The Macedonia City Council amended and passed Ordinance 56 to revise Chapter 7.61 of the city code covering peddlers, solicitors and canvassers, retaining a $20 application fee, requiring separate applications for each individual, and eliminating a 30-minute post-sunset allowance for peddling activity.

Director Godetti told the council the most recent draft "primarily does two things: 1, removes the references to canvassers, and 2, retains the $20 application fee instead of the $100 fee that was previously proposed." He added that enforcement will change: "anytime somebody comes in for an application from now on, the police department is gonna make sure that each and every person has a separate application and they go through that process."

Council members moved the amendment to adopt the most recent verbiage, carried the measure on second and third reading by title only, and ordered the ordinance posted according to law. The council did not record a roll-call tally in the meeting transcript beyond the verbal "Aye"; the presiding officer declared "Ordinance 56 carries."

The ordinance text removes references to canvassing from the operative sections of Chapter 7.61 while leaving the word "canvassing" in the ordinance title; council and staff said the definition in the code will continue to clarify activities that are not regulated under this chapter. The council also confirmed how the change affects existing permits: activity permitted under permits issued before the passage date remains governed by the prior rules, and the revised requirements apply to permits and renewals issued after the ordinance takes effect.

Separately, the council approved a motion to cancel the Nov. 27 and Dec. 25 city council meetings. That motion passed after a second; the clerk recorded the vote as "All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries."

Council members and staff framed the changes as a public-safety and enforcement clarification: eliminating the extra half-hour after sunset was described as a measure to reduce the risk to individuals walking on roads after dark and to simplify enforcement. The transcript does not record additional legal citations or an implementation date beyond the standard rule that permits issued before the passage date remain on the prior rules.

The ordinance amendment and the meeting-cancellation motion were the only formal legislative actions recorded in the transcript; no other votes on ordinances or resolutions appeared in the provided record.