The Bellefontaine City Council has a lengthy agenda scheduled for its regular meeting slated for Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, 135 N. Detroit St.  

In addition to the second readings for the so-called “golf cart” ordinance and the excessive noise ordinance, three new ordinances for a first reading and a single-reading resolution will be before the council Tuesday. 

The ordinances up for a first reading Tuesday include the annual authorization for the city to purchase miscellaneous supplies. The second will allow the administration to enter into a no-bid contract to increase storage capacity at the Michigan Street water detention facility for flood mitigation efforts, while the third will authorize the administration to enter into a grant writing agreement for a Safer Grant that will go toward the hiring of six full-time firefighters. 

The resolution that will be introduced to council for a single vote will authorize the mayor to enter into agreements with the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, the Logan County Prosecutor’s Office, Washington Township, the Village of Russell’s Point and the Village of West Liberty regarding the Logan County Unified Drug Task Force, a resolution which will include mutual aid specifications and the distribution of forfeited property and mandatory fines. 

Two ordinances will also be before council for a third and final reading at Tuesday’s meeting. The first will approve replacement pages to be entered into the city statues to update the codes to comply with state law, while the second with amend the pay rate for a School Recourse Officer (SRO) from the Bellefontaine City School District. 

The public is encouraged to attend.