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Council discusses water/sewer expansion, dissolving a police vacancy to boost pay, and revisiting sign and mixed-use rules
Summary
Council discussed the city's permanent water supply and options to expand the water/sewer system, proposed dissolving one long-vacant police position and using that funding to increase police pay, and asked staff to revisit the sign ordinance and mixed-use zoning in February.
Council considered long-term water and sewer supply options and operational staffing choices. The Chair said he had discussed vacancies with police leadership and proposed dissolving one of two long-open police positions to reallocate funds to increase pay for remaining officers. Staff confirmed some police positions had been vacant for one to two years and that reallocation would represent one salary in the near term.
The Chair also asked code enforcement to revisit the sign ordinance, permitting, and related fees; he previewed that mixed-use zoning discussions for downtown will come back in February. No formal motions about water-supply projects or staffing reallocations are recorded in the transcript excerpt; council direction in the meeting was to pursue follow-up analysis and bring details to a future meeting.
