The Jewell city council made several appointments for 2023 at its first meeting of the year this week. Jewell mayor Leo Reiter and fire chief Duane Henderickson as Hamilton County Emergency Management Commission representatives. Duane Hendrickson was selected as the Jewell representative to the Hamilton County 911 Board. Leo Reiter will be the representative to the Hamilton County Solid Waste Commission with Aaron Boor as the alternate member. In addition Leo Reiter and council member Loyal Winborn were selected to the EJS (Ellsworth Jewell Stanhope) Police Board for this year.
Montgomery Memorial Library director Rosie Young shared statistics of the library during 2022 and budget needs. Young requested $64,805 from the city of Jewell. The council will consider the request at a future meeting.
Jewell city attorney Justin Deppe informed the city council that he plans to revise the current ordinance pertaining to chickens. The new ordinance allows for six hens, no roosters permitted, must be maintained in an enclosure and stay on the owner’s yard. No permit or waiver is necessary.