Tag: Local Government

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Colony Town Council on Tuesday evening said its official good-bye to outgoing Mayor Donnis Leeth. Town hall was filled with...

GOOD HOPE, Ala. – With Mayor Jerry Bartlett and one council member having tested positive for COVID-19, the Good Hope City Council’s Monday night...

BAILEYTON, Ala. - The town of Baileyton came together Sunday afternoon for the dedication of its new town hall. The project took three years...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening, reduced to three members (President Pro Tem Johnny Cook, Clint Hollingsworth and David Moss)...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs recently proclaimed the week of Oct. 19-23, 2020 Medical Assistants Recognition Week (MARWeek) in the city of...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Hanceville City Council on Thursday evening approved a slate of upcoming special events around the community and talked about others,...

Updated 10-24-20 at 9:42 p.m. CORRECTION: The Tribune mistakenly identified the bid winner for bush hogging as Steve Farr. It is Steve Clark. We regret...

BERLIN, Ala. - The Berlin Town Council has been trying to figure out what to do with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...

GARDEN CITY, Ala. – The Garden City Town Council on Monday night approved an increase in the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department’s stipend pay. Resolution...

WEST POINT, Ala. - The West Point Town Council on Monday night made plans for the official swearing in of the mayor and council...

CULLMAN, Ala. – The City of Cullman will soon be changing the way it services residential garbage. Beginning Nov. 9, 2020, all residents and...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Commission on Wednesday morning approved the use of the Cullman County Agricultural Trade Center for the last two...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening passed a $93.8 million budget for fiscal year 2021, a 2.04% decrease from FY...

BAILEYTON, Ala.- The Baileyton Town Council on Monday night recognized outgoing Mayor Johnny Dyar, Councilwoman Myra Martin and Councilman Gene Sumner for their service...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Hanceville Fire and Rescue will soon be getting a new rig. The department was given permission Tuesday night to purchase a...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs on Monday officially proclaimed the month of October 2020 Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) in the city...

Updated 9-30-20 Updated headline to reflect $110K, not $104K. CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman County Community Development Commission (CCCDC) met and awarded a total of...

GOOD HOPE, Ala. - The Good Hope City Council on Monday night passed the City’s FY 2021 $1.97 million budget. The projected revenue for...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening welcomed three area veterans and representatives of Cullman Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Almost everyone has a favorite teacher from school. Maybe it was one who pushed us to do our very best or...

HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Hanceville City Council on Thursday night passed the City’s FY 2020-2021 budget, coming in at $4.67 million with expected revenues of...

CULLMAN, Ala. - On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs officially proclaimed Sept. 28, 2020 as “Family Day” and the week of...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Commission passed a $65.6 million budget for FY 2021 Tuesday morning. It includes a $23.6 million General Fund...

COLONY, Ala. - Colony Councilwoman Ethel Alexander on Tuesday evening told the town council and guests about a new program she and several mothers...

WEST POINT, Ala. - The Town of West Point passed its FY2021 budget this week, with $337,183 in expenditures, a slight increase from 2020....

BERLIN, Ala. - The Berlin Town Council on Monday evening moved forward with measures to continue the development of its municipal facilities.   The council: Awarded a...

GARDEN CITY, Ala. – The Garden City Town Council on Monday night approved the lease for a new boutique in town. Keith Sanders brought...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Each year, the month of September is set aside as Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) Awareness Month. On Monday, Sept. 21, 2020,...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Each year, the month of September is set aside as National Recovery Awareness Month in the United States in order to...

HOLLY POND, Ala. - The east side of Cullman County now has the convenience of a Cullman County Probate satellite office. Located inside Holly...

CULLMAN, Ala. - “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council opened its meeting Monday night by welcoming 9-year-old wakeboarding phenom Kane Ward who recently won his second...

GOOD HOPE, Ala. – The Good Hope City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting Monday night and after approving the minutes and financials from...

Updated 9-21-20 at 12:03 a.m. HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Hanceville City Council began its meeting Thursday night by remembering fallen Hanceville Police Officer Donald Hamby. Hamby...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Commission on Wednesday morning approved a $189,505 tax abatement for HH Technologies, Inc. HHT, a leading “a leading...

COLONY, Ala. - The Colony Town Council on Tuesday evening voted to extend to the Finance Committee chairman (currently Councilman Melvin Hammond, retiring, and...

