Council passes code supplement and confirms forestration board appointment

The Prospect City Council on Monday approved two procedural but formal items that appeared on the agenda: an ordinance adopting the 2024 supplement to the city's code of ordinances and a municipal order confirming a mayoral appointment to the Forestation Board.

Ordinance: City ordinance number 655, Series 2025, enacts and adopts the 2024 supplement to the city’s Code of Ordinances. City staff explained the ordinance implements American Legal Publishing’s annual codification of ordinances passed during the previous year and incorporates those changes into the city code. The council approved the ordinance on second reading by recorded vote; the minutes record the measure as approved (6–0).

Appointment: The council also approved Municipal Order 2, Series 2025, consenting to Mayor Doug Barnsley's nomination of Mandy Paul to the Prospect Forestation Board and fixing the terms of office. The motion to approve passed by voice vote; the city clerk noted the motion carried and the mayor and council congratulated Paul.

Both items were presented as routine actions: the ordinance implements updated codification work performed by American Legal Publishing, and the municipal order formalizes a volunteer appointment to a city advisory board.

Votes at a glance - Ordinance 655, Series 2025: Adopt 2024 supplement to Code of Ordinances — outcome: approved, recorded as 6–0. - Municipal Order 2, Series 2025: Consent to nomination of Mandy Paul to Forestation Board — outcome: approved by voice vote.

Documentation: The meeting minutes and staff reports record the ordinance as a second-reading adoption and the municipal order as a confirmation; details about term lengths and exact effective dates were included in the municipal order packet shown to council.