Niagara Bottling to invest $20 million in a facility expansion

BY MICHELLE KEY PUBLISHER

OPELIKA — Niagara Bottling LLC announced a major expansion of its facility located at 2710 Andrews Road. The expansion project will involve the acquisition of new manufacturing machinery and other new personal property, and will require a total capital investment of approximately $20 million. The Opelika City council approved certain tax abatements and exemptions for company during Tuesday night’s city council meeting.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

The council held nine public hearings on the adoption of standard technical codes relating to residential, commercial and industrial construction during the meeting. The ordinances should they be approved at the Sept. 17 meeting will update the building codes to the 2021 editions of the International Building Code, the International Fire Code, the International Fuel Gas Code, the International Plumbing Code, The International Property Maintenance Code, the International Residence Code and the 2021 edition of the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code. It will also update the existing ordinance to the 2020 edition

70 National Electric Code and the 2024 edition of the International Mechanical Code. The ordinance was introduced for its first reading after the public hearings. The council also held public hearings on a weed abatement assessment for 2102 S. Long St., an ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance & Map

Auburn City Council approves $150 million general fund budget

BY OBSERVER STAFF

AUBURN — The Auburn City Council approved a fiscal year 2025 general fund budget of just under $150 million during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. The total anticipated revenue for the general fund during FY 2025 includes nearly $76 million in locally levied taxes and another $19 million in property taxes and state-shared taxes. Licenses, permits and other fees make up another $38.3 million.

Mayor Ron Anders and the council recognized employees for their time in service to the city during the meeting. Those recognized for 20 years or more included Johnderick Zellers, Environmental Services, 20 years; Allison Edge, Finance

Department, 25 years; and John Lankford, Fire Department, 30 years

IN OTHER BUSINESS

- The council announced a board vacancy for the West Pace Village Improvement District Board for a term to begin immediately and end Sept. 15, 2030.

- The council approved the minutes from the Aug.

20 meeting.

- The council approved a request for a special event retail ABC alcohol license by Ithaka Hospitality Partners Auburn Beverage, LLC doing business as The Hotel at Auburn University located at 620 S. Donahue Drive.

- The council approved a

I N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY,ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-24-900161

VICKIE RIGGINS, Plaintiff, vs. A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA, TO-WIT:

Start at the NW corner of Section 20; Township 18 North; Range 28 East, Lee County, Alabama; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 06 seconds East, 274.72 feet to a point on the Easterly ROW of a Lee County Road; thence South 15 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East along said ROW, 448.70 feet to a point; thence South 15 degrees, 55 minutes, 05 seconds East, 46.21 feet; thence South 14 degrees 55 minutes 05 seconds East along said ROW, 810.85 feet to point of beginning of parcel to be described; thence leaving said ROW North 89 degrees 03 minutes 26 seconds East, 1144.92 feet to a point; thence South 06 degrees 21 minutes 29 seconds Wet, 265.31 feet to a point; thence North 86 degrees 01 minute 28 seconds West, 718.46 feet to a point; thence South 75 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 335.00 feet to a point on the Easterly ROW of a Lee County Road; thence North 14 degrees 55 minutes 05 seconds West along said ROW, 291.56 feet to a point of beginning, containing 5.9559 acres; being parcel 6 of that certain plat of survey prepared by James W. Calhoun, reg L. S. No. 9426, entitled “Survey for Williams Estate” and dated April 12, 1988, and May 24, 1988, SHAWAN PARKER, CEDRIC PARKER, BRUYTTA PARKERBAILEY UNKNOWN HEIRS OF CONSTANCE PARKER AND TERRIE PARKER

McLEAN, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIE PARKER BELL, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF NELLIE PARKER, ANY UNKNOWN PERSONS Defendants. } NOTICE OF ACTION

To: All Defendants herein, whose whereabouts are unknown, and which cannot be ascertained after the exercise of reasonable diligence.

You are hereby notified that on the 8th day of April 2024 a Bill to Quiet Title and Complaint to Sell for Division was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, regarding the following described real property: Start at the NW corner of Section 20; Township 18 North; Range 28 East, Lee County, Alabama; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 06 seconds East, 274.72 feet to a point on the Easterly ROW of a Lee County Road; thence South 15 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East along said ROW, 448.70 feet to a point; thence South 15 degrees, 55 minutes, 05 seconds East, 46.21 feet; thence South 14 degrees 55 minutes 05 seconds East along said ROW, 810.85 feet to point of beginning of parcel to be described; thence leaving said ROW North 89 degrees 03 minutes 26 seconds East, 1144.92 feet to a point; thence South 06 degrees 21 minutes 29 seconds West, 265.31 feet to a point; thence North 86 degrees 01 minute 28 seconds West, 718.46 feet to a point; thence South 75 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 335.00 feet to a point on the Easterly ROW of a Lee County Road; thence North 14 degrees 55 minutes 05 seconds West along said ROW, 291.56 feet to a point of beginning, containing 5.9559 acres; being parcel 6 of that certain plat of survey prepared by James

W. Calhoun, reg L. S. No. 9426, entitled “Survey for Williams Estate” and dated April 12, 1988, and May 24, 1988.

All persons having an interest in said lands or any portion thereof, claiming any title thereto or any encumbrance or lien thereon, are hereby directed to plead, answer, or otherwise respond to the Complaint on or before the expiration of 30 days after the last publication of this notice, or thereafter suffer judgment by default to be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint

Done this the 29th day of July, 2024 Mary Roberson Circuit Court Clerk, Lee County Benjamin H. Parr 830 Avenue A, Suite A Opelika, Alabama 36801

Telephone Number: 334-749-6999 Fax: 334-203-1875 ben(a),benparrlaw.com Legal Run 08/15/24, 08/22/24, 08/29/24 & 09/05/24

INVITATION TO BID 24032 aspx. The bidder’s proposal must be submitted on the complete original proposal furnished to him/her by the City of Opelika. All information in the proposal must be completed by the bidder for the proposal to be accepted.

Sealed bids for the construction of the Grandberry Drive Extension shall be received at the Opelika City Hall Conference Room, 204 South Seventh Street, Opelika, Alabama, until 2:00 p.m., local time on September 10, 2024, and then publicly opened and read aloud. All interested parties are invited to attend. Only bids from competent general contractors will be considered. At the time of contract award, the successful bidder must be a properly licensed general contractor. The attention of all bidders is called to the provisions of State law governing “General Contractors” as set forth in the Ala. Code §34-8-1, et. seq. (1975) and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Bidders must be licensed by the Licensing Board for General Contractors when bids are submitted. Bidders are required to have a State of Alabama General Contractor’s License with a specialty of “Highways and Streets, Clearing and Grubbing, Earthwork, Erosion, Site Work, Grading or Municipal and Utility”. All bidders must submit with their proposal, contractor’s license number and a copy of the license. State law Ala. Code §34-8-8(b) requires all bids to be rejected which do not contain the contractor’s current license number. Evidence of this license shall be documented on the outside of the sealed bid.

All bidders shall possess all other licenses and/or permits required by applicable law, rule or regulation for the performance of the work.

Drawings and Specifications may be examined at the Office of the City Engineer located at 700 Fox Trail, Opelika, Alabama, and phone number: 334-705-5450. Bid documents may be obtained from the Office of the City Engineer at no charge as an electronic file if the bidder supplies a storage drive or as an email attachment or electronic drop box. Bid documents may also be obtained on the City’s website at www.opelika-al.gov/bids.

A Bid Bond in the amount of five (5) percent of the