1984/06/11 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

244 June 11,1904 Councilman Pope commented he thought theY h. asked fer mosetaxY SUppOrt and Ed Hansen, representing the PGA Golf Tournament committee,said they originally had but they.can use the bleachers and felt this sort of contribution would work out very well. President Stephenson asked if the Budget Committee had addressed the problem of priority scale 90 449$ for this fund and Councilman Overstreet said hey 944 not but fe t some gsidelines 9h 914 be established. Councilman Overstreet raised the question of responsibility of distribution to charities if the tournament made money. Roll was called on the resolution with all Councilmen voting yes, except Councilman Overstreet,who voted no. Motion Carried COUNCIL COMMENTS CONTINUED Councilman Langus introduced a draft fireworks ordinance for first reading today. This wosld repeal all other fireworks ordinances and bring the City into conformance with the new State law which became effective June 7th. Councilman Morrow was concerned about the ssffering and confusion of animals during the 4th of July holiday and also the enforcement issue when youngsters were caught with illegal fireworks. PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS President Stephenson suggested that the Animal Shelter people be a little more liberal in their procedures on how they handle animals during this period. He tl.n thanked Councilman Pope for taking time to visit the Naval bases and said several other Councilmen 9.11 be visiting Jacksonville later this month. After that he felt it would be time for Council to sit down to review and compare notes on information • gathered to date. Councilman Langus was excused at this tin.. STREET CLOSURE REQUEST Moved by Cosncilman Pope, seconded by Councilman Morrow, to approve the closure of Colby from Hewitt to Everett Avenue for the Annual • Street Fair and Sidewalk Sale on July 26,27 and 28,19E4,and that parking tickets be exempted during that period. • • • •