The Morgan County Commission acted on the following agenda items at its regular meeting Tues., April 14:

• Approved a resolution authorizing Morgan County and contractor, Aqua Marine Enterprises, to cancel and for the county to re-advertise a contract for construction and installation of a Community Safe Room at 3614 Eva Road, due to circumstances that prevent the parties from complying with the terms and provisions of the Grant Agreement, because the description of the work authorized by the Grant Agreement is not the same as that provided for in the contract.

• Approved a resolution authorizing the chairman to enter into an agreement with Rick Hemphill, doing business as The Ice Shack, a concessionaire, to provide services for Huskey Park and Brindlee Mountain Park as an independent contractor.

• Authorized the chairman to execute contracts with the following representing the promotion of Morgan County, which will be payable out of the Tourism, Recreation & Convention Fund as follows: Town of Somerville (Celebration Festival), $1,000.00; Decatur Morgan Hospital Foundation (Dragon Boat Race), $1,000.00; Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, $1,000.00; Hartselle Enquirer (Progress Edition), $750.00; Hartselle High School Track and Field Program, $250.00

•Approved the following excess proceed claims arising from revenue commissioner’s tax ale for the following: Jennifer Darnell, Representative for Mary Alice Johnson, Parcel 03-08-27-2-000-018.000, $13,675.09; Gary Murphy, Parcel 23-01-11-0-000-020.000, $ 8,484.08; HSBC Financial Corporation , Parcel 12-03-06-4-000-264.000, $ 3,706.24; Garland Van Johnson, Parcel 21-01-11-0-000-001.001, $14,035.99

• Adopted a resolution approving budget amendments for various departments for March 2015.

• Approved two invoices totaling $32,360.48 from ALDOT for the purchase of three replacement buses under Section 5311 Rural Transportation Program with 80 percent federal/20 percent local match.

• Approved a  resolution authorizing Debra Gardner, director of Commission on Aging / MCATS, to fill the position of part-time Drivers, $8.34 per hour, no benefits.

• Authorized Claudia Ray, director of Animal Control, to submit an online application to Pet Smart Charities to become an Adoption Partner.

• Approved a resolution authorizing the chairman to execute the FY2015 EMPG Cooperative

• Approved an agreement with the State of Alabama Emergency Management Agency in the amount of  $1,963.00, effective October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015.

• Approved checks issued in March totaling $6,755,523.03.

• Approved payment of $129.50 from Travelers Insurance representing deductible on claim number EYB7766, Ransom.

• Approved payment of $16,111.00 from Volkert, Inc. for program management services on Morgan County Jail Annex

• Approved payment of $9,223.50 from Harris, Caddell & Shanks, P.C. representing professional services for Morgan County departments for March

•Approved a certificate to subdivide and consolidate property in Morgan County for W. Gene Persall Sr. and Margarette Persall, Burney Mountain Road in District 3; Mike Smith and Wayne Patterson, Poorhouse Hollow Road and Teresa Tolbert, Highway 36 East in District 2; and David T. and Kimberly V. Lee, Upper River Road in District 1

•Adopted a resolution approving Supplemental Utility Agreement with West Morgan East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority to relocate water lines at Kirby Bridge Road for bridge replacement  Project ACBRZ59676-ATRP (009) in District 1 and District 2 (original agreement was approved  October 24, 2014).

• Approved a resolution authorizing the chairman to submit a petition requesting that the Town of Trinity annex the portion of Old Highway 24 from the current town limits westward to the  county line.

• Adopted a resolution authorizing the chairman to execute, and the county clerk be authorized to attest, an agreement with the State of Alabama and the City of Decatur to administer the “3-C”  Transportation Planning Process for the Decatur urbanized area.