The Wetumpka City Council approved a series of routine business items at a regularly scheduled meeting and recessed into an executive session to discuss property negotiations.

The council adopted its order of procedure (referred to in the packet as "Orders 20 25 dash 10") after a motion and second; members voted in favor with no opposition. It then approved payment for paving work on Nolan Lane and at Fire Station No. 1.

Council members approved a monthly recurring charge of $381.88 to upgrade lighting in the Civic Center parking lot and the administrative building parking lot and to convert fixtures to LED. Staff explained the change involves replacing existing fixtures and adding a small number of new lights in specific corners of the lots; the recurring amount was confirmed during the discussion. "All of them go into LEDs," a staff member said while explaining the plan to the council.

The council also approved a "full attachment agreement" with Alabama Power to permit holiday decorations to be attached to utility infrastructure and granted permission for the Order of Cimarron to host a Mardi Gras Festival parade downtown on Feb. 14, 2025. A representative of the Kelly Fitzpatrick Center of the Arts, which recently hosted a festival in Wetumpka, presented a print to the council and thanked the city: "This year was a huge success. We couldn't do it without you," the representative said.

Late in the meeting the city attorney recommended the council go into executive session to discuss negotiation terms for a piece of property in Rivertown. The council approved the motion to enter executive session by roll call; Council members Robins, Tucker, Justice, Van, Brown and Mayor Willis were recorded as voting "yes." The meeting recessed for an estimated 10 minutes to hold the executive session.

What happened next: the public meeting was paused for the executive session on Rivertown property negotiations; no final action on that property was taken in open session during the portion of the transcript provided.