FOLEY, Ala. — The city of Foley is placing its support behind the municipality of Perdido Beach.

During the Foley City Council’s work session Monday, Foley Mayor Jon Koniar added his name to a mayor’s petition that asks state officials not to approve a bill that would award de-annexation rights to a Perdido Beach neighborhood.

“If it becomes an act, it affects every municipality in Alabama,” Perdido Beach Mayor Patsy Park said in the work session. “It will set a precedent.”

That precedent, she explained, would be to enable communities to de-annex from a city without following procedures set in place by local and county government.

“We all know there’s a process by which you can get 75 percent of voters to sign a petition, which then goes to a probate judge,” Koniar said.

He signed the petition following discussion of the issue. In doing so, he joined 12 additional city leaders in Baldwin County to do so.

“We need to vote with our sister municipalities,” Koniar said.

Koniar’s act left Spanish Fort to be the only municipality not to be represented on the document.

“But Spanish Fort’s meeting tonight,” Park told the Foley Council.

In additional business, the Foley City Council: approved the closure of Kid Plus Development Center from 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. April 27 for its annual Trike Rally fundraiser, approved a resolution to reject bids for a Parks Department truck and re-bid the item, approved a resolution entering an agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation to obtain special directional signs for the Foley Welcome Center, approved the appropriation of an additional $8,500 for the Foley City Newsletter; approved a resolution entering into an agreement with ALDOT to construct sidewalks, create an alternate drop-off site and install solar speed limit signs, radar feedback signs and traffic control signs and signals;  approved an agreement with Watkins, acy and Strunk Design Inc. for the final design for the Centenniel Plaza; and approved the modification of the city’s Horticulture Department, which includes the expansion of green houses for the growth of plants and the acquisition of additional staff.