The Frankfort City Council Monday night unanimously approved a pair of ordinances, including one that provides a procedure for applications and agreements for fire service to unincorporated areas.
“It takes care of the NHK fire service contact that we’ve been working on for quite some time,” said Frankfort Mayor Judy Sheets. “I think it’s something the city wanted to do for NHK. We’re concerned about the safety and I think this is something that is going to work well.”
The other ordinance that was passed was to amend the eligibility requirements for the water contract rate.
The council had requests on both ordinances to suspend the rules and pass on all three readings.
In other news, the council approved a Frankfort Police Deferral Fund purchase that was made by Clinton County Prosecutor Tony Sommer, who said he wanted to use the fund to help pay for new radar equipment in the city’s new police cars. The city had $11,128.85 in the fund which can now be used to help pay for the needed equipment.
“We purchased nine new cars this year and some of them for patrol use,” said Frankfort Police Chief Scott Shoemaker. “Then we got to looking at our equipment. We had passed them down from car to car over the last 15 to 20 years. The speed timing devices didn’t always pick up the cars. So, we sent them off to be refurbished a year ago.”
Shoemaker said the radar equipment cost $1,585 each and “the prosecutor will pay the rest of it out of his deferral fund.”
The council also heard a presentation from Matt Stidham, who is charge of the proposed Public Safety Training Complex.
Stidham is looking for a $40,000 commitment from the city and the county to help with the project. The complex will cost $140,000 and they are in need of nearly all that. He said he hopes to have Phase I done by August which will cost $80,000.
The council is all for the project. However, Sheets said “let us work on the money.”