Hilton-Simplex building gets another look
By Arthur McLean Editor

An industrial client will be coming to look at the former Hilton-Simplex building off Hwy. 43 in Thomasville, Mayor Sheldon Day said at Tuesday night's council meeting.

Day said Thomasville is one of several sites the company will be considering and that the Thomasville building was added late in the selection process.

Despite that, Day said he felt Thomasville's chances were very good. "This company is primary going to be concerned with the workforce, and we have a great workforce here," he said. "They are looking for people who can do detail work, and we had shirt makers here who could do shirts with a lot of detail in them. I think our chances are good."

Day would not elaborate further on the matter, but said the company would be looking at the building this week.

The council was presented with recommendation from the alcohol license review committee to approve the applications of Fat Daddy's and Pizza Hut.

According to council rules, the license applications were reviewed by the committee before being passed on to the council. The council took no action during Tuesday night's meeting, per its rules, but will vote on final approval of the license applications at the next meeting.

In other business, the council approved the hiring of Larry Williams as an equipment operator and Freddie Wells as a police officer. Library employee Maxine Owens was approved for uncompensated time off from the library for an unspecified amount of time. The library will likely hire a temporary employee to fill the vacancy.

Attorney Edmon McKinley reported to the council that there was much activity and communication between himself and Resurgence Healthcare, owners of Southwest Alabama Medical Center over the past couple of weeks regarding the proposed new hospital in Thomasville.

Day reported that the city will be requesting more funds from the DOT to help complete work on the access road to the city's south industrial park, and that the water line project took in the Louisiana-Pacific mill is nearly complete.

Day also told the council that the city's community revitalization committee has been awarded a $20,000 grant and it will be moving into some offices vacated by the parks and recreation department when those offices move to the city's new public works center on Bashi Road.

The city agreed to join a state department of health grant that could help pay for chemicals related to mosquito control, and the council also agreed to join in talks regarding a countywide animal shelter and animal control program. "We will talk and see what gets proposed," Day said.

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