Mountain Brook City Council declares April ‘Donate Life Month,’ approves various contracts
The Mountain Brook City Council declared April “Donate Life Month” during its Monday night meeting on April 11.
The proclamation coincides with the national observance month, initially declared by President George W. Bush in 2003 as a time to raise public awareness of the need for organ, tissue, marrow and blood donations. According to the Alabama Organ Center proclamation signed by Mayor Terry Oden, there are over 121,500 men, women and children in the United States on the organ transplant waiting list. Oden signed the proclamation on behalf of the more than 3,300 citizens awaiting a donation in Alabama.
The council also approved a three-year contract extension with Waste Management of Central Alabama to continue garbage collection services for the city through Sept. 30, 2019. The current contract would have expired at the end of September. Per the terms of the contract, the contract may be renewed by mutual agreement for additional three-year terms and has been since the initial contract in 1998.
The council also approved a Conditional Use application for Glacier Cryotherapy, 2417 Montevallo Road. The company, which first opened shop in Vestavia Hills last year, provides Cryotherapy treatments. According to the company’s application to the City, Cryotherapy is a form of cold therapy, like an ice bath. A single session in the “cryosauna” lasts three minutes, where temperatures reach as low as - 300 degrees F.
On Monday night the council also:
- Approved an Indemnification and Hold Harmless with Status Quo, LLC for the installation of a balcony over a public sidewalk at Steeple Arts office suites, 36 Church Street.
- Approved a Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreement at 2640 Canterbury Road for a parking pad.
- Awarded the bid for landscape maintenance services for the Emmet O’Neal Library, villages, and municipal complex to Blackjack Horticulture and authorized the execution of a 36-month contract.
- Awarded the bid for janitorial services for defined areas of the municipal complex to Falls Facility Services, Inc. and authorized the execution of a 36-month contract.
- Approved an agreement between the City and Gillespie Construction, LLC for the construction of a sidewalk along Overbrook Road.
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber of City Hall located at 56 Church Street.