By Gary Lloyd
TRUSSVILLE — Kathy Brown has passed her first test.
The Trussville City Council on Tuesday re-appointed Brown, a member of the Trussville City Board of Education, through May 25, 2020.
Brown has served on the board since November 2014.
Brown was appointed to fill the vacant role Danny Garrett left after his election to the Alabama State House of Representatives. With the move, school board member Stan Garrett took Danny Garrett’s spot, meaning his term ends in May 2016. Brown took Stan Garrett’s spot, which has a term ending in May 2015. The city council can extend board members’ terms on the school board.
Brown previously served on the Trussville City Schools Foundation and Athletic Foundation.
When Danny Garrett’s position on the board came open, 18 people applied for it. Four were interviewed, including Brown, Wendell Gibson, Bill Hamilton and Greg Carroll.
The city council also approved of amending an ordinance to require building and construction permits and to establish fees. The fees have been slightly adjusted “to stay comparable with neighboring cities,” Councilman Anthony Montalto said. Montalto said the permit fees have been unchanged since 2007.
The city council also approved of going out to bid for two new motorcycles for the Trussville Police Department. One current motorcycle, a 2008 Harley Davidson, will be surplus. The two new motorcycles will replace the current ones. No extra police offers are slated for this detail. The department employs two motorcycle police officers.
In other news, Trussville will be the site of the 2016 and 2017 Alabama Masters Games, a competition for those 50 years and older that promotes healthy lifestyles for active adults. The games were developed in Oxford in 1989. Each year there are between 600 and 800 participants from across the state. Trussville has been the site of the Masters Games before.
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