PRESENT

MAYOR: DWIGHT D. LOUDEN

COUNCIL: KEVIN CRAIG

CHRISTEN BROCK

MIKE GORDON

NANCY JO GROBMYER

DAVID WILHOITE

DEAN MILLER JR

ATTORNEY FOR CITY: NICHOLAS MARSH

CITY CLERK-TREASURER: BECKY H. PYLES

POLICE CHIEF: MICHAEL WILLHOITE

BUILDING INSPECTOR: JOHN WELCH

PRESS: MADISON COURIER/SARA DENHART

NEWS DEMOCRAT/PHYLLIS CODLING

MODERATOR: WILLIAM J. WELTY, SR.

CALL TO ORDER

THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M. BY PUBLIC HEARING MODERATOR, WILLIAM J. WELTY, SR.

RENTAL ORDINANCE PROPOSAL: SPEAKERS "FOR" AND "AGAINST"

THERE WERE 34 ATTENDEES SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE RENTAL ORDINANCE PROPOSAL AND WERE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER OF THEIR SIGN-UPS. OF THE 34 SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, THREE PASSED ON SPEAKING. OF THE 31 SPEAKERS, SIX WERE FOR THE ORDINANCE AND 25 SPOKE AGAINST THE ORDINANCE. SEVERAL LANDLORDS DID ACKNOWLEDGE THEY WERE NOT OPPOSED TO A BUSINESS LICENSE BUT WANTED THE FEES TO BE FAIR.

THREE SPEAKERS ALSO PRESENTED THEIR COMMENTS IN WRITTEN FORM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AT THE HOUR OF 8:07 P.M.

ATTEST:

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DWIGHT D. LOUDEN, MAYOR BECKY H. PYLES, CLERK-TREASURER

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