Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The council rejected a proposal to address odor complaints from the Veolia wastewater treatment plant by a 4-3 vote, with Boozé, Rogers, Bates, and Butt voting no. Residents have been reporting bad smells from the city's sewage treatment facility.

The council approved supporting a statewide ban on criminal history questions in job applications by a 6-1 vote, with Bates dissenting. However, a related proposal to remove the criminal history question from the city's own job applications received no recorded vote.

The council approved 4 routine items on consent, including a $2.9 million lease for new radio equipment for police and fire departments. Other approved items included increasing medical marijuana collective permits from 3 to 4 and applying for $1.4 million in EPA grants for soil testing and cleanup projects.

Discussion of a master plan for upgrading the city's sewer system and giving the police chief authority to decline mutual aid requests during civil unrest was continued to a future meeting.