Council eyes adjustments to accommodate snow removal
Town Manage Morris also commented on this year's Small Town Summer events. “A great crowd (on July 2), a lot of great feedback from folks,” Morris said. “Yeah, we made some adjustments, too, that night, some things that helped, some things that didn't. We’re always adjusting.
Floyd Town Council met for its regular meeting on Wednesday, July 15, at 5:30 p.m. Councilman Bruce Turner led the meeting as Mayor Will Griffin was dialed in to the meeting via Zoom, and Vice Mayor Bond was absent.
The council was presented first with the consent calendar for June 17. Due to multiple absences, members decided to postpone the review until the next meeting.
Town Manager Andrew Morris presented the financials for June 2026.
“This is June so it is the last month of the fiscal year ‘26,” Morris said during the meeting. “The revenues are pretty solid; they’re matched into what our budgeting pieces were... The expenses, you know there were some things that were a little higher than anticipated, but there were also things we added in throughout the year so they weren’t truly budgeted in there.”
Morris and members of Council talked about one unexpected cost that impacted the budget: snow removal.
“Especially with all the expense of removing the snow, too. That’s really the only bigger one that stands out, the street maintenance line is $60,000 of an expense when we only budgeted $7,500 but that's also got $30,000 for Pine Street where we did all those culverts and that side, too, and that jumps that up a bit and with the snow removal,” Morris said.
Morris suggested preparing for the next snow season and noted different adjustments that could be made to get ahead of related expenses.
Morris also discussed the Town of Floyd’s Small Town Summer events on Thursday evenings during the summer months held at Warren G. Lineberry Park. Rhonda Vincent was the performer on July 2.
“A great crowd, a lot of great feedback from folks,” Morris said. “Yeah, we made some adjustments, too, that night, some things that helped, some things that didn't. We’re always adjusting. We’re really happy with the way that one turned out.”
EMS and the Sheriff’s Office are staffed for the remaining events, according to Morris. Due to the severe heat during the last few events, Morris did notice that the Kids area Hydration Station went through more than 100 gallons of water in the coolers during the July 2 event, he said.
“I know that typically we’re getting around 150 to 180 kids in that field at any given time, and that’s really cool,” Morris added.
For the first time, this year Town Council meetings were adjusted to avoid conflicts with Small Town Summer. Meetings have been held on Wednesdays for June and July.
“It also gives us the opportunity to be there, so if something does happen we are boots on the ground or hands if you need it,” Councilman Chris Bower said during the meeting. “I’m speaking for myself, I'm sure everybody else would jump in if needed.”
Small Town Summer continues on Thursday, July 30. For the event calendar, visit https://floydsmalltownsummer.com/.
The next Floyd Town Council meeting will take place on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 5:30 p.m. at 203 E. Oxford St.
