SILVERHILL — The Silverhill Town Council voted to rescind a vote to contract for debris removal after a FEMA representative said the bid specifications needed further review.

A motion was made by Council member Steve Brooks and seconded by Council member Shirley Stephens at the council’s Sept. 4 meeting to award the primary contract to IED and secondary contract to SRS for storm debris removal.

Mayor Tim Wilson said FEMA representative Michael Johnson was reviewing the bid contracts and is hoping to simplify the bid specifications to avoid further confusion.

“Essentially, some bidders gave an estimate for some items on the contract, but not others, while others were missing other items,” said Superintendent of Utilities Steve Williams. “What it all boils down to is that we were not comparing apples to apples and none of the bids was valid.”

Both Brooks and Stephens rescinded their motions at Monday’s council meeting.

In other business, the council voted to allow Debbie Ramage to use Little Hall to conduct DHR training.

The six-hour training sessions would be conducted beginning in September or October and continue until December or January.

Ramage said the training sessions, which are designed to teach daycare workers how to deal with special needs children, were originally conducted at the South Baldwin Center for Technology in Robertsdale, but she would no longer be able to conduct the classes there.

“We originally set these classes up so the workers would not have to travel all the way to Mobile for training,” she said. “Now we have to find somewhere else to find the classes.”

Only workers in the Central Baldwin area participate in the classes, which cost $5 to $10 to cover the cost of materials. The classes would be conducted on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights, she said.

The council also heard from a representative of the newly formed Autism and Asberger Society of Baldwin County. The group is in the process of organizing a resource center for Baldwin County, from which it plans to conduct workshops, seminars and training.

The purpose of the Autism and Asberger Society is to boost the resources already available in Baldwin County to ensure everyone effected by autism receives the help they require.

“In a lot of cases, the support is there for the more severe cases,” she said. “But oftentimes the less severe cases end up falling through the cracks. (Seeing that those cases don’t fall through the cracks) is what we hope to accomplish.”

In other business Monday, the council:

— Voted to purchase 150 bags, 200 cozies (drink huggers) and 500 key chains featuring the Heritage Day logo.

— Voted to extend water service south of town.

— Voted to purchase a transit system at a cost of $900 for the Utilities department.

— Set a work session for 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 to discuss the 2007-08 budget.