SILVERHILL, Ala. — The Silverhill Town Council was split Monday on a pair of measures to purchase advertising space.

Both Mayor Tim Wilson and Council member Shirley Stephens voted against a measure to purchase an annual “Back to School” advertisement from WHEP.

The ad, which cost $96 and will run for two weeks on the Foley-based AM radio station, encouraged residents to watch out for school children and to obey laws governing school buses and other traffic issues.

Council members John Ullrich, Michael Allegri, Jared Lyles and Steve Brooks voted for the measure. All Council members were present at Monday’s meeting.

Stephens then spoke out against a measure to purchase a $400 full-page color ad in the Robertsdale High School year book.

“This is something that our consituents have told us point blank they don’t want,” she said. “We are purchasing advertising in this book that will only be looked at once or twice by the average person, then discarded. Surely there are better ways for us to spend money.”

Again the measure passed with Stevens and Wilson voting in the negative. Lyles abstained from voting on the measure which passed 3-2.

The Council also voted unanimously to purchase advertising in the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commercer’s Annual Directory at a cost of $600.

The town will also advertise in the annual Baldwin County Fair publication, but will not be charged because of an error in last year’s publication.

The vote was also unanimous to allow the town to sell “coffee table” books provided by the Montrose Garden Club to raise money for the Silverhill Kids Park.

Mary deLaunay, former chairman for the Kids Park Committee, who continues volunteers with the project’s fundraising efforts, said a previous book produced by the Club “sold well” and she didn’t see a problem with this book selling either.

The books will not be available, but could be presold at the town’s Heritage Day event in October, said Town Clerk Bonnie McNeil. The books could also be sold at other events in town, at Town Hall, the Oscar Johnson Memorial Libray, and at other locations.

The books will be purchased from the Garden Club at a cost of $20 each, then sold for $40 will all profits going toward the maintenance of the Kids Park.

In other business the council:

— Voted to postpone the first meeting in September from Monday, Sept. 1 to Tuesday, Sept. 2 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

— Voted to allow Police Chief Kim Wasdin to spend up to $250 on computer programs to assist in filing reports.