By Crystal McGough
For The Tribune
CLAY — Mayor Charles Webster announced during the Clay City Council meeting Tuesday night that the city stocked Cosby Lake with 5,000 tilapias earlier that day in order to help with the algae growth.
“That should help a lot on the algae problem,” Webster said.
During the meeting, the council held a bid opening for the demolition of the house at 7730 Clayton Road, which burned in January.
They only company to submit a bid was TUC Pipeline in the amount of $8,500. The bid includes the costs “for the complete demolition and cleanup of the structures, driveways and concrete slabs, vegetation and any other debris or rubble,” Assistant City Clerk Andrea Self said.
“It looks like everything’s in order, so we’ll probably accept that bid,” Webster said. “We’ll have to look and make sure he’s got all the documents, insurance and all. He’s done several demos for us.”
The council also held two public hearings: one regarding Resolution 2018-10, which the city adopted on May 8 declaring the properties at 789 Chestnut Drive and 6780 Markham Drive to be public nuisances, and another for the condemnation of 2346 Old Springville Road.
No one spoke for or against these properties during the public hearings, so the council moved into unanimous consent.
Under unanimous consent, the council passed Resolution 2018-15, authorizing the city to eliminate the nuisances at 789 Chestnut Drive and 6780 Markham Drive, and Resolution 2018-16, which authorized the demolition of “unsafe buildings and/or structures” at 2346 Old Springville Road.
Once the house on Old Springville Road is demolished, the city will put a lien on the property.
“I know everybody has seen that house for several years,” Webster said. “We’re finally getting to the point where we’re going to take it down. The house is actually falling off the foundation.”
Additionally, the council passed Resolution 2018-17, declaring weeds to be a public nuisance at 5210 Roger Drive and 5888 Janet Drive, and Resolution 2018-18, declaring personal property to be a public nuisance at 790 Chestnut Drive.
In other city news, Councilor Dennis Locke announced that the $500 school grants for the month of May would be awarded to the principals of Clay Elementary, Clay-Chalkville Middle School and Clay-Chalkville High School.
“As normal, because school is out, we always do that for the principals,” Locke said. “So that’s Dr. (Sharon) Gallant for the elementary school, Mr. Jason Wilson for the middle school and Mr. Michael Lee for the high school.”
Councilor Ben Thackerson also announced that Disc Golf Birmingham will be holding a tournament for the Magic City Mega Bowl at Clay’s disc golf course this Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
According to Thackerson, this is the second year for a tournament in the Bowl to be held in Clay. On Saturday and Sunday, tournaments will be held at other courses around the Birmingham metro area, as well.