Hartford Common Council met Tuesday night, March 24 at Hartford City Hall.

The City Administrator's report included an item regarding the consideration of proceeding to go to Referendum in August of this year.

Hartford City Administrator Steve Volkert told WTKM that many services of the community continue to have a greater need. Their call volume for police is going up, while the call volume for EMS is also on the rise.

"EMS by itself is about four to five percent increase every year. Because of that, we need to look at what are the needs of the community in the future. It's a concept of we can't continue to wait for the growth of the community to make the difference. We need to look at what it's going to take. We need to present it to the residents and see if we should stay with the level of services that we have."

There was plenty of discussion Tuesday night between council members.

First District Alderperson Jeff Turchi addressed the council, Hartford Mayor Dennis Regan and City Administrator Steve Volkert.

"If we do go to Referendum or don't go to Referendum, I would like to see a list of what the proposed cuts by staff would be if we did not go to Referendum. I want to know from your team Steve, what non-essential services we can cut and not go to Referendum or outsource. I would like to see that before we even consider going to Referendum or not. I am demanding it as a request."      

There was no action taken by the Hartford Common Council.