FOLEY, Ala. — Noting that next year Foley Police Department’s comprehensive crime plan will be taken to the next level, Police Chief David Wilson told the mayor and city council on Monday that plans are in the works to bring Neighborhood Watch zones to the entire city.

Wilson noted that there are currently 11 active Neighborhood Watch programs in Foley, but that will change in all likelihood.

“If you live in the City of Foley, you have a Neighborhood Watch program coming to you one day,” Wilson said.

“It’s ongoing - we’ll probably be doing this until I retire,” he said of the task ahead, which will be spearheaded by FPD’s Community Services Division.

Wilson pointed out that Neighborhood Watch programs currently in place in Foley have been instrumental in combatting crime. He pointed out one instance of late where Neighborhood Watch has reported suspicious people in a neighborhood who were looking for unlocked cars.

A survey will be handed out in areas of the city currently not under Neighborhood Watch to get feedback from the population, Wilson said.

With the approval Monday of a 15-foot permanent easement by Turf Properties LLC along the southern right of way of Baldwin County Road 20, Mayor John Koniar said Glenlakes wants to eventually add to bike paths in the city, and residents of the subdivision are raising money to that end. Councilman Ralph Hellmich said the city also hopes to extend a sidewalk from property owned by Lakeview Estates Property Owners Association to the Foley Beach Express.

In other council action, a resolution was approved for the installation of two street lights at the intersection of Pride Drive and South Pine Street.

A resolution was approved for bid on a custom pumper for the Fire Department, not to exceed $350,000.

Janay Dawson was approved for a seat on the Historical Commission and Maxie Kaehr to the Museum-Archives Board.

Approval was given for an ADEM permit fee of $375 for a Graham Creek Nature Preserve access road from the Foley Beach Express.

A resolution was approved setting a public hearing regarding a North Oak Street vacant lot where weeds are deemed a public nuisance and ordering its abatement.

A first reading of an ordinance setting a fee schedule for City Code violations was approved.

Two Certified Local Government grant applications with 80/20 matching funds were approved. The two grants total $4,000.

A resolution was approved for a grant application of $25,000 with no matching funds that would be used for a digital finger print machine for FPD.