The Smithville Aldermen have delayed action on an ordinance lifting the ban on the sale of fireworks in the city limits of Smithville.
Although the issue was on the agenda Monday night, City Administrator Hunter Hendrixson asked the aldermen to wait until the May meeting to take action in order to provide more time to work out details of the ordinance.
“I have a sample ordinance from MTAS (Municipal Technical Advisory Service) and I have gone through it but there are still quite a few questions and they haven’t gotten back with me. We still have time before the (fireworks) season to pass an ordinance. I want to research this a little bit more before I present this to you. There are some things like how much we’re going to charge for permits and other things that they (MTAS) needs to answer before I present it to you. There are also state regulations that go with this and I don’t want the city to do anything that goes against the state regulations,” said Hendrixson.
The city has prohibited the sale of fireworks since 1982.
The aldermen voted to declare a two story brick home near the airport park surplus property on Allens Chapel Road. The city recently had to purchase the house for demolition and the trees around it will have to be removed because of FAA regulations prohibiting obstructions within the airport’s glide zone. The home was purchased using TDOT Aeronautics grant funds. The city’s local grant match was 5%.
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