News 9 October 2016

Golf carts live to fight another day

The ordinance that will not die remains very much alive after Monday night’s City Council meeting.Council members approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allow golf carts and utility vehicles to be on most city streets — state law will not allow them on state highways except to make a “direct crossing” — as long as they met the requirements of the ordinance.The vote was 4-2, with Jill Eike and Cory McDonald voting against, and came two weeks after the first reading of the ordinance had been defeated.On Sept. 19, the council voted 3-2 for the ordinance but because ordinances must receive four votes, it appeared the issued was dead.The only way the council can reconsider a defeated ordinance is if a council member who was either not part of the vote or cast a “nay” brings it back for consideration.— For more information on this story, see the Oct. 7 Tribune

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