Decision about King left up to city attorney
Hartselle Mayor Dwight Tankersley said the decision of whether Zoning Board Chairman Bill King should be allowed to vote on the group home issue will be left up to city attorney Larry Madison.
“It’s (Madison’s) decision,” Tankersley said Monday. “Larry will be attending the meeting on Sept. 6.”
King addressed the council at its Aug. 9 meeting. Before King made any remarks, Madison warned King to be careful about what he said because of his position on the zoning board.
King responded by asking if having a caregiver inside the group home made it a business. Madison said it did not make it a business.
The Volunteers of America is planning to put a group home on Mason Drive. They are planning to ask the city to allow five non-relatives to live in the home. City ordinances state that only four non-related individuals can live in the home.
