By Sam Parsons

The Oskaloosa city council has a regular meeting scheduled for tonight. On the agenda is a budget adjustment for the Oskaloosa Police Department to fill two Sergeant positions that have been vacant since 2021 and 2024, respectively. The council will also consider setting the date for a public hearing on plans and specifications and authorizing the advertisement of bids for the Burlington Road Reconstruction Project, and they will consider the first readings of three separate ordinances: one to adopt the latest edition of the National Electrical Code; one to add a “no parking zone” to 1st Avenue West on the north side from South D Street to the railroad tracks 600 feet west of South D Street; and one to designate 3 different downtown areas as City Park Areas for the purpose of instituting closing hours on those places. Those areas are “The Alley,” lying west of the city square and south of Smokey Row, “Trolley Place,” lying west of Tasos’ restaurant, and the Oskaloosa Skate Park.

The meeting will begin at 6pm in the Oskaloosa City Hall council chambers.