HANCEVILLE —  A First Source for Women mobile clinic will soon hit the streets across Cullman County after the City Council here voted to sell the agency an old EMS truck at a discount.

The non-profit pregnancy center, headquartered on Commercial Street in Hanceville, plans to purchase the vehicle for $5,000 to provide assistance to pregnant women and new mothers. In a 4-1 vote, the council agreed to surplus the old truck, valued at $10,000, and sell it to First Source at a discounted price. Councilman Charles Wilson cast the lone no vote.

“Since they’re based here in Hanceville, I think we should sell it to them,” said Mayor Kenneth Nail. “They can use it to go out into the communities and help more women.”

Former mayor Katie Whitley suggested First Source ask other towns and cities to donate towards purchasing a vehicle, rather than relying on Hanceville to sell it a city vehicle at a discount. The $5,000 will go back into the fire department budget, and firefighters had no problem selling it for less than it’s worth, Nail said.

“They just want to get rid of it,” he said. “We’ve been running medical calls with a smaller vehicle that’s still equipped with everything they need, and that has saved quite bit on fuel costs.”

First Source for Women provide free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, free referrals to medical providers and agencies and counseling, classes and mentoring programs for new parents.

For more information about First Source for Women and its services, call 256-352-5683 or find the organization on Facebook.

In other business, the Hanceville City Council:

* Approved bills payable. Wilson asked Nail about a $14,800 bill from Blountsville Material for gravel and why he didn’t have the purchase approved by the council first. All purchases over $2,000 are supposed to receive council approval. Nail said the gravel was for the U.S. 31 ditch project, which the council had already approved, but Wilson insisted Nail should have had council approval for the invoice.

* Approved closing streets around Hanceville High School for the math team’s annual Pi Run fundraiser March 12.

* Approved Alcohol Review Committee’s recommendation to hold a public hearing 6:45 p.m. February 11 to discuss the proposed transfer of Bootlegger Beverages’ alcohol license to the new owners who run Cabin Fever Beverages.

* Ratified resolution No. 612 regarding the city’s state of emergency declaration first approved on December 26, 2015. The council ratified the vote because Councilwoman Kim Brown was not informed of the emergency called meeting.

* Reviewed bank accounts balance sheets.

* Discussed the first quarter of the fiscal 2016 budget.

* Approved minutes from January 14 meeting.

The Hanceville City Council will hold a work session 6:30 p.m. February 11. At that time, the council will hold a public hearing related to proposed ordinance No. 608 to allow loft apartments downtown, followed by the public hearing on Bootlegger Beverages at 6:45 p.m. At 7 p.m., the city council will hold its meeting. The downtown committee will meet 6 p.m. February 9.