The Odum City Council met for the regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 3, 2026. Mayor Greg Leggett was not present. Mayor Pro-Tem Kathy Rozier opened the meeting and Clerk Robbin Manners prayed the invocation. All Council members were present for the meeting. Assistant Clerk Janice O’quinn was also present for the meeting.
Nicholas Bauer made a motion to accept the minutes from the January meeting as emailed. Kevin Higgs made a second to the motion and the motion carried with a 4- vote.
Mayor Pro-Tem Kathy Rozier called on Sharon Keithley. Ms. Keithley informed the council that she has rented the Gym in the past for Beauty Pageants and that she and some of the mothers of her contestants are planning to have a Bingo to raise money for some of the girls to go to Disney World. She stated that she needed the Gym for approx. 5 hours but the all day rate was a bit more than they felt they could pay and the 3 hour rate was not long enough to set –up, hold the bingo, and clean up. After a brief discussion Kelsea Baker made a motion to allow the 3 hour fee of $75.00 this one time for this benefit, but allow her the time to clean at no charge. Ron Sluder made a second to the motion and the motion carried with a 4-0 vote.
Committee Reports:
Kevin Higgs ….Kevin Higgs called on Fire Chief Matt Strickland who reported that everything that was approved at the last meeting had come in. The Knocker truck is at the mechanic and he will check on the status of it. He told them that the next 2 items on the list that were a priority were the Dump Tank and the Thermal Imager. These Items will be discussed at the next meeting.
Nick Bauer reported that a water leak under the road on N. Church Street had been fixed and the road should be repaired soon.
Kelsea Baker reported that the water pumps had kicked off but the issue had been fixed.
Ron Sluder had nothing to report.
(Old Business)
At this time Mayor Pro-Tem Kathy Rozier closed the regular meeting for an Executive Session to discuss a legal matter with the City Lawyer Samantha Jacobs. Nothing was decided on, nor voted on during the Executive meeting.
Mayor Pro-Tem closed the Executive Session and reopened the regular meeting with old business. Ballfield lights were the next item on the agenda. Ron Sluder asked to table this until he has more information on the lights.
Off Road Vehicle ordinance was tabled until the corrected draft is available and should be read for the 2nd time at next month’s meeting.
(New Business)
Bids for An Engineering Firm were discussed and scored by the council. No vote was taken at the meeting, however the clerk emailed the council individually and asked for their vote on Feb. 4, 2026. The results were as follows: 4 votes for Hofstadter & Associates, 1 council member did not respond to the email.
At this time Clerk Robbin Manners went over the budget and suggested amending some line items. There was some discussion on the budget. Nick Bauer made a motion to amend the budget as proposed, Kevin Higgs made a 2nd to the motion and the motion carried with a 4-0 vote.
Ron Sluder made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Kevin Higgs made a second to the motion and the motion carried with a 4-0 vote.
With nothing further to attend, Mayor Pro-Tem Kathy Rozier adjourned the meeting.