Chelsea council recognizes Girl Scout Gold Award recipients
The Chelsea City Council took time at its first May meeting to recognize two Chelsea residents working to better the community.
During his Mayor’s Report, Mayor Tony Picklesimer recognized Girl Scout Gold Award recipients Madison Beardon and Millie Johnson. Both girls have been involved in Girl Scouts for 13 years, Picklesimer said, and completed projects to receive the Gold Award, which is the highest available award in Girl Scouts.
For their projects, Madison Beardon hosted a mental health awareness week at Chelsea High School, which ended in a mental health fair, and Millie Johnson worked to gather information on the city’s history for the Chelsea Historical Museum.
Beardon, a student at Chelsea High School, created curriculum for the mental health awareness week and said the topic is something she is very passionate about.
Johnson is a student at Essential Church School. She helped scan in hundreds of photos and other documents to be used by the museum, allowing the families and individuals to keep original copies.
During the meeting, Councilor Casey Morris also reminded everyone of the upcoming Community Cleanup Day, which will be held Saturday, May 5.
“Not only will we have folks meeting here at City Hall … but every school in Chelsea, I believe, will have a serve team at that school doing cleanup,” Morris said, adding that those meeting at City Hall will receive a Tshirt and help clean up trash alongside the road. Each school has a different project it will have to work on.
Also at the meeting, the council:
- Heard from candidates who will be on the ballot for the June 5 primary. They heard from Shelby County Schools Superintendent candidate Lewis Brooks, Shelby County Schools Board of Education Place 1 candidate Bragan Feldman and from Shelby County Probate Judge candidate Allison Boyd.
- Issued a proclamation declaring May 2018 as “National Foster Care Month.”
- Heard from Don Driggers, who organizes the Chelsea Farmers Market. The market will start on May 10 and run through the first Thursday in August. This year, Driggers said they will do a few things differently, including “show and tell” items such as cooking demonstrations.
- Approved the minutes from the April 9 emergency council meeting and from the April 17 council meeting.
- Approved an ordinance declaring the city’s old fire station as surplus and authorizing its sale. The old fire station, which sits next to Applebees, will “at some time in the very near future be a new restaurant with a fire station theme,” Picklesimer said.
- Was reminded that on Thursday, May 3, Chelsea City Hall will host an event for the National Day of Prayer. The event will take place from noon until 1 p.m.
- Approved to pay the city’s bills.