From a board-game you can buy at Walmart to possibly more access to our congressional representative, last night’s Sandusky city council had a packed agenda.
For instance, the council received a letter from Debra Biniecki suggesting that they look at the current ordinance against chicken ownership in city limits, listing several benefits to keeping chickens, from having a more sustainable and self-reliant food source and because “they’re just fun.” Mayor Lukshaitis asked council member and head of the ordinance committee Norton Schramm to get together with city manager Dave Faber and reach out to Ms. Biniecki, who had also recommended a two-year pilot program with a limited number of residents having up to six chickens each.
Speaking of City Manager Faber, he informed the council of a new board game called Sandusky-opoly, where you buy city blocks and earn keys to the city, available for purchase at Walmart now. He also informed them of a request by congresswoman Lisa McClain and her staff to use the city hall’s front chamber rooms once a week so that one of her staff members can be available to area constituents. There was some debate on whether to charge the congresswoman for the weekly use of the room, seeing that they have lawyers pay to use the room but not local organizations using it for a short event.
Eventually, it came to a motion that they charge the congresswoman and her staff $100 a month for usage of the room, with some stipulations for use, such as not making it a campaign headquarters. It was not a unanimous vote, with councilwoman Bissett voting against the motion. No word if any changes brought on by the election will end up tweaking the arrangement in some way.
Also at Monday’s meeting, local resident Bill Franzel profusely thanked the council for Public Works tearing down the old Barn on Argyle and Minden Roads; Sandusky Police Chief Brett Lester introduced new officer Jennifer Deiotte, who served in Yale and Capac before coming to Sandusky; and City Manager Faber shared that the Patronicity campaign for the Diamond Trail table fundraiser was a success, earning $24,260.00, an amount that grows to a total to almost $40,000 thanks to the matching of funds by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
