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Commissioners debate fireworks-sales changes; ordinance fails and is sent back to committee
Summary
The commission considered an ordinance to move temporary fireworks sales from June 29 to June 27 and to allow customers who enter by 10 p.m. to complete purchases; fire officials warned of inspection and overtime costs and the board voted down adoption but sent the item back to public works and safety for further work.
The commission took up an ordinance amending Chapter 15, Article 4 to change temporary fireworks-sales rules. Delaney Longachandra of the Unified Government legal department said the proposal would "push that start date back 2 days to June 27" and would relax the 10 p.m. hard sales stop so customers who entered before 10 p.m. could finish purchases.
Fire officials and commissioners focused debate on safety, staffing and enforceability. Captain Barton Richardson of the Kansas City,…
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