Valley City Council recognizes local state medalist swimmers

BY KADIE TAYLOR

THE LAFAYETTE SUN

VALLEY — City of Valley Parks and Recreation Director Jon Neal recognized the achievements of local swimmers and awarded them with a certificate at the Valley City Council meeting on Monday.

“We’re going to recognize our APRA state medalist,” he said. “The swim team, a couple of weeks ago, went up to North Alabama, and 28 medaled. Head coach Caitlin Turner is going to give them a certificate as we call them in here.”

Valley Parks and Rec Aquatics Manager Bobby Poer said the hard work of the swimmers and their coach is making waves for future swimmers.

“What we are recognizing here is the excellent job that these swimmers did to represent the city of Valley in our District 5 Parks and Recreation Swim Tournament,” he said. “Twenty-eight of our 40 that we sent to district went on to qualify for the state championships, which I’m sure that you’ve seen the social media post of how well we did there, bringing home our first-ever team trophy from state.”

In other business

• The council announced a public hearing on Aug. 25 to confirm the cost of abatement of 1609 31st St.

• The council approved the purchase of a real property from Johnson Bown Service Funeral Home.

• The council announced a notice for a public meeting on the Holland Homes Agreement Phase II.

• The council announced the first reading of the sale of real property at 230 Stanfield Road, Nakisha Huguley.

Announcements

• The next council meeting will be on Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. EST at the Valley City Hall.

• The Valley Municipal Elections will be held on Aug. 26 at the Valley Community Center with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

• The Valley City Hall will be closed on Sept. 1 in observance of Labor Day.

• There will be a special called council meeting on Sept. 2 at noon to canvass the city of Valley election results.