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Waynesville council adopts firearms trade-in ordinance, sets $25 mobile-food permit and approves 2025 tax budget
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the Waynesville Village Council adopted Ordinance No. 2024-019 (trade-in of surplus firearms) as an emergency, amended the mobile-food ordinance to set a $25 permit (with a special-event exemption), and adopted the 2025 tax budget as an emergency; all recorded roll-call votes were 6-0.
The Waynesville Village Council on June 17 adopted an emergency ordinance allowing the trade-in of surplus firearms, set a $25 permit fee for mobile food vendors with a carve-out for special-event vendors, and approved the village’s 2025 tax budget as an emergency measure.
Council voted 6-0 to adopt Ordinance No. 2024-019, which the meeting minutes list as authorizing the trade-in of certain firearms declared surplus. The motion to amend and declare the ordinance an emergency was moved by Joette Dedden and seconded by Chris Colvin; Troy Lauffer seconded the adoption motion. The roll-call tally recorded six yeas; Brian Blankenship was absent.
Council also considered Ordinance No. 2024-020, which adds Chapter 114 to the village code regulating mobile food service operations and adjusts the fee schedule. Law Director Jeff Forbes told the council that a fee amount needed to be specified before adoption. Chief Gary Copeland described a recent incident in which a food truck had customers ordering from the street rather than on the sidewalk, creating a safety hazard and prompting police action. After discussion about permit length (30 days), a 72-hour limit at a single location, and how special events are handled, Councilmember Connie Miller moved to set the permit fee at $25 and the motion passed on a 6-0 roll call. Council then approved an amendment clarifying that vendors operating under a special-event permit are not subject to the Chapter 114 mobile-food permit requirement.
The council moved and passed Resolution No. 2024-021, approving the village’s 2025 annual tax budget and declaring it an emergency. Joette Dedden moved and Chris Colvin seconded the adoption; the roll call was 6-0.
On other business, the council voted to grant village employees a paid holiday on Friday, July 5, 2024, in observance of the July 4 holiday. The council also voted to cancel the July 1 meeting and approved the minutes of the June 3 meeting.
What happens next: the council directed Clerk Jamie Morley to advertise the current council vacancy and request applications by July 10 so Council may review candidates at its July 15 meeting; by charter the council has 45 days from the vacancy to fill the seat (the deadline cited was August 1), after which the mayor may appoint a replacement if the seat remains unfilled.
