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The Gadsden City Council on Tuesday agreed to be represented by Ford, Howard and Cornett, P.C., in legal action regarding the proposed Pilgrim s Pride rendering plant in Etowah County.
The resolution was approved by a 4-2 margin with council members Kent Back, Ben Reed, Cynthia Toles and Deverick Williams voting yes, and Jason Wilson and Thomas Worthy voting no. Council member Johnny Cannon was not present.
“It’s hard for me . I don’t really support this project in its current state, “ Wilson said of the rendering plant following his vote, “so it just wasn’t feasible for me to support using city funds to help continue into this fight.”
The Gadsden City Council went into executive session during its pre-council meeting on Tuesday to discuss the “authorizing of engagement” for a legal firm.
The council was in executive session for roughly an hour to talk about hiring Ford, Howard and Cornett, P.C. of Gadsden.
Council President Cynthia Toles said after the council returned to open session and before its regular meeting that the issue had simply been “presented” and no immediate action would be taken.
No specifics were discussed, but the city in the past week has suffered legal setbacks in Etowah County Circuit Court in its effort to quash attempts to stop legal challenges to a proposed Pilgrim’s Pride animal parts rendering plant on Gadsden Airport Authority property on Steele Station Road.
Gadsden City Council President Cynthia Toles at the end of Tuesday’s council meeting reiterated the city’s response to comments last week by the attorney for opponents of a proposed Pilgrim’s Pride rendering plant.
Christie Knowles in a social media post last week said Mayor Sherman Guyton “essentially accused” her of stealing confidential documents that dealt with the plant. Her firm represents both plaintiffs in a pair of lawsuits against the plant.
Knowles also said she had been informed that the mayor’s office had sought to obtain a search warrant for her office, and that there had been discussions of whether she could be prosecuted for homeland security violations.
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