ROBERTSDALE, Alabama --- With Tropical Storm Isaac entering the Gulf and was expected to be a hurricane before making landfall sometime early Wednesday, municipalities in Central Baldwin met In emergency sessions on Monday.

The chief topic among the municipalities was the postponing of the elections, which were scheduled to be held on Tuesday, Aug. 28.

“All the mayors met with Emergency Management and county officials on Sunday and it was decided it would be best if we were on the same page,” said Robertsdale Mayor Charles Murphy. “We also met with all of our candidates for municipal offices to ensure everyone was informed before making our decision.”

Elections in all of Central Baldwin’s municipalities have been postponed to Tuesday, Sept. 11.

“Since the Labor Day holiday is on Monday (Sept. 3) we decided on Sept. 11 to give everyone another week to reorganize after the storm,” Murphy said.

The Robertsdale City Council also voted on Monday to declare a disaster in the city, which will help with any paperwork that would need to be filed with FEMA should the storm impact the area, Murphy said.

They also voted to declare a storm holiday for city employees and to postpone the city’s workshop meeting from 5 p.m. Sept. 4 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 17. The council will also move its regular meeting from 8 a.m. Sept. 17 to 6 p.m.

The Silverhill Town Council also voted Monday to declare a state of emergency in the town.

All three municipalities had no plans to close their offices on Tuesday.

Murphy said plans were to assess on Wednesday morning whether or not to close offices.  Town Clerk Melissa Lawrence said it was left up to town employees to determine their safety in opening offices on Wednesday. Town Clerk Patricia Bankester said town offices in Silverhill would probably be closed on Wednesday.

Polls at all four voting locations will open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Only residents who live within the municipal’s limits are allowed to vote in municipal elections.

Voters in Loxley will also go to the polls to decide whether or not they want Sunday alcohol sales within the town limits. Voting will take place in the auditorium at the Loxley Town Hall.

Baldwin County is one of 12 counties in Alabama to allow Sunday alcohol sales on a city by city basis. There are 26 counties in the state of Alabama that prohibit the sale of alcohol entirely.

In November of 2003, voters in Baldwin County approved a measure to allow the off-premise sale of beer and wine on Sunday. The off-premise sale of hard liquor is still prohibited on Sunday in Baldwin County.

Municipalities and Commission Districts were allowed to vote individually on the measure. The Town of Loxley and Commission District 2, which includes Rabun, Stockton and Tensaw, voted against the measure.

Richard Teal is the only incumbent in Loxley to face opposition against challenger Vicki Dyess.

Only one of Central Baldwin’s four mayors will face opposition. Incumbent Charles Murphy will seek his sixth term as Robertsdale’s top elected official, running against Roger Booth.

Robertsdale’s Mayor Pro-Tem Joe Kitchens will also face opposition from Earl Colley in seeking his seventh term in office. Brent Kendrick, who served on the Robertsdale Council from 1988 to 1996 before being re-elected to office in 2000, will seek his sixth term against Lisa Wallace Lee.

Incumbent Aubrey Grant is not seeking a fourth term in office, but his son, Aubrey Grant Jr., will vie for the seat against two opponents, Ruthie Campbell and Jason W. Dixon.

Voting in Robertsdale will also take place at city hall, located on Racine Street between Michigan and Nebraska, two blocks west of Alabama 59 South (Milwaukee Street).

Voting in Silverhill will take place at the town hall on Alabama 104 (Main Street).

Bert Jones is running against Frankie Kucera. Jared Lyles is running against Toni Norden and Wayne Gruenloh is running against Alan Norden.

Two positions are up for grabs on the Summerdale Town Council. Incumbent Ralph Clopton will face two opponents, Shannon Cheves and Mary Carolyn McDaniel, in his bid for a seventh term in office. Incumbent Gerald W. Hughes, who was appointed to the position in 2005 before winning election in 2008, will face Cheryl Wallace Stewart for Place 5.

Silverhill Mayor Timothy Wilson, Loxley Mayor Billy Middleton and Summerdale Mayor David Wilson were all elected unopposed.

In Robertsdale, Sue Cooper and Paul Hollingsworth were elected to their council seats unopposed. Katherine Breeden, Walley Sabin, Michael Allegri Sr. and Jeffrey T. Knight were elected unopposed in Loxley while Shirley Stephens will retain her council seat unopposed in Silverhill, along with Michael Allegri Jr., who qualified unopposed for the council seat which will be vacated by longtime Council member Steve Brooks.

In Summerdale, Mayor Pro-Tem Norma Wilson Giles was elected unopposed, as were Travis Townsend and Myles Bishop.