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Council advances multiple municipal code updates on first reading
Summary
Attorney Alexa Rolin read five ordinances (Nos. 6–10) updating Powell’s traffic code, disorderly conduct and trespass sections, and adding a municipal drug paraphernalia ordinance. Chief Jim Rhea spoke about aligning municipal violations with municipal court; all five ordinances passed first reading unanimously.
At the June 2 meeting Attorney Alexa Rolin read by title Ordinances No. 6 through 10 addressing: incorporation of the uniform act regulating traffic on highways (Ordinance 6); amendments to disorderly conduct (Ordinance 7); adoption of a municipal drug paraphernalia ordinance (Ordinance 8); repeal of a disturbing‑the‑peace section to combine with Ordinance 7 (Ordinance 9); and adoption of a municipal criminal trespass ordinance (Ordinance 10).
Chief of Police Jim Rhea explained that some language conflicted with current practice and that the changes will allow certain municipal violations to remain in municipal court rather than being routed only to circuit court. Council members approved all five ordinances on first reading by unanimous vote; further readings or implementation steps may follow before ordinances take full effect.
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