∫ The Rogers City City Council will allow City Manager Joe Hefele to spend up to $5,000 for safety and security improvements at City Hall’s front office for when City Hall reopens to the public.

The money would be used to purchase sneeze guards for the front desk and replacing the office’s swinging door with a more secure door. Technology upgrades, such as printers, would turn deputy clerks’ desks into individual workstations so clerks don’t have to use common spaces like the front counter.

Hefele said city officials plan to include information about reopening to residents in the next water bill.

“I think our hope is to make as many as possible continue to use the drop box if they can, and also we’re going to send out the ACH forms for automatic withdrawal. Unlike paying with credit card, there is no fee,” Hefele said.

The City Council also gave Hefele the authority to pay the city’s bills before they are approved by the council in some circumstances, including when contracts require payments to be made at certain times or when the city would incur a penalty or a service would be discontinued because of a late payment.

∫ Presque Isle County Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Carl Altman said the board’s Finance Committee is starting to look at the budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

Altman said officials are not yet sure of insurance costs, and are waiting on those figures to determine whether there will be additional funds available.

“Until we get a little further idea on what those numbers are, we’ll be continuing to work on that budget as an ongoing thing,” he said.

Altman said there was a question as to whether Presque Isle County is required to pay dues to the Huron Undercover Narcotics Team because the county provides an officer to the team.

“As soon as I get a reply on that, I’ll let the board know,” he said.

Commissioner Mike Darga said there has been another 10 to 12 feet of erosion along the shoreline of the 40 Mile Point Lighthouse by a windmill there. He said more trees along the shoreline are expected to be lost and lighthouse Caretaker Eric Klein is worried about the drain field.

“We’re going to have to come up with something here in the near future of how to shore that — whether we do it with logs or we get somebody to put some big rocks in,” Darga said. “It’s going to be a concern here in the near future.”

He said the board should consider addressing the issue in the upcoming budget.

∫ Harrisville will not hire an additional Department of Public Works employee this summer, Mayor Jeff Gehring said. Gehring said the city usually hires an additional position to help with lawn care and painting projects, but the city would like to save funds for the future. He said the city currently has two DPW workers who will take on those responsibilities.