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Mayor proclaims May ALS Awareness Month; city announces fireworks donation and bike-patrol return
Summary
Mayor Patrick Haley proclaimed May 2025 as ALS Awareness Month. The city also reported a $7,000 donation from the Clinton County Convention & Visitors Bureau for July 4 fireworks and the police department said bike patrols will resume this summer.
Wilmington — Mayor Patrick Haley read a proclamation declaring May 2025 as ALS Awareness Month at Thursday’s Wilmington City Council meeting and the mayor’s office shared several community announcements.
Haley read the proclamation noting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as a progressive nerve disease and referenced research advances and veteran prevalence cited in the proclamation. The document, signed by the mayor and bearing the city seal, urges community support for affected families and research.
The mayor also announced the Clinton County Convention and Visitors Bureau donated $7,000 toward the city’s July 4 fireworks, funds historically paid from motel tax and the mayor’s account. Haley said the donation will allow the city to “about double the amount of fireworks” planned for the event and that organizers look forward to the display.
Separately, Safety Director Mister Eveland and Chief Foster reported that the police department will reinstitute a bike patrol this summer. Eveland said two officers completed bike school and have begun patrols on the bike path and in local parks; citizens who encountered them provided positive feedback. Eveland also noted the department participated in an undercover operation with the sheriff’s office and Ohio Department of Liquor Control that resulted in citations to several businesses for underage sales, and he called the recent Police Officers Memorial ceremony “very poignant.”
These items were presented as announcements rather than items requiring action by council.
