By Erica Thomas, managing editor
TRUSSVILLE The Trussville City Council met for a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at City Hall and approved a resolution in support of a freestanding emergency department being placed within city limits.
Grandview Medical Center has plans to build an emergency department in a new development across from Winn Dixie, formerly known as the Hamilton property. No lease has been signed, but the developer and the hospital have been in talks for some time about placing the center on that property. The medical center has filed notice with the State Health Planning and Development Agency and will present a proposal later this year.
By Erica Thomas, managing editor
TRUSSVILLE The Trussville City Council honored the Hewitt-Trussville High School Girls Basketball Team with a proclamation during its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2021.
The Lady Huskies finished their 2020-21 season with a school-best 29-5 record. Coaches and players from the team were invited to the council meeting Tuesday night to hear the reading of the proclamation. The team made it all the way to the state championship, senior guard Amiya Payne earned the Alabama Sports Writers Association 1
st Team All-State Honors, among others, and several other players including freshman guard Jordan Hunter and sophomore guard April Hooks were also named in the proclamation for their many accomplishments as athletes.
By Erica Thomas, managing editor
TRUSSVILLE – The Trussville City Council honored the Hewitt-Trussville High School Boys and Girls 7A Indoor Track & Field Champions during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.
When the teams won the 51
st AHSAA State Indoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month, it was the first time in history both Girls and Boys Indoor track teams won the top prize at the same time.
The resolution passed by the council congratulates “Hewitt-Trussville High School, Head Coach Tom Esslinger, Assistant Coaches David Dobbs, Jamey Curlee, Rachel Higginbotham, Mike Dilbert, Jihan Loving & April Howell, the entire team and their families on both teams’ successful seasons.”
By Erica Thomas, managing editor
TRUSSVILLE The Trussville City Council met on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, and approved a draft of an agreement with the school system on facility usage.
The reciprocal use agreement with Trussville City Schools gives Mayor Buddy Choat the directive to oversee the implementation of and compliance with the agreement.
The agreement states that schools have priority use of school facilities and the city has priority use of city facilities. However, the two entities would agree to “memorialize their longstanding informal reciprocal use agreement in writing to facilitate better understanding of each party’s role in the continued relationship between the parties and to organize, to promote, and to conduct programs and activities that further the education, health and general welfare of the community,” as part of the agreement.