Independent local reporting from the Eastern Shore
RAM Hotels' Tru by Hilton and TownePlace Suites by Marriott — together adding roughly 200 rooms to the city's east side — hit construction milestones in March, with the first slated to open this fall.
Resolution 1589, adopted April 20, authorized a $24,350 contract with Vector Disease Control International for weekly surveillance, larviciding, and adulticiding across the city through the end of the mosquito season.
Two change orders for the Valor Park construction project came before the council Monday. Change Order No. 1 was a no-cost schedule extension due to an ALDOT permit delay; Change Order No. 2 would add $45,914.58, bringing the total contract to $2,020,869.08.
Spanish Fort's City Council on Monday considered Ordinance No. 738-2026, which would rezone about 1.5 acres at 11699 U.S. Highway 31 from single-family residential to light industrial. The Planning Commission, which held its own public hearing May 11, recommended a commercial designation instead.
Resolution 1592 was adopted at the April 20 council meeting, honoring the highway's connection to a Revolutionary War veteran buried along its path and the site of the Civil War's final major battle.
Resolution No. 1596-2026 was on the Spanish Fort City Council's May 18 agenda as old business and would authorize a municipal sales and use tax exemption for materials used in construction of the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project. The item was first presented at the May 4 meeting and carried to Monday.
Resolution No. 1598-2026 was on the Spanish Fort City Council's May 18 agenda and authorizes a $33,000 agreement with Sawgrass Consulting, LLC, for engineering and professional services on the second phase of a sidewalk project along Spanish Main.
