County participates in Spring Clean

Spring cleaning is a task taken up by many households across America, and thanks to Alabama’s Pals Against A Littered State, it has taken on a different meaning: community service.

PALS is a nonprofit organization that seeks to keep Alabama beautiful through different projects and programs, like its spring cleaning program, Don’t Drop it on Alabama. At the Franklin County Commission meeting March 19, commissioners decided through a quorum vote (commissioners Jason Miller and Chris Wallace were not present) that Franklin County will once again participate in Don’t Drop it on Alabama – or in this case, Don’t Drop it on Franklin County.

The Spring Clean initiative will take place statewide April 21-28.

Other actions taken at the commission meeting included:

• Approval of the resignation of Colton Hallmark from the solid waste department.
• Approval of the hiring of temporary employee David Nulph at the solid waste department.
• Approval of the hiring of permanent employee Anthony Wesley Pickett at the solid waste department.
• Approval of the loan quote from Valley State Bank for two Kenworth garbage trucks for $299,626.70 at a 2.28 percent six-year fixed rate with monthly payments.
• Approval of the hiring of two temporary employees at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office: Trace Norris and Hunter Butler.
• Approval of the hiring of two permanent employees at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office: Renee Findley and Dustin Hargett.
• Approval of the annual bid recommendations from the highway department.
• Approval of a loan quote from Valley State Bank for four dump trucks for the highway department for $569,940 at a 2.28 percent six-year fixed rate with yearly payments.
• Approval of two ATRIP invoices: County Road 16 for $400.47 and County Road 58 bridge for $667.45.
• Approval for the county to request bids for a uniform/mat contract
• Approval of the monthly redemptions.