The Guthrie Center City Council met Monday night.

The Council heard opposition from several downtown business owners on a proposal to enforce two hour parking limits, after hearing the idea suggested from Subway representatives at their May 9th meeting. Creative Hands owner Brenda Lehman says the proposal is not fair to her customers, who can have appointments that last over two hours.

Similar concerns were brought up by others businesses and Mayor Denny Kunkle says the lack of parking could work itself out in the coming weeks due to Guthrie County State Bank moving to their new location, which frees up several more parking spots in the downtown area. Kunkle adds the City has had two-hour parking in the past, but it didn’t work because people would move their car minimal distances to circumvent the rules. The Council ultimately decided to wait to see if the problem fixes itself and readdress the issue at their July 25th regular meeting.

Plus, the Council voted to send proposed animal protection and control, and all-terrain vehicle, off-road vehicle and snowmobile ordinances to the City Attorney for review.

Additionally, they accepted a bid of $5,800 to perform the City’s fiscal year 2016 audit, and $2,250 to do the Guthrie Center Firefighter’s Association fiscal year 2016 audit from Cornwell, Frideres, Maher and Associates P.L.C, of Fort Dodge. The only other bid to do the two audits was from the State Auditor’s office and costed about $4,000 more.