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Council: proposed fireworks ban requires 20 days’ notice, so item deferred
Summary
Mayor Nealeigh told the emergency meeting that a proposed resolution to ban fireworks cannot be decided at the session because state/local rules require 20 days' notice before a holiday and a public hearing; the council limited this emergency session to the emergency declaration.
At the start of the June 29 emergency meeting Mayor Michael Nealeigh said that although the Emergency Meeting Notice listed two items, staff had determined the proposed fireworks-ban resolution could not be taken up at this emergency session.
He said such an action "required 20 days public notice prior to a holiday when fireworks are customarily used and a public hearing," so the council would address only the declaration of emergency at this meeting. No motion or vote on the fireworks item occurred; the record shows that the emergency declaration was the sole substantive action taken.
