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October 11, 2009

Holly Pond plans library, museum honoring Guy Hunt

By Tiffany Green The Cullman Times

HOLLY POND — The town of Holly Pond plans to build a Guy Hunt Library and Museum adjacent to the town park.

“We have been working in silent about our plans at the park,” Mayor Herman Nail said. “What we are doing is planning to have a Guy Hunt Library and Museum.”

Work has already started on the site, which is located at 456 New Hope Road in Holly Pond, in front of the ball park. The 1.5 acre plot was bought for $68,000. The house was torn down and now plans call for moving in fill-dirt.

The estimated cost for phase two of the project is $14,500, which will include hauling in dirt and filling in the basement. Nail said McGinnis Excavating will do the bulldozer work.

“We have got a lot to do on the lot,” he said. “At this time, we have got our options open and we can’t do anything until we know the cost.”

Nail said the town will pay for the initial cost of the preliminary site work then they will apply for grants to finish the project. Nail said it will be about a two year process of getting an architect to design the drawings and getting the pricing ready.

“We did not put it in the 2010 budget because we really don’t have an estimated price yet,” Nail said.

The next step for the council is to make plans for the type of building they want. Plans also call for an additional parking lot to allow for more parking at the ball field.

The council also discussed the 2010 budget. The main expenditures in the general fund are the town’s maintenance, town deputy and utilities which total $123,000 out of the $225,973 total general fund budget.

“We have a five percent decrease in taxes coming in and an eight percent deficit because of the three percent cut in tax revenue,” Nail said. “With the recession, sales tax is off about six to seven percent county-wide.”

Nail said the utility rates are going up soon, so the town will get a three percent increase from that.

Nail said the expected revenue is in excess of $100,000 more than the town is spending.

In other business, the council:

*  Heard from citizen Annette Munger, who addressed the council and Sheriff Tyler Roden about the recent shooting in Holly Pond where a truck-load of teens were shot at. See cullmantimes.com for the complete story on the shooting.

*  Heard from council member Lou Thomas who gave a park update. With help from the men at the Foundry Farm, all the buildings have been painted and she said the park is looking nice. The next project will be the men helping redo the tennis courts for a total cost of $1,300 for materials and the labor will be free.

*  Announced a work session for the park board will be at the town hall at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19. Bylaws will be rewritten

*  Announced Nail will attend a waste water seminar on Nov. 5 in Rainbow City. He will be learning about stimulus funding for wastewater plants.

*  Announced the town is currently conducting interviews for the position of director of the waste water treatment plant operator. The position is currently held by Nail.

The next meeting will be Monday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at the town hall.



* Tiffany Green can be reached by e-mail at tgreen@cullmantimes.com or by telephone at 734-2131, ext. 220.

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