CHIPLEY – New Chipley City council members, Kevin Russell and Lee Dell Kennedy, were sworn in during the city’s regularly scheduled council meeting on October 11 with a brief ceremony and luncheon honoring exiting members Cheryl McCall and Rev. Price Wilson.

McCall received a plaque from the Chipley fire Department thanking her for her support of the fire department during her years serving as council member.

Linda Cain was approved of to continue as Mayor with a vote of 3-2, with Council member Roger Sloan and Kennedy voting “no.”

Karen Rustin was approved of as new Mayor Pro-Tem with a vote of 3-2, with Sloan and Kennedy voting “no.”

Council liaisons were approved of with a vote of 4-1 with Sloan voting “no.”

The liaisons appointed were: Cain for Administration and Police; Kennedy for Recreation and Public Works; Sloan for Industrial Park, Cemetery and Tourist Development Council; Russell for planning & Zoning and CRA; and Rustin for Code Enforcement, fire, Historic Merchants of Chipley.

Council awarded Public Works Director Chester Campbell with Employee of the Quarter.

Cain presented Northwest Florida Community Hospital representative Heather Shelby with a signed proclamation recognizing October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

“Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Northwest Florida Community Hospital educates women about the importance of early detection for breast cancer in the form of monthly breast self exams, a yearly Clinical Breast Exam and an annual screening mammogram for women 40 and older,” read Cain. “The key to surviving breast cancer is early detection and treatment. According to the American Cancer Society, when breast cancer is confined to the breast, the five-year survival rate is close to 100 percent.

The early detection of breast cancer helps reduce the need for therapeutic treatment and minimizes pain and suffering, allowing women to continue leading happy, productive lives.

Still, many women do not utilize mammography at regular intervals. In recognition of the fact that mammography is the best available method of detecting breast changes that may be cancer, long before physical symptoms can be seen or felt, and that breast cancer deaths could decline further if all women age 40 and older received mammograms at regular intervals.

Therefore, be it resolved that I, Mayor Linda Cain and the City Council of the City of Chipley hereby proclaim the month of October, 2011, as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Chipley and urge all women age 40 and older in Chipley, Florida to get a yearly screening mammogram.”

Public Hearing and Final Reading for Ordinance 907: Amendment to Chapter 12, entitled “Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions” and Chapter 13, entitled “Recreation.” this ordinance, if approved, will establish regulations of firearms.

First Reading of Ordinance 909: Amendment to Ordinance 834. this ordinance, if approved, will renew and extend the non-exclusive franchise to Waste Management, Inc. of Florida for the collection and disposal of residential and commercial solid waste collection.

First Reading of Ordinance 910: Amendment to the Comprehensive plan. this ordinance will establish a land use change of a parcel located at the corner of Johnson Ave. and 5th Street from low density residential to neighborhood commercial.

Approval of RC Track at the old land fill in Chipley, with a stipulation that if the noise level becomes an issue the city would be able to bring the issue back up for discussion. The RC Track’s estimated date of completion is three months from now.