Seymour City Council: Seymour council advances dispatch pay changes and approves two Walnut Street handicap spaces

Seymour City Council: The Seymour City Council approved adding signs for two existing handicap parking spaces on Walnut Street and advanced several ordinances. Ordinance 13 passed second reading unanimously, 4-0. A proposed rezoning at 11055 E. U.S. Highway 50 passed second reading 3-1 but will receive another reading July 27. The council also gave first-reading approval to a salary ordinance covering two dispatch positions, capped at 520 hours per year, along with first readings on wastewater-user classifications, smoking and vaping restrictions in city vehicles, and police and fire rules and benefits. City officials said they will investigate reported unsafe and code-related conditions at 609 S. Beech St. and provide an update July 27. No tax or fee changes, contract awards, or major spending amounts were recorded.
• Seymour City Council: Seymour City Council approved Ordinance 13, adding two handicap parking spaces on Walnut Street; the spaces already exist and will receive signs. Vote: 4-0 on second reading.
• Seymour City Council: A rezoning ordinance for 11055 E. U.S. Highway 50 would add “junk yards” to the property’s non-permitted uses. It passed second reading 3-1 and is scheduled for another reading July 27.
• Seymour City Council: Ordinance 17 would amend 2026 salaries for two dispatch positions, with a maximum of 520 hours per year. It passed first reading 4-0.
• Seymour City Council: Seymour City Council approved first readings for an ordinance establishing non-significant categorical industrial-user status under the municipal code, an ordinance adding vaping restrictions and prohibiting smoking or vaping in all city vehicles, and an ordinance allowing the police and fire chiefs to update rules and regulations when needed. Each vote was 4-0.
• Seymour City Council: Officials agreed to follow up on complaints about 609 S. Beech St., including alleged illegal burning, animal mistreatment, lack of electricity, and alleged water theft. The mayor said the ordinance administrator and fire chief would be contacted, with an update due July 27.
• Seymour City Council: The mayor said he would contact the parks director about pickleball-court complaints involving time limits, player rotation, and young people shooting Nerf guns on the courts.
• Seymour City Council: IDEM investigated a complaint alleging chemicals were running from a neighboring yard into an alley and found no concern, according to the mayor.