Standing Committee Meeting

MEETING OF STANDING COMMITTEES Community Center October 3, 2022 The meeting of Standing Committee met at the Community Center at 6:20 p.m. on October 3, 2022, with the following Committee persons in attendance: Councilmembers Susan deBuhr, Kelly Dunn, Daryl Kruse, Simon Harding, Dustin Ganfield, Gil Schultz, and Dave Sires. Staff members from all City Departments and members of the community attended in person. Public Safety Committee: Chair Ganfield called the meeting to order and introduced the only item on the Public Safety Committee, Review of Fireworks Ordinance and introduced Mark Howard, Acting Police Chief. Acting Chief Howard introduced four different ordinance proposals for council consideration and included the pros and cons. Chair Ganfield opened the meeting for questions. Councilmembers discussed highest volume of calls for specific days, pros and cons of each proposal, yearly education campaign and yearly December resolution adoption deadline. Chair Ganfield opened for public comment, no comments. Mayor Green stated Waterloo has a desire to collaborate in 2023; if Councilmembers opted for option IV that would allow some flexibility to collaborate. It was moved by Kruse and seconded by Harding to include proposal IV into the City of Cedar Falls Code of Ordinance (Section 16-24(b)), It shall be unlawful for any person to use or explode any consumer fireworks within the corporate limits of the City of Cedar Falls except on July 3 and July 4 of each year between the hours of 12:00 noon and 10:30 p.m. Any additional days of allowed use may be designated by resolution of council which, if adopted, shall be adopted no later than the last day of December each year to apply to the following calendar year. This section shall not apply to novelties. The motion was put to vote. Aye: Kruse, Harding, Ganfield, and Dunn; Nay: Schultz, deBuhr, and Sires. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. Minutes by Kim Kerr, Administrative Supervisor