That the city is not broke but overcommitted and has had to strip down library, did not deter Future Fields & Recreation, spokesman Kurt Conrad from pressing his demand to hire a consultant for almost $10,000 to plan for future baseball fields. The motion was approved, as was a potential plan for two-phase pickleball courts in Oak Hill promoted by several players in attendance. Neither vote commits the city to specific $-amounts but does allow the groups to fund-raise for their respective causes.
Jim Terry, the local Alcoholics Anonymous representative, requested that his group be allowed to continue to meet in the EMS building, which provides ground level access and bathroom facilities. The group can meet there till April, but must then move. City Administrator Lisa Kotter urged Terry to try local churches until the library is constructed.
Pure bureaucracy: there has been no assertion that AA or any other group renting the facility has caused damage or entered the locked areas, which presumably store emergency medical supplies including narcotics. However, an assessment done by a private firm recommended that other groups not be allowed to rent the facility. The EMS volunteers will, however, be allowed to charge the city mileage for use of their private vehicles.
The balance of the meeting was previously discussed ordinances: definition and time limits for snow removal from sidewalks and a method for notifying and fining citizens, the 300% increase in parking citation fees and a recreational burn ban, which will get three readings. However, the snow emergency and removal and parking fee increase passed on first reading. This writer has always objected to that practice but the 2nd December meeting would fall on Christmas day and has been canceled so the agenda was rather long this year. Merry Christmas.
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