By Chris Basinger, Staff Writer
TRUSSVILLE, Ala.–The Trussville City Council read two proclamations recognizing the achievements of the Hewitt-Trussville High School and Hewitt-Trussville Middle School mountain bike teams, which won their respective state championships this season at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park.
The HTMS mountain bike team. Chris Basinger/Trussville Tribune
Council Member Lisa Bright read both proclamations congratulating the teams.
“This is phenomenal that this team, which is a fairly new team, has done so well,” Bright said. “Kudos to the coaching and the parents for being behind all of these students.”
The HTMS mountain bike team claimed back-to-back state championships after winning four of their five regular season races.
The HTHS mountain bike team swept their regular season competitions and claimed their fifth Alabama Cycling Association State Championship in nine seasons.
“On behalf of the team, thank y’all for taking the time to recognize us. It’s been a long, hard, tough season,” Coach Lee Neal said.
Neal also thanked the council for their support and for allowing the team to use property on Husky Parkway to practice on and presented the council with thank you cards written by the team.
Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Mountain Bike Team honorees included Blake Burns, Abe Cox, Nicholas Davis, Oliver Dawkins, Brian Elmore, Isabelle Garver, John Green, Nathan Harris, Lenwood Jones, Jude Lolley, Lily Neal, Logan O’Dell, Kaleb Richardson, Lleyton Sharp, Tyler Steele, John Toczko, Noah Touchton, and Cade Williams.
Hewitt-Trussville High School Mountain Bike Team honorees included Shazie Bryant, Noah Clark, Alex Davis, Conrad Jones, Teague Jones, Evelyn Lolley, Evelyn Murphree, Lelan Neal, Davis Sharp, and Joshua Walker.
In other council business:
- The council unanimously approved appointing David Moore to the City Employee Civil Service Board.
- The council unanimously approved an ordinance to rezone 193 Chestnut Street from single family residential to general commercial.
- The council unanimously approved an ordinance to rezone various properties along the Commerce Lane Extension to general commercial, light industrial, and qualified commercial and light manufacturing.
- The council unanimously approved an ordinance to rezone 147 North Chalkville Road from qualified general commercial to residential townhouses. According to the developer, they intend to build 16 units on the site where the Trussville Antique Mall now stands.
- The council voted unanimously to approve a massage therapy license for Alabama Healing Hands Massage Therapy Personal Spa.
- The council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing trustees to disburse city school trust funds to buy a new intercom system for Paine Elementary School.
- The council voted unanimously to approve a Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) agreement between Trussville, Birmingham, and Norfolk Southern Railway Company which provides federal funding to assist in financing the cost of improving the safety, efficiency, and reliability railroad transportation systems. The agreement comes with an $8 million grant to eliminate eight at-grade crossings and construct two grade separation projects.
