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Receive Presentation Regarding Updated Safe and Sane Fireworks Application Process for 2025 Fireworks Season (FD & CLK)
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MEETING DATE:
March 5, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Olivia Nashed, City Clerk
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive Presentation Regarding Updated Safe and Sane Fireworks Application Process for 2025 Fireworks Season.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Fireworks Vendor Application process was challenging last year. City Council requested that a review of the application process and changes to improve the process for the future. The Fire Department, Public Information Officer, City Attorney's Office and City Clerk's Office coordinated to improve the process for wholesalers and the local non-profit organizations that benefit from the annual sales. Changes that will be implemented this year include:
1. FIREWORKS SEASON WORKSHOP: Staff will conduct a joint Fireworks Sales Workshop on Monday, March 3rd, at Carnegie Forum, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. The flyer for the workshop was published on the City's Fireworks webpage, the Fire Department's Facebook page, and the City's main Facebook page. Fire Department staff contacted local non-profits that participated in the Fireworks lottery in prior years to inform them of the workshop and invited them to attend. The City Clerk's Office contacted the wholesalers to do the same.
2. REVIEW PERIOD FOR ALL APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS: An application review period will be implemented for the 2025 process. Once the application submission window opens (March 3rd), all applications submitted for the Fireworks Lottery will be reviewed for completion by the Fire Department and the City Clerk's Office within 48 hours of submission. The opportunity for application review will ensure non-profits have sufficient time to submit any missing paperwork or supplemental information needed by the end of application period, March 31st. Another 48-hour review period will be implemented for the...
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