Senior Resources Expo highlighted areas of common needs for seniors
The Maxye Veazey Senior Center gathered 20 important resource providers for the region’s senior community this past Thursday, combining important one-on-one interaction with providers with fun activities and door prizes. The range of vendor information ranged from Medicare and Medicaid, to home health care, to health and fitness,to financial services, to food and healthcare resources, and more.
And the available help can still be as close as a visit to the senior center itself, explained Center Director Lakeisha Maxwell, “Our roster for the Senior Resouce Expo is something we work to keep current for those who frequent our many programs. We have a lot of fun, but ongoing efforts to serve our seniors with things that matter most to their golden years is even more important.”
Feel free to stop by for a visit to discover all Sylacauga’s senior activity center has to offer.
Sylacauga Council will hold a called Budget Work Session over the weekend
The Sylacauga City Council has called a special budget work session for 9:00 a.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall on Saturday, December 13th. President Tiffany Nix called the meeting discuss budgets for Administration and Finance, Animal Shelter, Building Services, Executive and Legislative, Fire, Municipal Court, Police, Shop, Street, BB Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga Parks and Recreation departments, along with the Comer Museum. Budgeting for other contract entities and appropriations will be discussed at a later date yet to be determined.
Oak Grove Council approved five resolutions during Tuesday night meeting
The Oak Grove Town Council approved five separate resolutions on a variety of subjects during their Tuesday, December 9th meeting. The first, Resolutions #634 came under Old Business, after several months of work.
That resolution will create a 5-member Park Advisory Task Force, whose aim will be to help develop plans for more events and induce more community use of the park’s facilities. Once the pool of applicants allows, the Council will select five members to serve staggered terms to develop and recommend ideas for Council approval.
Resolution #641 adopts a new set of Standard Operating Procedures for the Volunteer fire Department.
The Council approved Resolution #642 which authorized Mayor Tony White under Alabama Code Section 10-40-22 to make a pair of awards to municipal employees for exemplary performance. Street Department Manager Josh Mizzell and Town Hall Receptionist Josephine Silla were named and awarded $400 and $200 respectively.
Resolutions #643 and #644 concerned town employee pay. The first awarded a 4-percent pay raise to all town employees, effective with the first pay period of the new year. The second authorized a one-time lump sum payment of $100 for full-time employees and $50 to part-time employees.
Resolution #645 authorizes disposal of unrepairable or unused surplus items, mostly office electronics.
In other new business, the Council approved a pair of expenses for the Volunteer Fire Department. $5,790 for equipment and tools from the National Association Equipment (NAFECO). The other approved apparel for department personnel in the amount of $1,854.92 from Custom Ink.
Approval was made for the 2026 Holiday Schedule, which basically matches the 2025 schedule.
In an item added to the agenda by amendment, the Council approved up to $2,500 for repairs to the park Merry-Go-Round. Josh Mizzell told the Council that complete replacement of the 25-year-old park equipment, adding that he found a machinist who can create eight replacement panels at a cost of only $2,000, with $500 to cover any miscellaneous costs incurred during the repair process.
Sylacauga Christmas Parade winners announced
A light drizzle didn’t keep the crowds away and community support of the event was great. Every year, a panel of judges select the winners of the float awards. The winners are:
1st Place: Sylacauga Housing Authority
2nd Place: Sylacauga Veterinary Hospital
3rd Place: Engle Services LLC
4th Place: Eastaboga Manor, Haunted Attraction
5th Place: Pathway Pediatrics Inc
When you visit, please tell these parade sponsors thank you for being a part of giving Sylacauga a wonderful Christmas Parade:
Parade Sponsor: Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union
Santa Sponsor: Coosa Valley Medical Center
Grand Marshal Sponsor: The Arc of South Talladega County
Float Awards presented by: Pathway Pediatrics Inc
Green Sponsors: Heritage South Credit Union and McClendon Bridals
The Sylacauga Christmas Parade is always the first Thursday of December, so mark your calendars for December 3, 2026 to join the big parade again! Make next year the year your business or group finally gets involved to help make this parade bigger and event better.
Sylacauga Council approves $2M loan to CVMC
On a 3-1-1 vote, the Sylacauga City Council has approved a $2 million loan to Coosa Valley Medical Center to establish an in-patient mental health facility for adults under the age of 55.
With both said they support the mental health facility specifically and the hospital generally, Council president Tiffany Nix voted against, and Councilman Nate Brew abstained, citing misgivings about the contract details.
The $2 million would come from an escrow account set up by Baptist Health Systems in in 1994 that has not been touched in decades. The account has been drawing interest ever since, earning about $80,000 per year for the last 30 years.
The project is expected to take six to nine months to complete and create about 25 new jobs, as well as provide more local mental health treatment. The estimated cost of the project is $2.4 million.
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