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Council sets July 1 hearing on camping ban and considers equipment upgrades, horse lease for mounted unit
Summary
Saratoga Springs public-safety items on the agenda included a July 1 public hearing to repeal a code section on sitting/lying and to enact a camping prohibition chapter, a proposed equine lease to add a horse to the mounted unit for under $1,000, and addenda for fingerprinting software and portable radio upgrades.
The public-safety portion of the Saratoga Springs agenda included a scheduled public hearing and several equipment and operations items. Police and fire department items were presented as discussion-and-vote items on the next council agenda.
The council set a public hearing for July 1 at 7 p.m. on an ordinance to repeal Article 8b of Chapter 203 of the City Code ("Streets and Sidewalks: Sitting or Lying on Sidewalks") and to enact a new Chapter 95a titled "Camping Prohibited on Certain Property." The item will return to the council for public comment and a vote after the July 1 hearing.
The police department requested authorization for the mayor to sign an equine lease agreement with Lisonbee Ernst for a horse named Sly. According to the agenda the horse was pulled from a frozen pond by patrol officers in February and will be added to the mounted unit as the department retires a horse named Apollo; the lease cost was listed as less than $1,000.
The police department also listed an addendum with Biometrics for All, Incorporated to upgrade the integrated interface of the department’s fingerprinting hardware and software. The fire department requested an addendum with River Valley Radio Incorporated to upgrade VP8000 portable radio equipment. Both addenda were presented as items for authorization by the mayor.
The city did not record votes on these items in the transcript; all were placed on the agenda for the next meeting. The city’s public-safety representatives said the items are routine operational upgrades and leasing activity needed for the mounted unit and for improved digital fingerprinting and radio interoperability.
