The Jamestown City Council on Oct. 20 approved multiple routine items in a consent-style sequence, including a change in a parking permit fee, travel for a staff member to a crime-analyst training, holiday hours for Halloween trick-or-treating, and several public-works personnel and equipment items.

Crime-analyst training: The council approved a resolution for a Crime Analyst Academy to be held at the Division of Criminal Justice Services, Alfred Smith Building, Albany, N.Y., from Nov. 2 to Nov. 8, with expenses paid by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and by GED and STRIVE grants. The resolution was introduced and carried without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.

Parking permit fee: The council adopted an ordinance increasing the Central Business District parking permit fee from $300 to $600. Staff explained that the monthly cost to park in the city ramps is $50, and the permit adjustment aligns the permit cost with a year's ramp cost; the council voted in favor of the ordinance during the session.

Trick-or-treat hours: The council established Halloween trick-or-treat hours for Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (the item was moved and approved during the meeting).

Public works and personnel: The council approved a $35,000 topsoil storage facility purchase (resolution in the public works package) and approved lifting the hiring freeze for at least two labor positions in the public-works division, citing retirements as the reason for the vacancies. Those personnel actions were approved during the session.

Equipment and contingency: Council discussion noted a list of planned equipment purchases for police and other departments (plotter, license scanners, computers, copier and related items) and staff said the city sometimes uses remaining contingency funds to cover such items so they need not be budgeted until the following year.

Procedure and vote format: Many items were handled as resolutions or ordinance adjustments with brief staff explanations and voice votes. The transcript records motions and the chair’s call for approval but does not include full roll-call vote tallies for every item; the meeting record shows each item moved and approved or carried where noted.