 210 W. Elm St. for HBC Family LLC from a Neighborhood Business District to a Traditional Business District;

• A public hearing concerning the rezoning of property at the northwest corner of the intersection of Cambridge Lane and Newby Road for Piney Creek LLC from a previously unzoned district to High Density Single Family Residential District;

• A public hearing concerning the rezoning of property at 18042 N. Jefferson St., directly north of 108 W. Elm St., directly north of 100 W. Elm St., and directly north of 18042 N. Jefferson St., for Mark Wilson from a High Density Residential District and Neighborhood Business District to a Traditional Business District;

• A resolution to approve a “Special Events Retail On-Premises Consumption” alcohol license for the National Wild Turkey Federation Inc., doing business as Limestone Longbeards;

• A resolution to authorize the mayor to contract with Nixle to provide text and email alerts to the community regarding issues such as road closures, power outages, Amber alerts, weather notices, etc.; and

• Resolutions to adopt a new job description of human resources generalist, reorganize the human resources department’s organizational chart and an ordinance to add the job title of human resources generalist, Grade 8.