City Council reconvened a special session to consider an ordinance to levy a local excise tax and require business licenses for the sale of consumable vapor products and approved immediate consideration and a title-only reading of the measure.

The council moved quickly through the item, citing a statutory deadline that requires local taxing action to be taken before October. Unidentified speaker A, the presiding official, said the ordinance would be treated as an emergency because “it has to be done before October.” The council then voted to read the ordinance by title only and to permit immediate consideration.

A brief public hearing was opened for comments on the title-only reading; no members of the public spoke and the hearing was closed. Roll-call votes recorded unanimous “yes” responses from the councilmembers present when motions for reconvening the special session, immediate consideration, and reading by title only were called.

Actions taken during the session were procedural: reconvening the special session to consider the ordinance, opening and closing a public hearing with no speakers, granting unanimous consent for immediate consideration, and approving a title-only reading. The transcript does not record a separate motion to adopt the ordinance on final passage, nor does it record the ordinance number, effective date, or any tax rate or licensing fee amounts.

The council discussion included an explicit time constraint: the presiding official said the city must act “before October” to levy the additional local tax under state law. Other substantive details — including the proposed tax rate, licensing fees, enforcement provisions, and expected revenue — were not provided during the recorded portion of the session.

Council members recorded as voting “yes” during the roll calls included Councilman Downing, Councilman Browning, Councilman Roberts, Councilman Harrington, Councilman Garrett and Mayor Smith. The meeting then adjourned.