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Groves council approves Lions Park event, amends fire-access rules and OKs three grant applications
Summary
The Groves City Council approved use of Lions Park for a May 26 event with a fireworks display, amended fire-protection ordinance language, and authorized three grant applications to purchase radios, rifle-resistant armor and automated license-plate readers; several routine items also passed.
The Groves City Council on Feb. 10 approved multiple items including a Chamber of Commerce request to use Lions Park from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on May 26, 2025, for a "Fallen, Not Forgotten" family event with a residential-grade fireworks display; amended the city’s fire-prevention ordinance to add three sections addressing obstruction of fire-apparatus access, removal of unlawfully parked vehicles and open-burning presumption; and authorized three grant applications to buy handheld radios, rifle-resistant body armor and automated license-plate readers.
The chamber’s request, approved by the council, calls for a daytime community event and a short fireworks program at dusk. The organizer said planners would set fireworks inside a fenced pee-wee field with Little League board approval, station a…
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