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Council adopts employment, court-citation and camping ordinances; emergency clauses approved on several items

5604919 · August 20, 2025
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Summary

The council adopted an employment-qualification ordinance revision and three ordinances clarifying court cost and citation procedures and prohibiting unauthorized camping on private property; emergency clauses were proposed and adopted for some items.

The City Council considered and voted on a package of ordinances addressing hiring qualifications, court-citation procedures and unauthorized camping on private property.

Employment ordinance (Ordinance No. 38-85): A staff presenter identified as Kelly described revisions to the employment ordinance that retain felony disqualifications but narrow the automatic disqualification for misdemeanors involving moral turpitude to those within the last five years where the misdemeanor is relevant to the job’s duties. Kelly told the council the change would allow Human Resources discretion to evaluate fitness for specific…

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