The Jefferson City Council met Tuesday night in regular session.

The Council approved a $34,078 purchase for new body and in-car cameras for the police department. Chief Mark Clouse said the company they are using now isn’t returning phone calls for service and can’t get replacement parts with Digital Ally. The new equipment will be coming from Panasonic, which is the same company that the Iowa State Patrol uses. Funding for the cameras will either be from general fund or possibly from Local Option Sales and Services Tax.

The Council also approved a work order for Bolton & Menk to design and be the grant administrator to relocate 243rd Street for the extension of the runway at the Jefferson Airport. Cost for the design work is $90,000, with 90-percent of the funding coming from federal money and ten-percent from the airport commission. Next year will be the construction for the relocation.

The Council approved a $1,300 request for tier three funding from hotel/motel tax for advertising for the Smithsonian Institute’s traveling exhibit of Hometown Teams, an amendment to the urban renewal plan as presented and a plat of survey for Mike and Angie Healy as presented.

The Council then agreed to proceed with the second phase of the downtown facade program and to finalize details for it. Finally, the Council discussed moving a house from 305 West State Street to 407 West Lincoln Way. The estimated cost to move the 1890s home is about $95,000. The benefit would be that a house would be on the empty lot and it would cost over $460,000 to built that style of house. The Council chose to investigate if money used on that project would hinder using funds for other projects. However, the Central Christian Church, which obtained the property, would like the house to either be moved or be torn down.