Bainbridge Council to meet

The Bainbridge City Council will hold two meetings on Tuesday, July 20, in its chambers at City Hall, 101 S. Broad St.

The council will meet at 2 p.m. to hold a first public hearing on a proposed ad valorem millage rate increase.

The council will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. with the following agenda:

 Second public hearing on a proposed ad valorem millage rate increase

 Consideration of inmate housing contract with City of Pelham, Ga., and Decatur County

 Consideration of Planning Commission item: request from Steven Lee to assign a zoning of SR-3 (Suburban Residential) to his property on Toole Dairy Road, which was recently annexed into city limits

 Introduction and first reading of Ordinance 615—Dog Tethering