Regular Session Minutes of the
Council of the City of Dora, Alabama
April 24, 2025
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 Mayor Hezikiah L. Walker, Jr. Mayor Walker led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Walker. Roll call was taken by Stacy Turner. Present at the meeting were Norman Holt, George Sides, Jr., Gary Thomas, Robert Busby and Mayor Walker. David Box, Chris Edwards and Randy Spears were absent. A quorum was in attendance.
Item #5—Approval of the Minutes – The minutes of the April 10, 2025 regular session meeting minutes were reviewed. A motion was made by Norman Holt to accept the minutes as written. The motion was seconded by Robert Busby. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #6— Bill List – A motion was made by George Sides to approve the bill list dated April 24, 2025. Motion was seconded by Norman Holt. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #7-Old Business: Traffic Flow at Dora High School- The City of Dora has the right of way deed for Glenn C. Gant from the Walker County Board of Education. The traffic flow during this construction of the new high school was discussed.
Fire Hydrants – Chief Booth presented a spreadsheet detailing the fire hydrants in the city. There are a total of 131 (one hundred thirty-one) fire hydrants. There are 41 (forty-one) in need of repair and 13 (thirteen) are in need of complete replacement. There were estimates given from Dora Utilities detailing the cost based on the type of repair needed.
Walking Trail Trees – An arborist came and evaluated the area where the trees were cut down on the city’s right of way on the walking trail and has provided an estimate to clean the area, remove stumps and plant approximately eight trees. George Sides made a motion to pay The Arborist Advanced Tree Care LLC the assessment fee of $250 (two hundred fifty and no/100) and to table the rest of the decisions about the walking trail trees. Robert Busby
seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #8 – Justin Early Storage Unit Proposal at 1178 Sharon Blvd – Justin Early relates he is planning to build storage units on his property at 1178 Sharon Boulevard. He relates there could be an issue with a collapsed culvert on the city’s right of way in this area and wanted to make the council aware once he does the work on the land this could cause a flooding issue on Sharon Boulevard.
Item #9 – Ordinance #10 – 2025 – Property Annexation of Hosey Smoot and Tracy Smoot-Second Reading- The ordinance has been posted for the required number of days and public comment can be heard at this time. None was made. George Sides made a motion to accept Ordinance #10-2025-Property annexation of Hosey Smoot and Tracy Smoot. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #10 – Ordinance #11-2025 – Property Annexation of Roy and Shirley Penick-Second Reading – The ordinance has been posted for the required number of days and public comment can be heard at this time. None was made. George Sides made a motion to accept Ordinance #11-2025-Property annexation of Roy and Shirley Penick.
Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #11- Ordinance #12-2025- Property Annexation of Belinda Lyons and Terry Speigner-Second Reading- The ordinance has been posted for the required number of days and public comment can be heard at this time. None was made. George Sides made a motion to accept Ordinance #12-2025-Property annexation of Belinda Lyons and Terry Speigner. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #12- Ordinance #13-2025- Property Annexation of Belinda Lyons and Terry Speigner-Second Reading- The ordinance has been posted for the required number of days and public comment can be heard at this time. None was made. George Sides made a motion to accept Ordinance #13-2025-Property annexation of Belinda Lyons and
Terry Speigner. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #13- Ordinance #14-2025- Property Annexation of Faishon Parker and Jaicyrus Parrish-Second Reading- The ordinance has been posted for the required number of days and public comment can be heard at this time. None was made. George Sides made a motion to accept Ordinance #14-2025-Property annexation of Faishon Parker and Jaicyrus Parrish. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #14- Ordinance #15-2025- Property Annexation of Bretford Griffin-Second Reading- The ordinance has been posted for the required number of days and public comment can be heard at this time. None was made. George Sides made a motion to accept Ordinance #15-2025-Property annexation of Bretford Griffin. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Approval of Ordinances-See Minutes From 5/8/2025.
Item #15-Proclamation-Fair Housing Month-Norman Holt made a motion to accept the proclamation recognizing April as Fair Housing Month. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #16-Fire Department Gutters-Norman Holt made a motion to accept the estimate from Nix Gutters for $1,600 (one thousand six hundred and no/100) to install two hundred feet of gutter guard, clean gutters and adjust them so they drain correctly. Robert Busby seconded the motion. All in favor and the motion carried.
Item #13-Public Comment-Chris Wise who owns Wise Towing spoke about recent issues with towing within the city and will schedule a time to speak to the Mayor and Chief Hall and be added to the agenda at a future meeting.
Item #14-Adjourn- Robert Busby made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Gary Thomas seconded the motion. All in favor and the meeting was adjourned.