At the regularly scheduled March 9th meeting of Chatham Town Council, panel members Toni Malone, Marvin Davis, Laverne Mixon, Sue Proffer and Mike Wilson unanimously approved Ordinance 2021-01 which allowed for the setting of sewerage rates for service outside of the city limits. After Mayor Pro-Tem, Malone called the meeting to order in Mayor Gregory Harris’s absence, additional business handled was the acceptance of a bid from R&J Family Trucking and Construction, LLC for cleaning the property located at 6357 Hwy 34. This is contingent on the property being donated to the town. Resolution’s #2020-14 and #2021-05 were then approved which gives the Mayor the authority to sign documents pertaining to the donation of said property and documents pertaining to the 2019-20 Community Water Enrichment Fund respectively.  Michael Stewart was hired as a part time police officer in a final action before the meeting was adjourned.

Special session call for Thursday, March 11:  The Chatham Town Council had a special session on Thursday, March 11, 2021 where board members Marvin Davis, Toni Malone, Laverne Mixon, Sue Proffer and Mike Wilson discussed a water improvement project and  personnel issues.  After Chatham Mayor, Gregory Harris, called the meeting to order the board unanimously agreed to adopt Resolution 2020-27, which gave Harris the authority to sign all documents pertaining to FP&C Project #50-M42-18-01. This was followed by the board going into executive session to discuss personnel. Once the members returned from the private discussion the meeting was adjourned without any further comment.