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An auction map highlighting in red the two parcels of land which go to auction on Nov. 16, 2017. At the Nov. 7 Chelsea City Council meeting, the Council approved a resolution allowing Mayor Tony Picklesimer to negotiate and make a down payment of up to $20,000 for the purchase of real property.
The Chelsea City Council had two property-related agenda items to consider during its first meeting in November, in addition to two other ordinances.
The first property-related item came before the council as an ordinance. Regarding the old fire station located on Chesser Drive, near the Applebee’s, the ordinance was to declare that property as surplus and authorize its sale.
The building and 0.62 acres of land have not been in use for eight years, said Mayor Tony Picklesimer. According to the ordinance, an offer of $150,000 for the property was made by Kelly Page. By passing the ordinance, the city officially accepted the offer.
Page owns Chelsea Orthodontics and currently leases a space across U.S. 280 on Chesser Crane Road. Page was present at the meeting and said she is excited to begin the process of purchasing the property, and that this approval was in the beginning stages of the process. They would plan to build a new building on the property, Page said.
The council also considered a proposed resolution to allow Picklesimer to negotiate and make a down payment up to $20,000 for the purchase of property. The property in question is located near the community center, and will open for auction on Nov. 16.
“We own 25 acres that adjoins that property. We’re interested if the price is right,” Picklesimer said.
There are two parcels that total in 7.9 acres that are set to open up for auction, Picklesimer said. According to a post on Auction Zip, the two tracts of land are 5.519 and 2.355 acres in size. One is located next to the community center, and the other is located across County 47, in the bend of Meadow Lake Road.
The council also approved the “Social Host Liability Ordinance.” This ordinance was in relation to underage drinking and intended to emphasize that it is unlawful for adults to allow parties knowing that underage drinking would take place, to allow drinking under the age of 21 or to fail to take “reasonable action to prevent illegal possession or consumption of alcohol.”
“Through Compact 2020, as one of the reasons that one of the reasons underage drinking is a problem in our community is the fact that parents host parties for their teenagers and turn the other way,” Picklesimer said. “No one looks to see what they’re doing in the basement, so we want to make that plain and obvious that that’s not acceptable in the city of Chelsea.”
This liability for adult hosts is already part of state law, Picklesimer said, but they felt it was important to reemphasize it in the city’s municipal code.
Also at the meeting:
- The Council approved an ordinance to adopt the Alabama Supreme Court’s extended schedules of fines, appearing as Appendix B to Rule 20. This is in relation to fines for the city’s municipal court. The Chelsea Municipal Court went live on Nov. 1, Picklesimer said, and the first day of court will be the third Monday in December, at 4 p.m.
- The Council approved to pay the city’s bills.
