The City of Rainsville, the Zoning Division, and Planning Commission will have a hold a public meeting on Monday, September 25, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Contractors, realtors, and citizens are encouraged to attend and address any questions or concerns regarding regulations that are in place for building homes, developing subdivisions; as well as zoning for…
MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a $350,000 grant to help the city of Rainsville alleviate a public health hazard by repairing the city’s sewer system. The funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission will be combined with a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant awarded in 2022 to enable the city to upgrade a faulty…
The City of Rainsville will hold Spring Clean Up 2023 during the month of May. Beginning May 1, 2023 through May 27, 2023, roll-off dumpsters will be available, behind the City Shop building. During this time, residents of the City of Rainsville can bring items to put in the dumpsters at no charge. Make sure…
The project was put out to bid in the council meeting on November 15, 2021. Due to the proposed estimated total of the project being over the $50,000.00 threshold, in order to be in compliance with the state bid laws that the City must abide by, bids were opened on January 5, 2022. Gillespie Construction,…
Mrs. Mason received employee of the year at the annual City of Rainsville Christmas breakfast, held this week. The employees vote for the people, then the winner is announced at the annual Christmas breakfast, which was held on December 17, 2021. Tammy Mason has been with the City of Rainsville for 18 years, this week….
The Rainsville City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, June 7, 2021. In the work session, Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt informed the city council that an agreement had been reached between the city and the Waterworks Water, Sewer & Gas Board of the Town of Section (WWSGBS) for them to start billing sewer customers for…
The supervisor of a wastewater treatment facility where investigators found an unlicensed winery was convicted upon his plea of guilty to Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Liquors/Beverages on March 10, 2021. He received a sentence of 90 days suspended for a period of 12 months plus a fine and court costs. According to the DeKalb Attorney’s…
The Rainsville Tree City Board held an Arbor Day Poster Contest for the 5th Grade students at Plainview School. This is the second year the the contest has been held and that the City has participated in the Alabama Arbor Day State Poster Contest, that started in 1997. 75 children entered the contest this year….
The wet/dry referendum will be on the ballot Tuesday in the City of Rainsville. ________________________________________ City of Rainsville Council Place #1 has Arlan Blevins and Fleming ______________________________________________________________________________ Rainsville Council Place #2 has Scotty Combs and Bejan Taheri ______________________________________________________________________________ Rainsville Council Place #3 has Rickey Byrum and Marshall Stiefel ______________________________________________________________________________ Rainsville Council Place #5 has Mark…
The City of Rainsville, along with most cities and towns in Alabama, will hold their municipal election on Tuesday, August 25th. Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt and Council Place 4, held by Brandon Freeman, have no opposition. Races that are contested this year are (SEE SAMPLE BALLOT AT BOTTOM): Council Place 1: Arlan “Monk” Blevins Steve Fleming…
On Monday, August 10th, the City of Rainsville and numerous volunteers, in conjunction with the USDA, gave out 560 boxes of food to area residents at the Rainsville Farmers Market. According to Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt, “the food was given out on a first come, first serve basis and recipients did not have to do any paperwork. The…
Mark Huber, of Rainsville, is running for City Council Place 5, on the Rainsville City Council. Huber, is the General Manager of WVSM Radio in Rainsville, Al. Mark Huber holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management of Technology from Athens State University. In addition, he also holds an EMS, EMT-Intermediate degree from NACC. He is a…
Lingerfelt has served on the Rainsville City Council for three consecutive terms. During his tenure, he spent eight years as the city’s liaison for the fire department, two years as the liaison for the sports complex, and two years as the liaison for the public library. “If elected, my goals as mayor are to keep…
Mandatory shutdowns caused by COVID-19 will affect our local economy. As your Mayor, I plan to do everything in my power to help our local businesses during this time. The council and I are working diligently to keep government services operating throughout Rainsville. Note that some scheduled projects, such as paving, will be put on…
The Rainsville City Council met in regular session on Monday, February 3, 2020. In the meeting councilmen Taheri brought up an ordinance that was passed into effect on May 21, 1996, by the 1992- 1996 administration, to protect the streets of the city for the citizens of Rainsville. According to sources familiar with the original…
Rainsville, Al. – The Rainsville City Council met in regular session on Monday, January 20, 2020. The Council approved a tax abatement for RTI (Rainsivlle Technology, Inc.), which has plans for a $6,000,000 expansion. The Council voted to suspend the rules and consider a resolution for a pay increase and to offer additional insurance benefits…
The Rainsville City Council met in regular meeting on October 7, 2019. The council approved to accept the street paving project CR-RES-19-01, for 2019, from Wiregrass in the amount of $293,780.00. In other business, the council approved the follow items: Hired Scott Baswell full-time at the fire department at $12.19/hour Hired Alex Josea on October…
In Monday night’s council workshop, Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt informed the city council that going forward only items on the agenda will be brought up in council meetings. Also, he informed them that all new employees hired will go through the Mayor, “I will be interviewing all the people that we hire going forward”. Councilmember Derek…
The Rainsville City Council met this week on Thursday, September 5, 2019, instead of on Monday, due to the Labor Day holiday. The council approved to accept the bid of $320,066.00 to build the culverts for the Boozer Bridge Project. Approved to build slopped headwalls on eight culverts that are already installed Approved to pave…
The Rainsville City Council, in regular meeting tonight, approved to move Sgt. Stephen Malone from within the police department to SRO Officer for the city. Sgt. Malone will rotate between CCA (Cornerstone Christian Academy, The Dekalb Technology Center, and Plainview School. Also the council appointed a 15 member board for The Dekalb County Schools Coliseum….
The Rainsville City Council met for their regular meeting on Monday, July 15, 2019. In the meeting, the council approved the follow: To accept bids for a 2015 Chevy 1500 truck for the sewer plant. Bid opening will be July 26, 2019 at 12:00 Noon. To install a headwall on a drain pipe on 1st…
The Rainsville City Council met Monday, June 03, 2019. The council informed the public that there is a no burn order in effect, which bans outside burning, until October 31, 2019, for air quality. Announced the City received $16,500 from the insurance company for a recent totaled police car. Discussed the Boozer Bridge project. The…
The Rainsville City Council met Monday, May 20, 2019. The council approved the following: • To purchase 100 garbage cans. • To finishing the paving on George Wallace around the bridge for a cost of $9000.00. • Accepted Nick Knopps resignation from the Police Department. • To hire Josh Wilson as sergeant to the police…
The Rainsville City Council met Monday, May 6, 2019. The council approved the following: The purchase 100 chairs for the council and court chambers for $2100.00. To hire Kevin Brown to do sewer line repair for a cost of $7500.00. To hire Johnny Clem to do sewer repair work on Lofton Street in the…
The Rainsville City Council met Monday, April 15, 2019. The council approved the following: Approved the minutes from the last meeting. Approved to purchase life guard uniforms for a cost of $1728.94. Approved to buy a lawn mower for $12750.00. Passed a resolution for the school sales tax holiday for July 19 – 21, 2019. …
RAINSVILLE, AL. — The director of the Northeast Alabama Agri-Business Center, Mike Sweat, officially resigned tonight. The Rainsville City Council held its regular monthly meeting tonight and at the end of regular business a motion was made by Councilman Brandon Freeman to go into executive session, to discuss the good name and character of an…
