The Fairfield City Council held its monthly meeting on Tuesday with a fairly light agenda. After the approval of minutes from last month’s meeting and bills that had been submitted, and no public comment, the City Council moved into the routine business portion of the meeting.
The first item on the agenda was a Girl Scout Week Proclamation. Mayor Gary Moore recognized that March 12th, 2026 marks the 114th Anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouts in the U.S. Mayor Moore then proclaimed the week of March 8th through March 14th, 2026 as Girl Scout Week.
The next item on the agenda was to be a presentation by CASA for Kids, however their representative was unable to attend the meeting.
The 3rd item on the agenda was a request for a road closure on Market Avenue, May 2nd from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for the Family Literacy Fest that was approved unanimously.
Up next on the agenda was the ordinance outlining the new guidelines for Business Tax District Grants. The new guidelines state that if a grant is made for $0 to $5,000, it would be eligible for up to a maximum of 80% and would be one per site every 6 months. If grant is made for $5,001 to $25,000, the awards would be for 50% with one per site every 12 months. If a grant was for more than $25,000, it would be eligible for 25% with one per site per year. The ordinance was passed unanimously.
After passing the ordinance governing the Business Tax District Grants, the council addressed two Business District Agreement requests from Uniquely Rustique and Blessed Blooms Flower Market. The request From Uniquely Rustique was in regard to a broken storefront window that would cost $850. Under the 80% guideline, a grant of $680 was approved. The request from Blessed Blooms regarded improvements to their business including exterior doors and windows and signage and was in the amount of $22,450 and would fall under the 50% category. A grant of $11,225 was approved.
The council then moved on to a resolution authorizing the purchase of Natural Gas from Pefa, Incorporated. Pefa was described as a discount group of purchasing buyers consisting of 82 members with Fairfield being one of 14 additional members being added. Being a part of the group will give Fairfield a 10% discount on natural gas prices as the group will have more purchasing power. The resolution was unanimously approved.
The City Council then discussed the Financial Report for the month of February. In February, the city incurred expenses in the amount of $2,158,233 with revenues of $2,091,678 for a net loss of $66,555. For the year the city has incurred expenses of $18,600,008 and revenues of $17,035,220 for a net loss of $62,442
The meeting concluded with a miscellaneous note regarding the displaying of house numbers. The City would like to remind residents that house numbers are required by ordinance to be visible for the use of first responders.