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File #: ID 26-8500    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/23/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/6/2026 Final action:
Title: Consider hearing the First Reading of AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LAUREL CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15: OFFENSES TO ADD ARTICLE IV. REGULATING INSTITUTIONAL DISCHARGE TRANSPORTATION INTO THE CITY OF LAUREL; REQUIRING ADVANCE NOTICE FOR CERTAIN TRANSPORTS TO SHELTERS AND SOCIAL-SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS; REQUIRING CONFIRMED ACCEPTANCE WHEN AN ORGANIZATION IS REPRESENTED AS A RECEIVING DESTINATION; PROHIBITING UNSAFE DROP-OFFS, CIRCUMVENTION, AND FALSE REPRESENTATIONS; PROTECTING REPORTING EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS, ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES, REFERRALS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE-First Reading, Regulating Institutional Discharge Transportation into the City, Prohibiting Unsafe Drop-Offs 10.6.pdf, 2. ORDINANCE Exhibit-Council Briefing Memo 10.6.pdf, 3. ORDINANCE Exhibit -FAQs 10.6.pdf
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CITY OF LAUREL
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COUNCIL MEETING DATE: _OCTOBER 6, 2026 ITEM NO.

ITEM TITLE: POLICY AGENDA

INTRODUCED BY: WARD 1 COUNCILMAN JASON CAPERS

CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: JASON CAPERS/601-323-2762

SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Title
Consider hearing the First Reading of AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LAUREL CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 15: OFFENSES TO ADD ARTICLE IV. REGULATING INSTITUTIONAL DISCHARGE TRANSPORTATION INTO THE CITY OF LAUREL; REQUIRING ADVANCE NOTICE FOR CERTAIN TRANSPORTS TO SHELTERS AND SOCIAL-SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS; REQUIRING CONFIRMED ACCEPTANCE WHEN AN ORGANIZATION IS REPRESENTED AS A RECEIVING DESTINATION; PROHIBITING UNSAFE DROP-OFFS, CIRCUMVENTION, AND FALSE REPRESENTATIONS; PROTECTING REPORTING EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS, ENFORCEMENT, PENALTIES, REFERRALS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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RESOLUTION ______ ORDINANCE ___X___ CONTRACT ______ MINUTES ______

PLAN MAPS ______ ORDER ______ OTHER (SPECIFY)


SUBMITTAL AUTHORIZATION: COUNCILPERSON _____ MAYOR ______ CAO ______



COUNCIL ACTION: MOTION BY________________ SECONDED BY__________________

COUNCIL VOTE: YEAS NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
JASON CAPERS, WARD 1 ______ _______ ________ _______
KEVIN KELLY, WARD 2 ______ _______ ________ _______
ANGIE SCRUGGS, WARD 3 ______ _______ ________ _______
GEORGE CARMICHAEL, WARD 4 ______ _______ ________ _______
ANDREA THOMAS, WARD 5 ______ _______ ________ _______
GRACE AMOS, WARD 6 ______ _______ ________ _______
MARIAN ALLEN, WARD 7 ______ _______ ________ _______


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