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Council directs city legal to draft fireworks rain-out ordinance
Summary
Council directed city legal to draft an ordinance establishing a rain-out date for the city's fireworks, with a proposed 7–10 day fallback window; details and authority to set the date will return for review.
Councilor Lisa Ford and Communications Director Aaron McCullough discussed a recurring concern about fireworks and rain at the March 4, 2025 meeting. Ford said last year's rain created confusion about a backup date and that the city needs a clear plan.
"It was an issue and we didn't really have a . . . backup plan," Councilor Lisa Ford said. Ford described discussion at a neighborhood meeting and noted the council discussed allowing "Mr. Spurgeon or his designee" to pick a rain-out day if weather forces a postponement.
McCullough said the council directed city legal to draft an ordinance setting a rain-out mechanism so the council can "look at it and figure out exactly, okay, what is that date gonna be and who's gonna make that call." He said the draft would likely return at the next meeting and could be adopted in time for July events.
Speakers described a single rain-out day within a short window — "within like 7 to 10 days" — and said the city does not expect to move the event more than once for the same holiday.
No ordinance number or formal vote was recorded in the transcript. The action recorded in the meeting is a direction to city legal to prepare ordinance language for council consideration.
