City of Guntersville

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Jul 31, 2020

School Crossing Guard (PT/Seasonal)

***JOB ANNOUNCEMENT***

Job Title:  School Crossing Guard (Part Time/Seasonal)

Department:  Police Dept.

Classification:  Hourly

Announcement No.:  20-02

Announcement Date:  July 23, 2020

Closing Date: Until Position is Filled

The City of Guntersville currently has an opening for School Crossing Guard.  This is a part-time, seasonal position.  The essential functions and knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this position include, but are not limited to the following:

Essential Functions:

  1. Traffic control to ensure safety of students entering and exiting school by using hand signals, signs, or flags.
  2. Ensure students are made award of hazards that may be posed to them when crossing street, without paying attention to the surroundings.
  3. Stops and warns unsafe drivers of traffic laws and safety concerns as needed.
  4. Reports to SRO or school official any unsafe, unusual, or suspicious activity that is noticed around school parking lots or grounds.
  5. Performs other related duties as assigned or required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  1. Knowledge of traffic and pedestrian laws, rules, and regulations and ability to demonstrate such knowledge.
  2. Knowledge of crosswalks, road entrance and exits, and traffic flow patterns at designated school locations.
  3. Ability to communicate effectively, courteously, and tactfully with the general public.
  4. Ability to establish and maintain and effective working relationship with supervisors, co-workers, school officials, teachers, bus drivers, general public and those in contact in the course of work.
  5. Ability to control traffic flow while escorting pedestrians across road.
  6. Ability to react calmly and quickly to emergency situations.
  7. Ability to learn from observation.
  8. Ability to report to work 2 shifts daily (morning and afternoon) and to provide regular and predictable attendance.
  9. Ability to work a flexible schedule and report to early dismissals as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
  2. Must have a valid Alabama Driver’s License.

Physical Requirements:

  1. Must be able to stand for long periods of time and to perform crossing guard duties in any weather condition.

Application Process

Applications may be obtained from the City of Guntersville Personnel Office at 341 Gunter Ave., Guntersville, AL or visit our website at www.Guntersvilleal.org.  Completed applications for qualified applicants should be returned to Ms. Renea Bradley Rowan, Personnel Director.  Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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Jul 29

2020 Municipal Election Information

Choose the link below to download an Application for Municipal Absentee Ballot
Application for Municipal Absentee Ballot 2020Download

2020 Municipal Election for the District 2 Run-Off between Phillip Kelley and Larry Wilson will be held October 6th from 7am – 7pm at the Guntersville Recreation Center. You can request your absentee ballot at 256-571-7560, and those must be requested by October 1st. Only those residents living in District 2 can vote in this run-off election.

Jul 01

Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday August 25, 2020, an election for the purpose of electing a Mayor and City Council by Districts will be held for the  following offices: 

Mayor At Large

District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7

All registered and qualified electors of the State who have resided within the municipality for at least 30 days prior to the election may participate in said election. 

The Polling Place for electors in District 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and Mayor at Large will be opened at the Guntersville Recreation Center, 1500 Sunset Drive,  Guntersville, AL 7:00 A.M. — 7:00 P.M.  If necessary, a run off election will  be held October 6, 2020. 

Statement of Candidacy forms will be available at Guntersville City Hall at  the office of the City Clerk beginning at 8:00 A.M. on  July 7, 2020 until July 21, 2020 at 5:00 P.M. Any qualified elector desiring to become a candidate in such election must file a duly sworn statement of candidacy and have lived in their  district 60 days prior. The qualifying fee is $50.