Interesting City Council meeting last night.
City Council awarded several bids, approved a change to the process for acquiring beer permits and renewing temporary beer permits, and approved on first reading (two are required for passage) an amendment to our dog tethering ordinance.
Several grants were also accepted including $14,682 from the U.S. Department of Justice to purchase 30 bulletproof vests and $39,999 from the Governor's Highway Safety Office to purchase ten radar units and undertake traffic safety enhancement activities. The bulletproof vest grant requires a local match of a like $14,682 while the highway safety grant is 100% funded with no local match.
It's always nice to stretch our local budget funds with outside funds. Our staff remains diligent in identifying such opportunities and have been quite successful in attaining grant funding in the past.
Let's hope they remain successful in the future.
