Council presents Duke Energy franchise ordinances, approves SWAT participation resolution and ethics reappointment
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Summary
On Feb. 17 council introduced final readings of franchise ordinances for Duke Energy (electric and natural gas), approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to join a regional SWAT program, and approved a municipal order reappointing an ethics board member for a three-year term.
The council's municipal agenda on Feb. 17 included franchise agreements with Duke Energy and a resolution to authorize the mayor to execute an agreement for the police department to participate in the regional SWAT program.
City staff identified two ordinances on final reading: O10-1-2026 (electric franchise) and O2-2026 (natural gas franchise), each a nonexclusive 10-year franchise for placement of transmission and distribution facilities within the city's public rights-of-way. The transcript records the ordinances being read on the agenda.
The council moved and approved Resolution R-O1-2026 authorizing the mayor to enter the regional SWAT agreement; the meeting records an 'Aye' on the motion. The council also processed a municipal order reappointing a member to the Board of Ethics for a three-year term; the item was approved in the meeting's procedural actions. No detailed vote tallies for the franchise ordinances were recorded in the supplied transcript segments.
Next procedural steps for the ordinances will follow standard publication and implementation processes if final votes were taken in subsequent segments not included in the provided transcript.
