Horace Ehrgood News Today

Lebanon City Council approved an ordinance amending the International Fire Code adopted by the city. The amendment allows a second exception to section 307.1.1 of the code that prohibits public burning.    The amendment allows the burning of a flag or similar item at a public demonstration. Mayor Sherry Capello told the council this change was being made to conform with the First Amendment.  The section, as written, prohibits "the burning of garbage, rubbish, rags, bones, leaves, paper a...

Outdoor burning at public demonstrations and the destruction of old city records were the main items on a short agenda at Lebanon City Council's Feb. 22 monthly meeting, held remotely via Zoom.