Aldermen tap Huey for vacancy

A former Clarendon alderman will return to office following a vote at last Tuesday’s regular city meeting.

The Board of Aldermen appointed Ann Huey, whose term of office expired in May, to return to the board to finish out the vacant term of Jeremy Powell, who resigned earlier
this year after moving outside of the city limits.

The board also elected Alderman Will Thompson as the city’s mayor pro tempore.
Mayor Larry Hicks administered the oath of office to Huey on Friday.

In other city business, aldermen: approved a motion to set their regular meetings at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month; approved an agreement with the City of Hedley to receive stray animals on an occasional basis; authorized paying utility bills for the Mulkey Theatre; transferred $10,000 from the improvement fund to the street department to purchase patching material; and removed charges for limbs, leaves, and
grass clippings at the recycling center.

In his report, Administrator Lambert Little said the board would have a long-term planning session on August 20 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. He also said the city’s airport board had met but recommended that no money be spent on improvements at the airport until the city streets were fixed.

Mayor Hicks reported that the city was in contact with a new firm to perform engineering services.