Read the accounts of the meeting &/or watch the meeting video below. NOTE: the pre-meeting presentation by WHP is included after the meeting video.
Childersburg – Acting as the CLRA, the Childersburg Council voted to surplus 1,337.10-acres in the Industrial Park to Old Town #109, LLS, as described in the Purchase Sale Agreement, Resolution 2025-26.
Prior to the meeting, CVMC’s Glenn Sisk spoke in favor of the data center development, accompanied by the Hospital Board and a number of key CVMC staff members.
Also prior to the meeting, WHP’s Wes Self provided some details of the projects, “We invested over $2-million in due diligence testing on the site.”
He added that $6-million has been invested directly to Alabama Power for the needed infrastructure to power the facility, with power needs met without affecting consumer rates in the region.
Less than 10-percent of the property will house the actual data center, with the rest in buffering the center from surrounding properties. Sound levels will be below the threshold set by the City’s sound ordinance.
The facility will consume only a small fraction of the 10-million gallons of daily water supplied by the industrial park’s source, the Shelby/Talladega County Water system. That is primarily due to the advanced cooling system for the data center, “The use be in line with normal use for any other typical facility our size for ordinary every day use purposes.”
Self said that the building phase will employ one thousand people, with a permanent staffing of over 300 when in full operation. A day and time will be announced for a more detailed look at the data center operation held soon, including a job fair for anticipated positions.
A pair of substantial federal grants were announced by the Childersburg Fire Department. Another new ambulance is headed to the department, thanks to a $395-thousand grant with a local match of $19,700. With the department supply of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) reaching its safe use end of life, the department also secured a $197-thousand grant with a $9,000 local match for replacement gear.
Red Eagle Skeet & Trap made a request for 14-acres adjacent to the recreation facility. The property is in the floodplain and of no use for other purposes, but will allow Red Eagle to expand its services to the community, as well as to host thousands of visitors during events as the state’s only shooting facility that meets Olympic competition regulations.
In other New Business the Council approved the following items:
Approval to hire Christopher Fisher as a new Cadet police officer. He will attend the Montgomery Police Academy from December through March;
The purchase of 11 Safe Life Defense Patrol Vests with accessories for a cost of $9,636.66 from Fund 10;
Gaye Powell was reappointed to the Historic Preservation Commission for a term expiring 09/30/2029;
Vickie Morris (10/1/2029) & Gaye Powell (10/1/2030) were reappointed to the Library Board;
Cornerstone Masonry of Alabama was approved to make repairs to the Rainwater House in the amount of $27,850. The bulk of the work will remove and rebuild the street level sidewalk;
Advertisement with Childersburg High School Baseball was approved in the amount of $300;
Payment of invoices was approved in the amount of $255,761.10;
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 20th, following a 10:30 work session.
Mayor Ken Wesson thanked Southern Alloy for the latest in a long series of donations to Childersburg first responders.
