Hartford City Council met Tuesday night, January 13 at Hartford City Hall.

A recommendation was approved for a basketball court at Homestead Park. Hartford Parks and Rec Director Randy Wojtasiak says it's part of the park development.

"The Capital Improvement Program includes forty thousand dollars in improved city funding for Homestead Park phase three  developments. The plan is to install a basketball court. This will not be a regulation size court."  

PLM Paving and Concrete won the bid and will take on the project for $35,500.

An approval was presented for a contract from Stryker Medical Equipment for EMS Capital equipment for the Hartford Fire and Rescue Department. It’s in the amount of $409,265.55 which is $5,149 less than the amount allocated.

An Executive Summary for an amendment of parking on Grant Street was discussed. Parking was allowed on both sides of the street, but with the addition of pickleball courts adjacent to West Side Park, they have increased traffic volume. When cars are parked on both sides of the street, the width of the road does not allow for two-way traffic. This situation is magnified when semi-truck traffic is present, which occurs regularly during working hours.

Following an evaluation of traffic flow in this area, the City of Hartford will add no parking restrictions and amend the current ordinance to extend no parking restrictions on the west side of Grant Street - south to West Sumner Street.

West Side Park has 22 parking lot spaces available near the new pickleball courts.