During the last Alexander City council meeting, Mayor Mike Densmore presented a plan to the council to help push the city forward.
“I'm calling this song to sing, and a place to sing it, because everybody needs that,” Densmore said. “You can't move forward until you get that direction.”
Alexander City needs to collect more than $6 million in past utility bills.
Gwen Bishop / TPI
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