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Galesburg council adopts curfew and bond ordinances, approves parking-lot striping; police contract tabled
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 302 (juvenile curfew and periodic enforcement checks) and Ordinance 304 (bond ordinance for DWSRF loan), approved a $3,089.50 parking-lot striping quote, and tabled a Kalamazoo County police agreement pending a missing rate schedule.
At its May 5 meeting, the Galesburg City Council approved several ordinances and contracts and tabled a police agreement pending additional details.
Ordinance 302 (Chapter 46), which includes provisions for periodic enforcement checks and sets juvenile curfew hours (children under 12 home by 10 p.m.; those 16 and under home by midnight), was discussed in a public hearing with citizen questions about enforcement methods. After discussion that enforcement could be complaint-driven and how residents should report curfew concerns to police, the council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 302.
The council also approved a quote of $3,089.50 from Ace to stripe the city hall parking lot and other city locations; the motion passed on a unanimous roll call vote. Mayor Marble reviewed Ordinance 304, a bond ordinance prepared by Miller Canfield for the city’s DWSRF loan; the council adopted Ordinance 304 without first-reading formalities, also by a unanimous roll call vote.
Separately, the proposed Kalamazoo County police agreement was tabled after staff and Deputy Gallagher noted the agreement lacked a rate schedule and had a year typo; the council asked for the correct rate schedule before further action.
