The Town Council meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 PM at Town Hall, 6 East Main Street. Meetings are open to the public — if you'd like an item considered, contact Town Hall ahead of the meeting so it can be placed on the agenda.

Recent council business reported locally includes a proposed “Adopt-a-Hydrant” volunteer program — residents repainting and clearing around fire hydrants — and drainage repair planning. Watch the Events calendar for each month's meeting date.

Directions to Town Hall Call Town Hall · (334) 762-2266

• Monday – Thursday8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
• Friday8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Saturday – SundayClosed

Hours as listed in public directories — call ahead around holidays to confirm.

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How it works

1. Apply or renew online — Alabama's standard application, with a typed signature and any state certifications your trade requires.

2. The clerk reviews and approves it — nothing issues without clerk approval.

3. Pay online — your license tax plus a $10 issuance fee.

4. Your official license certificate is generated and emailed to you, and kept on file at Town Hall.

The $10 issuance fee is CrossTrade Contracting's pay as the town's appointed license administrator, collected as part of the online payment — the town receives 100% of its license tax.

Fee schedule

Retail store — flat fee: $100.00

Services — 0.10% of gross receipts ($50.00 minimum)

Contractor — flat fee: $150.00 (state license required)

Rental property — $12.00 per rental unit ($25.00 minimum)

Renewals

Licenses renew each year, due by January 31. After January 31 a license is delinquent and a late penalty plus monthly interest apply, per the town's ordinance. Clean renewals — paid, unchanged, certifications current — can be issued right away once the clerk enables it.

Building permits

Permit intake plugs in here once the town adopts zoning — the proposed ordinance is the subject of the November 10 public hearing on the Events calendar.

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This Month's Celebrations — October 2026

No celebrations posted for this month yet — be the first to share one below. Birthdays and anniversaries can repeat every year automatically.

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No openings posted right now — check back soon. Approved postings run for 30 days.

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How selling works

1. Submit your item — it goes to the clerk's queue, not straight onto the board.

2. The clerk approves it — only then do you get a payment link. You never pay for a listing that wasn't approved.

3. Pay the town's listing fee (set by the Town Council — a $5 starting point for 30 days) and your listing goes live for 30 days.

No listings right now. Approved, paid listings appear here and stay up for 30 days.

Sell something

Nothing up for grabs right now. Approved items appear here for 14 days, then show briefly as Claimed before they archive.

Give something away

You suggested it — we built it

When a suggestion turns into a site improvement, it may be celebrated here — written by the admin, never with your name or your message attached.

What it does

Answers the Town's line after hours, and clearly says it is the Town's automated assistant.

Answers routine questions with answers the Clerk has approved.

A simple menu routes every call — press a key or just say the department out loud, or stay on the line to leave a general message:

1 — Town Clerk's office: license, permit and records messages

2 — Water Department: bill-pay questions and leak reports

3 — Mayor and Council: meeting questions and messages for them

Water emergencies move fast: a reported water main break or major leak transfers straight to the on-call person's phone.

Every message is transcribed, tagged by department, and lands in the Clerk's website dashboard — nothing lost to a sticky note or a full voicemail box.

English and Spanish, menu included, so every resident is understood.

What it costs

Standard — $49/month: includes up to 100 minutes of calls each month. Plenty for most small towns.

Extended — $89/month: includes up to 300 minutes of calls each month, for busier lines.

If a month runs past the included minutes, additional minutes are billed at a simple per-minute rate confirmed in writing before you start — no surprises.

Month-to-month. No long-term contract — cancel anytime. Every call message and transcript belongs to the Town.

Getting started

CrossTrade sets the receptionist up on the Town's existing phone setup and administers it day to day — the same way we run the website and bill-pay package it pairs with. All the Town provides is the on-call phone number for utility emergencies and, working with the Clerk, the answers to residents' most common questions. We handle the rest.

Live view — camera feed connects at launch

This space is reserved for the Town's live camera. The picture appears here the day the camera is connected — nothing is being recorded or streamed from this preview.

How the Town Camera works

• The Town chooses the view: Main Street, the water tower, the park — the Mayor and Council pick the camera location, and it can be moved as the Town's needs change.
• The Clerk controls it: the camera is managed from the same website dashboard as the rest of this site, and the view can be paused or taken offline at any time.
• Public view only: the camera shows public places only — no audio, and it is not aimed at private property or used to record residents.
• Weather at a glance: residents use the live view to check conditions — rain on Main Street, ice on the bridge, or a clear evening for the ball game.

Community Center

Tables and chairs, full kitchen, air conditioning — the town's living room for receptions, reunions, and meetings.

Sample fee: $75 / day (sample)

Park Pavilion

Covered picnic pavilion at the park with grills and restrooms nearby — birthdays, cookouts, and family days.

Sample fee: $25 / day (sample)

Ball Fields

Lighted fields for league play, tournaments, and practices, scheduled through the Clerk's office.

Sample fee: $20 / game (sample)

Request a rental

Call or visit Town Hall to check your date, or send a request through the Contact page with the facility, the date, and your phone number. The Clerk confirms availability and the deposit, and your date goes on the town calendar once it's approved.

Search the records

Record lookup goes live with the Clerk's cemetery register — for help today, call Town Hall and the Clerk can look up any plot or burial record for you.

Plots and arrangements

Plot purchases, burial arrangements, and cemetery rules are handled by the Town Clerk's office during regular hours. If you are planning ahead, the Clerk can show you the available sections on the cemetery map.

Dog tags

Register your dog with the Town — a current tag helps lost dogs get home fast (and pairs with the Lost & Found Pets board).

Sample fee: $5 / year (sample)

Yard-sale permit

Planning a yard or garage sale? A permit puts your sale on the town calendar and keeps you on the right side of the town's sign rules.

Sample fee: $5 / sale (sample)

Burn permit

Burning brush or a debris pile takes a permit so the fire department knows what's planned — and permits pause automatically on dry, windy days.

Sample fee: no charge (sample)

Apply & pay online

How it works: 1) Apply with the short form. 2) Pay the Town's fee online — card or bank account, and the money settles directly to the Town. 3) The Clerk approves it in the website dashboard. 4) Issued — dog tags are mailed to you or held for pickup at Town Hall, your choice below. Burn permits are free — apply and you're done, no payment step.

Agendas & minutes archive

The Clerk posts each meeting's agenda before the meeting and the approved minutes after. The archive fills in as meetings are posted — the most recent documents appear first. For an older record, contact the Town Clerk — Alabama's Open Records process starts at the Clerk's office.

Town bid postings

When the Town buys equipment, materials, or services, the bid notice is posted here with the deadline and how to submit. Sealed bids are opened in public at Town Hall.

No bids are open right now — new postings appear here as the Town issues them.

Our standard

This website is built to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA — the standard the U.S. Department of Justice requires of local governments under the Americans with Disabilities Act (28 C.F.R. Part 35). Pages are checked for readable contrast, keyboard navigation, text that can be enlarged, and labels and descriptions for screen readers.

If something doesn't work for you

If any page, document, or form on this site is hard for you to use, contact the Town Clerk's office — by phone or email through the Contact page — and tell us which page and what you need. We will get you the same information or service another way, at no charge: a document in large print or another format, reading a form over the phone, or helping you complete it in person.

Accessibility requests are a priority for the Clerk's office, and we aim to respond within two business days.