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The City Council unanimously approved an amended discretionary hiring freeze covering new, vacant, and soon-to-be-vacant positions across City departments. It also enacted changes involving tax-title property sales, rental-unit registration and inspection, lead pipes in residential housing, and department-head salaries; the salary ordinance passed 8-3.
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The hiring freeze is discretionary, meaning essential positions may still be considered individually rather than being automatically left vacant. New rental-unit and lead-pipe rules were enacted, but the minutes do not provide the detailed requirements. The Council also approved several business-license renewals, including conditional three-month licenses for some auto dealers facing overcrowding and parking problems. An executive session on an open-meeting-law complaint was rejected unanimously, and the complaint was instead referred to the City Solicitor's Office for investigation, with 9 voting in favor and 2 against.
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