The Council of the City of Dora, Alabama met in the Dora Municipal Building at 6:00 p.m. We
were led in prayer by Gary Thomas. Mayor Combs led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Combs. Roll call was taken by Stacy Turner. Present at the meeting were Robert Busby, Matt Diffy, Chris Edwards, John Jackson, George Sides, Jr., Randy Spears, Gary Thomas and Mayor Combs. A quorum was in attendance.
Item #5—Approval of the Minutes – The minutes of the October 23, 2025 regular session
meeting minutes and the Special Called Meeting Minutes from November 3, 2025 were
reviewed. A motion was made by Robert Busby to accept the minutes as written. The motion
was seconded by Chris Edwards. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #6—Departmental Reports A-F-Gary Thomas made a motion to approve departmental
reports A-F. seconded the motion. Robert Busby seconded the motion. All in favor and the
motion carried.
Item #7-Bill List – A motion was made by John Jackson to approve the bill list dated November 12, 2025. Motion was seconded by Matt Diffy. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #8-Old Business-Mayor Combs gave an update on the status of the Love’s Travel Station at Heritage Landing. Mayor Combs also related that all current department heads will be retained at their current salary: Adrean Booth-Fire Chief; Jared Hall-Police Chief; Jeremy Hicks-Street Department Supervisor; Keith Wright-Golf Course Manager and Maintenance Supervisor.
Item #9-Employee One Time Pay Increase-Chris Edwards made a motion to give all full-time
employees (29) a one-time pay increase of $500 (five hundred and no/100) and all part-time
employees (7) who work twenty hours per week a one-time pay increase of $250 (two hundred fifty and no/100). This will cost approximately $17,627 (seventeen thousand six hundred twenty-seven and no/100) to be paid out of the golf course account. Randy Spears seconded the motion.
All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #10-Dora Utilities- Dora High School Water Main Installation- In an effort to avoid
open cutting Sharon Boulevard where the engineers had planned to tap into the water main for the high school, the twelve inch main off Hwy 78 has been located and tapped and 1,100 feet of eight inch C900 line will be run along the Dollar General side of that road going past the Hillside Church to the high school. George Sides made a motion to pay $35,807 (thirty-five thousand eight hundred seven and no/100) which includes $1,100(one thousand one hundred and no/100) for an engineering fee for ALDOT permit, ALDOT bond for $300 (three hundred and no/100), materials from Consolidated Pipe $31,819.97 (thirty-one thousand eight hundred nineteen and 97/100), 89/10 bedding material for the pipes in the amount of $1,941 (one thousand nine hundred forty-one & no/100) and hay/grass to cover after completion in the amount of $646.10 (six hundred forty-six and 10/100). Dora Utilities will cover the cost of labor for this project.
John Jackson seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Adding a new fire hydrant in this area will be addressed at a later date.
Randy Spears stated that thirteen of the repairs have been made on the existing hydrants.
Item #11-Dora Fire and Rescue-Team EMS Award-Chief Booth related Dora Fire and Rescue
was awarded the TEAM EMS Provider of the Year award. They are the only fire department in
the state to receive this award. John Jackson made a motion to approve up to $350 (three hundred fifty and no/100) to attend the event in Orange Beach to accept the award. Randy Spears seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #12- Appointment of Judge, Prosecutor and City Attorney- Chris Edwards made a
motion to reappoint Judge Gravlee at his current salary of $1,000 (one thousand and no/100) per month, City Attorney Jim Brakefield at $175 (one hundred seventy-five and no/100) per hour and Prosecutor Charles Stephens with a $25 (twenty-five) per hour increase to $175 (one hundred seventy-five and no/100) per hour. Robert Busby seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #13-Election of Mayor Pro-Tempore-Chris Edwards made a motion to select John
Jackson as the Mayor Pro-Tempore. Matt Diffy seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion passed.
Item #14-Adjourn- Gary Thomas made the motion to adjourn the meeting. John Jackson
seconded the motion. All in favor and the meeting was adjourned.