photo by Logan Gruber
While an agenda hasn’t been finalized as of press time on Wednesday, the city council plans to allow time for public input on the water tower lights during its May 18 meeting. Public input time is currently scheduled for 6:05 p.m. City council meetings are held starting at 6 p.m. at city hall, 25 College Ave. N.
The city of St. Joseph turned off the water tower lights for an entire night on March 28 in response to a request from St. Joseph resident Wayne Birkholz to turn them off for one hour during Earth Hour. The city council recently received another request from Birkholz to turn off the lights permanently, and is asking for public input on the proposal.