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The Oxford Board of Aldermen held a regular meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 5:00 PM in the City Hall Courtroom, presided over by Mayor Robyn Tannehill. All aldermen were present except Ward V Alderman Preston Taylor. The board approved a consent agenda, numerous contracts, appointments, and heard a lengthy discussion on a sidewalk closure request. The meeting concluded with an executive session.
I'll talk to you later. I know. It's probably the first meeting he's missed. That's why we're going to be able to do that. This is the first time. So I shouldn't have. All right, I'd like to call to order the meeting of the mayor and board of Alderman for Tuesday, September the 15th. The first thing on our agenda is to adopt the agenda, and I do have a few changes. If you would add at 3C five to request permission to hire a part-time employee for the environmental services department at 3C six to request permission to approve the resignation of an intern from the municipal court. Just an update to the address that was listed. It was the address was listed as North 14th Street, but it's actually South 14th Street. So I just want to change that on your agenda before we proceed. And those are all the changes I have. Anything else, Leslie? No. All right. With that said, is there a motion to adopt the agenda? So moved. Second. All in favor? Any opposed? A quick mayor's report for you. I see Kenny Farris sitting out there, and I want to brag on Visit Oxford. They won the best marketing program from Southeast Tourism Society. And that is a very high honor. And so congratulations to you and your staff. We are very proud of you. And that we need those lanes open. So he has agreed that at the finish of work tomorrow they will move all of the barrels out of the road, and all those lanes will be open until Monday morning. So I'm relieved to know that for the weekend. They're acting like we've just never done this before. But just so that you know, we have been talking about this large crowd and and will it be a bigger game than we've ever had before? You know, I think it'll be a lot of folks. The biggest difference is going to be they'll be here tomorrow. So it's going to be a Wednesday to Sunday event rather than just a weekend event with the event at the Lyric tomorrow night and the Ella Langley concert Thursday night. But we have covered it from every angle from water and sewer to public safety to trash pickup numerous times during the day, every day this weekend. And extra street sweepers do make it look as beautiful as it does when that 4 a.m. crew rolls in all those mornings to clean up and power wash things that need to be power washed and I'll let you just use your imagination. But we look forward to welcoming game day to welcoming all of our visitors except for just maybe this particular one, but everybody else. And we are looking forward to a really great weekend. After this busy weekend, um, I along with several aldermen and staff members will head to DC Monday morning where we will go with our handout. So um asking for money for the infrastructure improvements that we need in this growing town and um to thank them for the money that they've given us. I think it's always um it it always inspires me to look back over the past ten years. We have secured more than 250 million dollars from our state and federal partners. So um we will be back asking for more next week.