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The Rainsville City Council on Monday night approved improvements to the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. Rainsville Councilman Derek Rosson said the various upgrades, which will include pipes and manholes, are in support of the plant running more efficiently. The council approved the installment of five Manhole Extensions for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. “There’s a lot of manholes that the seals need to be put in and raised up due to all the rain we’ve been receiving the last couple of weeks,” said Rosson. “We are going to go ahead and fix those five for su...

The Rainsville City Council is tackling beautification with plans to demolish unsafe buildings. Councilman Rickey Byrum said there are 40-50 such structures throughout the town and it will take some time to clear them. He said it is important to prevent rodents that spread disease from inhabiting old structures belonging to absentee owners and areas overgrown with tress and tall grass. Following the passage of Resolution 02-18-2021(D), certified inspectors will test the unsafe buildings for asbestos and other banned materials so they can be safely burned. “We’ve got to start somewhe...

The Rainsville City Council on Monday approved to amend the 2020-21 budget following the approval of various changes and upgrades. At the council’s budget workshop last week, they heard an update from City Accountant Betty Holcombe, who informed the council the city had more revenues than what they had budgeted due majorly in part to the increase in gross receipts. “We held a budget workshop last Thursday night and we were able to increase our budget by about $45,000 because of some revenues and different things coming in,” said Councilman Arlan “Monk” Blevins. Blevin...