Council adopts downtown entertainment-district curfew ordinance after amendment to remove suspended/expelled-student clause

The Montgomery City Council adopted an ordinance establishing curfew regulations for the downtown entertainment district after the council approved an amendment that removed a sentence referencing minors who had been suspended or expelled from school.

Council member Brenda Blaylock proposed language changes during the meeting and later agreed to withdraw an insertion about suspended or expelled students; the body voted on the amendment and the chair announced the vote as eight in favor and one opposed. After the amendment passed, council members voted to adopt the ordinance as amended; the clerk announced the ordinance was adopted with amendments.

The ordinance text as discussed sets curfew hours in the downtown entertainment district (the transcript read aloud the curfew-hour paragraphs during the meeting), defines the minor class covered and includes exemptions for emancipated minors. Council members debated whether referencing suspensions or expulsions was redundant given the age-based definition and the late hours named in the curfew schedule; the amendment removed the sentence to avoid narrowing or confusing the curfew’s application.

The council did not read roll-call names for the final tally in the portion of the transcript that covered the vote; the meeting record shows the amendment passed by a recorded show-of-hands count of eight in favor and one opposed and the ordinance was adopted with amendments. No further clarifying language or ordinance text beyond the amendment was adopted at the meeting.