Russellville City Council officially canvasses August 26th election results

At a short meeting Tuesday morning, Russellville City Council canvassed the results of the August 26th municipal elections, the final step taken to officially certify the results.

In Alabama, when a city council canvasses an election, it means the governing body is performing the official post-election process of reviewing, confirming, and certifying the results. This is a required procedure for municipal elections in the state.

The August 26th results saw Mayor David Grissom, Councilmen Jamie Harris, Darren Woodruff and Gary Cummings win reelection and Lonnie Freeman elected to represent District Four. 

District One Councilman David Palmer had no opposition and was certified as the winner in July.

In other agenda items at the September 2nd meeting, the council:

—authorized City Clerk Belinda Miller to close the 2019 Capital Improvement Fund.

—approved the hiring of Zain Holland as a patrol officer with the Russellville Police Department.

—approved a claim for $537.42 submitted by Clarence Hamm, whose vehicle was damaged when his wife drove on Madison Street on August 5th, after milling work had been done on the road, and incurred a bent rim after hitting an exposed sewer drain.

The council will next meet September 15, 2025, with work session at 6p.m, and meeting to follow.