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Council updates municipal code to formalize emergency snow routes, approves ordinance on final reading
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 57‑31 to amend Fremont Municipal Code chapter 5 to formalize emergency snow routes. Staff said maps were updated in 2024 but the ordinance language had not been revised; council suspended rules and passed the ordinance 7–0.
Street superintendent Carrie Halford told council that the city updated its snow‑route maps and plan in late 2024 but had not completed the corresponding ordinance update. "We just missed the step of updating an ordinance," Halford said, explaining the need to align the municipal code with the current maps.
Council moved to approve the first reading, then voted to suspend the rules and advance the ordinance to a final reading and adoption in the same meeting. Ordinance 57‑31, which amends chapter 5 section 5‑1001 to provide appeal and severability language and an effective date, passed on final reading 7–0.