SOUTH VINEMONT, Ala.- The South Vinemont Town Council on Tuesday night passed the Town’s 2020-2021 budget, with expected expenditures of $549,095.40. Councilwomen Sonya Mabry...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening approved a 10-year tax abatement for a yet-unnamed industrial development project currently termed “Project...

HANCEVILLE, Ala.- The Steppville Gardens subdivision in Hanceville will soon be complete. Kevin Stapp, owner of Stapp Home Builders, addressed the Hanceville City Council...

GOOD HOPE, Ala.- The City of Good Hope on Friday received a little help from the Alabama Mountains, Rivers & Valleys Resource Conservation &...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Heavy equipment has begun appearing at Nesmith Park near West Elementary School, and the City of Cullman wants people to know...

BERLIN, Ala. - The Berlin Town Council on Monday evening swore in Keith Hardman to replace Councilman Bud Reed, who recently resigned for health...

GARDEN CITY, Ala. – The park in front of Garden City Town Hall will soon have free Wi-Fi. Mayor Tim Eskew at Monday evening’s...

DODGE CITY, Ala. - The Dodge City Town Council voted Thursday evening to renew its township deputy agreement with the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Hanceville City Council on Thursday evening discussed the postponements of several events, heard reports from the police and fire departments,...

HOLLY POND, Ala. - Students who need to do classwork online and don’t have reliable internet at home will have a place to do...

COLONY, Ala. - Colony Mayor Donnis Leeth, after an explosive end to Tuesday evening’s town council meeting in which he announced his resignation, contacted...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman County Engineer Bryan Cheatwood at Tuesday’s meeting of the Cullman County Commission presented the County’s Annual Transportation Plan for FY...

SOUTH VINEMONT, Ala. - The South Vinemont Town Council on Tuesday night voted to dedicate the pavilion at the town’s sports complex to the...

LATEST: https://www.cullmantribune.com/2020/08/12/colony-mayor-donnis-leeth-ive-come-out-of-resignment/ COLONY, Ala. - Colony Mayor Donnis Leeth on Tuesday evening said, "I resign" after he adjourned a contentious meeting of the Colony Town...

Updated 8-11-20 at 7:25 p.m. CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman City Councilman Johnny Cook announced at Monday’s city council meeting that the city’s recycling service is...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening adopted a transportation improvement plan for fiscal year 2021 based on anticipated funding from...

GOOD HOPE, Ala. - The Good Hope City Council at its meeting Monday night expressed thanks to area parents and students for making it...

BAILEYTON, Ala. - The Baileyton Town Council met Monday night for the last time before the upcoming Aug. 25 Municipal Election. All candidates, including...

HOLLY POND, Ala. - Holly Pond Mayor Bill Oliver on Monday night offered two proposals to the town council that will increase the number...

FAIRVIEW, Ala. - The Fairview Town Council on Monday evening swore in Councilwoman Julie Grimes,  filling the seat left vacant back in late 2019...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening passed a resolution to purchase a heavy truck and trailer from Weil Wrecker Service...

COLONY, Ala. - The Town of Colony on Tuesday issued certificates of election for its entire town council, since no candidate- incumbent or otherwise-...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Concerns over a fence at the intersection of County Road 1422 and County Road 1486 were discussed at Tuesday’s Cullman County...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening passed a resolution to purchase a heavy truck and trailer from Weil Wrecker Service...

BERLIN, Ala. - Berlin’s town government will look largely unchanged following the end of the qualification period for the Aug. 25, 2020 Municipal Election....

GOOD HOPE, Ala. - AGCOR Steel will soon begin a $2.3 million expansion at its new facility along Industrial Park Road in the city...

CULLMAN, Ala. -  The City of Cullman on Friday presented a check to Cullman High School for the paving of the high school parking...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. - Hanceville Mayor Kenneth Nail took the opportunity at Thursday afternoon’s city council meeting to thank the citizens of the city for...

GARDEN CITY, Ala. – The Garden City Town Council on Monday evening promoted two Town employees and officially appointed its election officials for the...

WEST POINT, Ala. - The West Point Town Council on Monday night approved funding for paving around the storm shelter next to town hall....

COLONY, Ala. - The Colony Town Council announced Tuesday that the State of Alabama has made $39,000 in federal grants available to the Town...

