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A preliminary hearing in a case challenging a proposed rendering plant in Gadsden will continue on Thursday after a full day of testimony on Monday. Testimony will resume at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, although Etowah County Circuit Judge George Day said the hearing could be pushed up to 9 a.m. if a morning hearing gets canceled. A decision will be made on Tuesday. The suit brought by Dynamic Collision against the City of Gadsden and the Gadsden Airport Authority, and later joined by 11 community members, challenges a proposed Pilgrim’s Pride rendering plant on GAA property on Steele Station Road on the grounds that it would violate zoning regulations. ....
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 member Jason Wilson last week inquired about the profitability of Noccalula Falls Park. City Finance Director Lisa Rosser during Tuesday’s pre-council meeting provided a detailed answer: It isn t. “I went back and did some homework to make sure this question was answered properly,” Rosser said. “Undoubtedly, it has been said that the Falls makes money. That is a very untrue statement.” The park has been in the news recently for positive and negative reasons. A fire on May 2 destroyed a barn at the petting zoo, killing at least 75 animals. Then days later, the council approved a project to replace the park’s current gasoline-powered trains with electric versions. ....