The Rainsville City Council on Monday approved to amend the 2020-21 budget following the approval of various changes and upgrades.
At the councilâs 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.
âWe 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,â said Councilman Arlan âMonkâ Blevins.
Blevins briefed the council on a few changes, including pay scale adjustments, revenue adjustment, increased budgeted costs and capital outlay related expenditures.
A Rainsville man said he came home this week to a naked man in his living room.
The Rainsville Police Department responded to the call Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, on McCurdy Avenue N. The homeowner reported an unknown white man sitting in his living room, nude. After the homeowner called the police, officers Gerald Mount and Dean White made contact with the subject and identified him as Michael Lynn May.
May said he had been staying at the residence for an unknown period of time, and he did not know who owned the residence. The officers said May appeared to be under the influence of some substance, and he admitted he had taken several Xanax.
The Rainsville City Council held a budget workshop Thursday night to discuss possible changes to the 2020-21 budget.
City Accountant Betty Holcomb briefed the council on the calculations she made for the budget adjustments while asking for the councils input and recommendations.
Holcomb said by the end of the 2020 budget, the city came out about what they budgeted for the year.
âWe actually had more revenues than what we had budgeted,â she said. âThe majority of that would be in our gross receipts tax.â
Councilman Arlan Monkâ Blevins and Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt brought up the upgrading of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for the Rainsville Wastewater Treatment Plant.