Survey includes fireworks query

RITZVILLE – City residents and business leaders should be receiving a survey this week seeking input on a variety of services, amenities and ordinances.

One question new to the annual survey this year is about fireworks.

City Clerk/Treasurer Julie Flyckt told the City Council last week that the survey was about ready to go in the mail. Just prior to her report on the survey, the council was discussing a possible public hearing on what to do about fireworks in high fire danger years.

By adding a fireworks question to the survey, Flyckt said the city will get a better idea of how residents feel...