SPANISH FORT, Ala. — Four city council members were elected without opposition at Monday’s meeting.

Mike McMillan, District 2, Joe Thomas, District 3, Tom Sawyer Jr., District 4 and Mary Brabner, District 5 were elected to the council without opposition; the  action allowed Mayor Joe Bonner to issue certificate of election to each.

“Joe Thomas has been on the council since the city was incorporated (1993) and I think that is a distinct honor,” City Attorney David Conner said.

Councilwoman Wanda Finch, District 1, and Bonner will run against Dennis Dismuke and Terry Reeves, respectively.

According to the Code of Alabama 1975, if only one person had filed a statement of candidacy or has been nominated for an office for an election to be held, after qualification deadline, the person can be deemed elected to office. The mayor immediately files a written statement with the municipality’s governing body, attested by the city clerk, certifying that only one person filed a statement of candidacy.

Also  Monday, the council approved the request for a class one liquor license to Vino Nobile Investments Group  LLC for Cellar 43. The business will locate at 30500 highway 181 Suite 606 and 608 at the Eastern Shore Centre.

Also, the council voted 5-1 to authorize Bonner to enter into an agreement with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.

A $5,000 request was made by the estuary program to participate in the D’Olive Bay Watershed Program.

The estuary program, working in conjunction with the sea lab — which is authorized to accept funding from governmental agencies — seeks matching funds.

The purpose of the program is to establish a plan to study of activities going on in Mobile Bay.

The council will hold its next regular meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, July 21 at the Spanish Fort United Methodist Church Prodisee Center.