Motion to have mayor execute fire-truck grant fails to receive a second; Board tables consulting authorization for fire-truck application

Alderman John Cain moved that Mayor Johnny D. Stevens execute a grant on behalf of Aberdeen to purchase a fire truck and stated, according to the minutes, "they will be paid 6.25% which will not come out of the Grant." The motion received no second and Alderman Cain rescinded it; no vote on executing the grant was taken.

Following the unseconded motion, Alderman Jeremy Belle moved and Alderwoman Rhonda Moore seconded a motion to TABLE Line Item #3, described in the minutes as authorization for the JMCM Consulting Project Plan and application to the Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program to purchase a new fire truck. The motion to table passed on a roll-call vote with Aldermen Holliday, Moore, Ivory, Belle and Cain voting "Aye." The minutes do not record additional discussion of the consulting agreement, the grant timeline, or whether tabling preserves or removes the city's ability to apply.

Because the minutes record the phrase about a 6.25% payment but do not identify the recipient, the minutes do not make clear who would receive that payment or what expense it covers. The record shows no formal Board approval to execute a fire-truck grant on July 15; action on the consulting authorization was deferred by tabling.