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Good Hope public meetings in 2022

23 substantive meetings from 2022, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.

Mon Dec 19, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council approves agreement with Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores

The Council approved Resolution No. 024-2022, authorizing the mayor to sign the 772 Agreement with Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores. The meeting also included the approval of the December 12, 2022, meeting minutes.

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Mon Dec 12, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council approves Air Med Evac municipal site agreement

The Council approved the November 28, 2022, meeting minutes. They also passed a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign an annual municipal site agreement with Air Med Evac.

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Mon Nov 28, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope City Council approves November minutes and October financials

The Council approved the meeting minutes from November 14, 2022, and the October 2022 financial reports. No other substantive business was conducted during the meeting.

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Mon Nov 14, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council awards sewer line extension bid and funds school grant

The Council approved a contract for a sewer line extension and allocated alcohol funds to a local school. The body also adopted the previous meeting's minutes and September financial reports.

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Mon Oct 24, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: No official business conducted due to lack of quorum

The meeting was unable to conduct official business because there were not enough members present to establish a quorum. No decisions were made, and no votes were taken.

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Tue Oct 11, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council approved prior meeting minutes and adjourned

The meeting was largely procedural. The council unanimously approved the September 26, 2022 minutes and adjourned after about six minutes. No substantive decisions, resolutions, or ordinances were discussed or voted on.

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Sun Sep 25, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope council approves medical cannabis dispensary ordinance

The Good Hope City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 019-2022 to allow a medical cannabis dispensary within city limits, waiving the second reading. The council also passed the 22/23 budget with a 6% cost-of-living raise for employees, approved the second phase of the Hazard Mitigation Plan for AEMA, and accepted the audited financial statement for fiscal year ending 9/30/21.

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Mon Sep 12, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council amends zoning ordinance for planned development and residential zones

The council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 018-2022, amending the zoning ordinance for planned development and residential zones. They also authorized the mayor to sign the annual Cullman County Sheriff's Office contract and a contract for new playground equipment using American Rescue Funds. A first reading was held for an ordinance to allow medical cannabis dispensaries in city limits, but no vote was taken.

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Mon Aug 22, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council approved annual RAA resolution and July financials

The Good Hope City Council approved the July 2022 financials and Resolution No. 017-2022, the Annual RAA Resolution required by the State of Alabama, both by unanimous vote. A first reading of Zoning Ordinance Amendment (Ordinance No. 018-2022) was held but no vote was taken. A Suicide Awareness Proclamation was signed and accepted.

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Mon Aug 8, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council approves minutes, adjourns without substantive action

The Good Hope City Council met on August 8, 2022, and approved the minutes from the July 25, 2022 meeting. No resolutions, ordinances, or other substantive business were discussed or decided. The meeting adjourned after the routine approval.

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Mon Jul 25, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council renames Calvert Road, surpluses tractor

The Good Hope City Council unanimously approved renaming a portion of Calvert Road to James Calvert Road and declared a 2016 John Deere tractor surplus. The council also approved the July 11 meeting minutes and June 2022 financials. All votes were unanimous.

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Mon Jul 11, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council approves alcohol license for Exxon C Town 4

The Good Hope City Council approved an alcohol license for C Town 4, LLC (Exxon) to sell beer and wine, following a public hearing with no opposition. The council also approved the surplus of two city vehicles: a 2012 Ford F150 and a 2019 Top Dog Trailer. All votes were unanimous.

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Tue Jun 28, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council re-zones 369 Mize Road N from B2 to R2

The Good Hope City Council unanimously approved Ordinance No. 014-2022 to re-zone 369 Mize Road N from B2 to R2, following a Planning Commission recommendation. They also approved Resolution No. 016-2022 authorizing the mayor to contract with Canyon Engineering for wastewater treatment plant engineering, and moved Boy Scout meetings to the Good Hope Community Center. The council approved the June 13 minutes and May 2022 financials.

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Mon Jun 13, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council approves surplus of 2017 Kubota mower

The Good Hope City Council met on June 13, 2022, and approved the minutes from the May 9 meeting and the April 2022 financials, both unanimously. The council also voted unanimously to surplus a 2017 Kubota Zero Return Mower (Model ZD1211-60). No other substantive decisions were made.

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Mon May 23, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: No meeting held; quorum not present

The May 23, 2022, regular meeting of the Good Hope City Council was not held because a quorum was not present. No decisions were made or business conducted.

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Mon May 9, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope annexes two Allen properties totaling 19.39 acres

The Good Hope City Council unanimously approved two ordinances to annex Allen properties (18.4 acres and .99 acres) into the city limits. The council also approved a $450 donation to the American Legion Auxiliary from alcohol funds. All votes were unanimous.

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Mon Apr 25, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council approves website services, annexation readings, alcohol committee appointment

The Good Hope City Council approved Resolution 013-2022 authorizing payment for website services for one year, and held first readings of two annexation ordinances (Allen Annexation 18.4 acres and .99 acres). The council also appointed Heith Pike to the Alcohol Review Committee and renewed the gymnasium floor advertisement at the high school for $3,000 from alcohol funds. All votes were unanimous.

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Mon Apr 11, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope council names new road Medical Lane, approves tax holiday

The Good Hope City Council unanimously approved Resolution 009-2022 naming a new road Medical Lane, and Ordinance 010-2022 establishing a Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday in July. The council also granted alcohol licenses to Singh C Store and Singh Spirits, and appointed Jeremy Scott to the Planning Commission to finish Joseph Key's term. All votes were unanimous.

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Mon Mar 14, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council approves hazard mitigation plan and sidewalk project resolutions

The Good Hope City Council unanimously approved the February 2022 meeting minutes and financials. It also adopted Resolution 006-2022 for the Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan and Resolution 007-2022 hiring CDG Engineering for the TAPNU Sidewalk Project. Two Board of Adjustments seats were extended for three years. A first reading of a wastewater rate increase ordinance was held but no action taken.

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Mon Feb 28, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council approves $3.9M bond, road matching funds, rezoning

The Good Hope City Council approved several items unanimously, including a $3.9 million bond issue with Piper-Sandler & Co., $320,600 in matching funds for a new road at the medical center, and a rezoning of 0 Mize Road from R2 to B2. The council also approved a speed zone on County Road 437, an ADEM water pollution prevention resolution, and extending sewer to the Allen property on 222. The meeting included a brief executive session on potential economic development.

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Mon Feb 14, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Good Hope Council approves minutes, financials; hears rezoning, speed limit readings

The Good Hope City Council approved the January 24, 2022 meeting minutes and the December 2021 financials, both by unanimous vote. The council held first readings for two ordinances: rezoning 0 Mize Road from R2 to B2, and setting a speed limit/speed zone on Wiregrass to Bavar Creek Bridge. No final action was taken on these ordinances. The meeting adjourned at 12:43 PM.

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Mon Jan 24, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: Council advances Harris property rezoning to Feb. 28 hearing

The Good Hope City Council approved moving forward with the rezoning of the Harris property and scheduled the public hearing for February 28. The council also renewed the municipal site plan with Air Evac as budgeted. Minutes from the December 20, 2021 meeting were approved. All votes were unanimous.

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Mon Jan 10, 2022

Regular Meeting

✓ Decided: No meeting held due to lack of quorum from COVID

The January 10, 2022 council meeting was cancelled because not enough members were present to form a quorum, attributed to COVID. No decisions were made or items discussed.

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