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Votes at a glance: Ellsworth council approves fee, licensing and other routine measures
Summary
On Dec. 9 the Ellsworth council approved multiple routine items: the 2025 fee schedule amendment (Resolution 2024‑33), Ordinances 3165 (CMB/liquor code updates) and 3166 (peddlers licensing), the attorney‑services amendment, boundary resolution 2024‑33, annual CMB renewals, and department proposals including two fire‑department expenditures.
At its Dec. 9 meeting the Ellsworth City Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine ordinances, resolutions and departmental requests in a set of mostly uncontested votes.
Key actions the council approved: resolution 2024‑33 (amend 2025 fee schedule to add a rental fee for the mobile message board); ordinance 3165 (updates to cereal‑malt‑beverage and liquor licensing including removing an obsolete two‑bathroom requirement and aligning felony‑related employment restrictions with state statute); ordinance 3166 (peddlers licensing modernization); the Patrick Hoffman attorney‑services contract amendment to continue services and clarify drafting duties; a corporate boundary resolution (2024‑33) that documents earlier annexation of airport land; annual CMB renewals for local businesses; and two fire department budget actions to accept a quote for a fiberglass tank (~$15,000) and pay off a final ladder‑truck payment (~$16,000).
Council gave brief staff presentations on each item, asked routine clarifying questions and approved the measures largely by voice vote. On the CMB and peddlers ordinances staff said the updates are intended to modernize code language, remove outdated requirements and better align city rules with current business practices and state law. "We're just trying to be business friendly," a staff speaker said when describing the peddlers license update.
The board also accepted department reports and announced an upcoming farewell for longtime staff member Dustin on Dec. 19. The meeting ended after routine reports and an adjournment vote.
