The Fairfield City Council will meet tonight at City Hall. The night will begin with a public hearing at 5:30 to discuss the proposed business district in the city, but no action will be taken on the matter tonight by the council. Mayor Mike Dreith says he will likely begin the hearing with a brief explanation of the district before allowing any attendees to briefly speak their minds. Appearing on the Community Connection, he also spoke on the second big item on the agenda in the potential naming of a replacement for Brett Coale, who stepped away from the council last month. The mayor has nominated Cody Attebery to replace him, citing, in part, the fact he lost in a very close race to Dewey Eckleberry in the last election. In other action at tonight's Fairfield council meeting, aldermen are anticipated to vote on beginning the process to change utility collection dates. With Wayne-White Electric taking over the electric grid, the city has two separate pay dates, and action tonight
The Fairfield City Council will meet tonight at 6 at City Hall. The night will begin with a discussion on the potential business district, and the council is then anticipated to set a public hearing date in March to gauge the city's view on the project. Other items on the agenda call for the appointment of a Zoning Officer and a request to use recreation funds to reimburse Santa for his work in the downtown area in December. The meeting will be streamed live on the City's Facebook page. Mayor Dreith says he is pleased with the city's efforts in clearing roads in the wake of ice and snow last week in Fairfield. He says Robert Kamp and the Street and Bridge Department put in immense amounts of work to clear the way for people to navigate the streets. He does say state trucks have an easier time clearing highways, in part, because they have a steel base to their plows. City trucks have a rubber base so as not to damage manhole covers and similar features. The Albion City Co