Alex City council sets work session on drainage dispute

The Alexander City City Council has scheduled a work session Wednesday at 4 p.m. to discuss possible solutions to a drainage problem a business owner said the city is responsible for creating on his property.

The work session at city hall is designed to address a controversy that has been percolating for two months between property owner Kenneth Ledbetter and the city over land with a shared border at Central Avenue and Lee Street. Ledbetter has planned a $1 million project to build 250 storage units on his 3 acres at the site. The city also owns 11.25 acres at the site, including a half acre Ledbetter wants the city to give him to control drainage on his property.