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Lake City to pursue ordinance converting yield signs to stop signs at Michigan and Jefferson
Summary
Acting Chief of Police Hale told council that years of crash data and repeated close calls at the Michigan and Jefferson intersection justify converting existing yield signs to stop signs; council directed staff to draft the ordinance for future consideration.
Acting Chief of Police Hale told the Lake City Council on Jan. 6 that the Michigan and Jefferson intersection has experienced multiple accidents and frequent near-misses over several years, according to department data. Council members discussed the location's safety risks and agreed it would be appropriate to proceed with the ordinance necessary to convert the intersection's yield signs to stop signs; staff were directed to prepare the draft ordinance for a future meeting.
Hale presented the safety rationale and described repeated close calls that have occurred at the intersection. Council members did not adopt the ordinance at the Jan. 6 meeting; the action recorded in the minutes was a direction to move forward with drafting the formal ordinance and bring it back for consideration and possible adoption.
The minutes do not list crash counts or specific dates; the department's data were summarized by Hale in the meeting but detailed statistics were not provided in the published minutes. The next procedural step is for city staff to prepare the ordinance language and bring it to a subsequent council meeting for review and a formal vote.
