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Ellsworth council approves routine permits, ordinances and vendor change; delegates parking decisions to administrator
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting, the Ellsworth City Council approved a youth outdoor-day permit, amended a street-closure ordinance, finalized a bed-tax ordinance, approved a one-day golf-cart allowance for an American Legion event, and authorized switching city credit-card vendor from Bank of America to local banking partners.
Ellsworth — The Ellsworth City Council approved a series of routine items on Sept. 9, including permits, ordinance amendments and an administrative change to city credit-card services.
Key approvals: council approved a youth outdoor-day permit allowing the police chief to issue special permits for supervised shooting activities on Sept. 28; it approved Ordinance 3149 amending the street-closure policy; finalized bed-tax ordinance adjustments (referenced as 31-50 in the meeting record); and granted a one-day allowance for American Legion volunteers to use golf carts during a downtown car-show event.
Financial-administration change: council also authorized the city administrator to apply for new city credit cards through local banking partners (Citizens State Bank/Bankers Bank of Kansas), close Bank of America accounts, and sign required documents. Staff said a local vendor would improve customer service and simplify routine account changes; the administrator said internal policy updates and a card agreement form will be prepared to address personal-information handling.
Parking delegation: after debate about differing business needs on Douglas Avenue, council voted to delegate discretion over two-hour parking and side-street accommodations to the city administrator, with the expectation the administration will consult police, streets staff and business owners and report back if adjustments are needed.
Process note: all items in this roundup were approved by motion and voice vote during the regular meeting; none represented final action on the 2025 budget, which remains under development.
