Hillsboro allows more fireworks
Staff writer
Hillsboro City Council didn’t make any explosive decisions Tuesday but did make some decisions on explosives.
The council approved a request from resident Robert Rempel to allow use of fireworks from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 5.
City code already allows for fireworks on July 1, 2, 3, and 4, as well as Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
The council also approved a request from Hillsboro United Methodist Church to have its annual fireworks display from 9 to 11 p.m. June 29.
“I think it would be a good idea if the council had samples so we could try them,” councilman Byron McCarty joked.
Other actions included the authorization of a parking lot to be built outside the H4C child care center.
As of Tuesday, 61 of 99 spots in the center are filled.
The center likely will open within two months, per city administrator Matt Stiles, though it still is waiting for a license from the state and an exact date has not been decided.
Crushed limestone will be used for the parking lot, with a layer of hard rock on top.
“I would really not like to see dust-making rock in the neighborhood,” Mayor Lou Thurston said.
The current price for rock is $29 per ton. With 200 tons of rock needed for the lot, it will put the cost of the parking lot at $5,800, plus labor.
Stiles said money would come from the city’s general fund; specifically $20,000 usually set aside for a high school government class to develop community projects.
Past projects developed by students include a colorful mural on Grand Ave. and tee pads at the disc golf course.
The class had a new teacher this year, and no one signed up to do a community project, Stiles said.