The closing of West Green Street from Broadway to Cass was approved by the Hastings City Council, as in previous years, from 5 to 8pm on Thursday, October 31st for Halloween festivities in order to provide a safer environment for trick-or-treaters. The neighborhood along Green Street has become a popular destination for children and families on Halloween and several volunteers assist in keeping the area safe and secure.
The council approved a request from Lori Pearson, Principal of St. Rose School, to restrict parking in front of the school on Jefferson Street to bus parking only from 7am to 4pm, Monday through Friday.
Council also approved a request from Hastings Manufacturing Company to waive the parking restrictions and time limits around the first ward park in late October and early November for company employees, while work is being done on the company’s parking lots.
The city will contract with Municode for Self-Publishing Software at an annual cost of $3,000. The software will allow city staff to update, maintain, and publish municipal ordinances in-house as they are adopted. In the past, the city has paid Municode to do the updates once a year.
Amendments to the Hastings-Rutland Joint Planning Commission Zoning ordinance pertaining to electronic and illuminated signs and billboards were approved, as was a Limited Wastewater Service and Maintenance agreement between the City of Hastings and Rutland Township to extend and replace the current agreement that was made in 1992.