BERLIN, Ala. - The Berlin Town Council Monday night announced its farmers’ market initiative to accept SNAP payments will begin Monday, July 20. SNAP participants...

GOOD HOPE, Ala. - The Good Hope City Council at its meeting Monday night set a tentative date of July 30 for the City’s...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Tribune heard recently from readers who encountered a strange issue with the math on their mail-in vehicle tag renewals: according...

CULLMAN, Ala. – At its June meeting, the Cullman County Community Development Commission (CCCDC) awarded a total of $217,500 in grants. CCCDC Chairman Champ...

DODGE CITY, Ala. – The Dodge City Town Council Thursday night voted to execute an agreement with the State to use allocated funds from...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The Hanceville City Council had a lengthy discussion Thursday evening about the money the City can receive from the Coronavirus Relief...

CULLMAN, Ala - Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs and Cullman Economic Development Agency Director Dale Greer announced at Monday evening’s Cullman City Council meeting that...

HOLLY POND, Ala. - The Holly Pond Town Council on Monday evening took a few moments to recognize Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brandon...

BAILEYTON, Ala. - The Baileyton Town Council took the necessary steps Monday night to prepare for a likely increase in absentee voting in the...

CULLMAN, Ala. - A new hotel development and multiple projects at Cullman Regional Airport/Folsom Field received considerable attention at Monday evening’s Cullman City Council...

BERLIN, Ala. – In a special-called meeting Monday evening, the Berlin Town Council approved the annexation of 70 acres, which, according to Mayor Patrick...

CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman County Community Development Commission (CCCDC) met and awarded a total of $217,500 in grants Monday night. The following grant requests were...

CULLMAN, Ala. - Cullman Mayor Woody Jacobs on Friday announced two major projects have been completed or are near completion - one financial, the...

COLONY, Ala. - As the Colony Town council gathered for its pre-meeting work session Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Donnis Leeth welcomed Hanceville Mayor Kenneth Nail...

GOOD HOPE, Ala. - The Ultimate Fair, originally scheduled to be in Good Hope in April, will now bring its midway to the city...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday evening voted to extend a 10-year tax abatement granted to automotive component manufacturer REHAU last...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Commission met bright and early Monday morning for a special-called meeting to approve a new plan requiring all...

GARDEN CITY, Ala. – The Garden City Town Council Monday night set new parameters for the payment of water and sewage bills. The bills...

BERLIN, Ala. - Monday night, members of the Berlin Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD) attended the Berlin Town Council meeting to discuss preparations for the...

WEST POINT, Ala. - The West Point Town Council on Monday night discussed the paving of County Road 1141. The Cullman County Commission recently informed...

DODGE CITY, Ala. – The Dodge City Town Council on Thursday night voted to pay off the balance of its loan for the County...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The City of Cullman Utilities Board recently received its highest credit rating in its 70-year history. Cullman received an AA- credit...

VINEMONT, Ala. - An effort is underway in the town of South Vinemont to bring new activities and amenities for the community to enjoy....

COLONY, Ala. - The Colony Town Council on Tuesday evening voted to contract MC Paving, LLC of Hanceville to patch and repair damaged portions...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman County Commission at its Tuesday morning meeting passed a resolution to adopt ACT 2019-132 to provide Tier I retirement...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The Cullman City Council on Monday night approved several requests for special event permits and also awarded the first bids for...

GOOD HOPE, Ala. - The Ultimate Fair, originally scheduled to be in Good Hope in April, was canceled due to COVID-19. At Monday night’s...

HOLLY POND, Ala. - The Town of Holly Pond is in the process of securing land near the Guy Hunt Library to build a new...

FAIRVIEW, Ala. – The newly-installed traffic lights at Alabama Highway 69 and Wesley Avenue in Fairview were still flashing as of Tuesday afternoon. While...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The City of Cullman this week announced changes to sanitation schedules for two areas, effective June 16, 2020. Trash collection day will...

CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman City Council on Friday officially granted the special event permit for country star Alan Jackson’s June 5 Small Town...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. - The City of Hanceville is moving forward with its planned Sept. 19 concert at Veterans Park. The popular country/Southern rock group...

CULLMAN, Ala. - The annual Smith Lake Park 4th of July Fireworks & Music Festival has been canceled due to COVID-19. Cullman County Parks...