Amador County – The Plymouth City Council has approved an interim fireworks policy for sales and use of fireworks inside city limits, in designated areas, and will also discuss plans for a concert to benefit the Amador County Fair, set for July 2, after the Independence Day Parade.

Plymouth City Manager Jeff Gardner said Tuesday that the council will also consider a Community Development Block Grant for a planning technical grant on an update of the city zoning ordinance. The Council will also consider allowing installation of a Main Street banner for a June 2 home show.

On the fireworks, Gardner said the “City Council agreed to temporarily have a trial period to sell in city, and use fireworks in the city, in designated areas,” for a two-year trial period. For the Independence Day Parade, “We’re going to run some bulls down main street,” Gardner said, to start the July 2 parade, which will end with a benefit concert.

The “Fair Aid Battle of the Bands Concert” will be held July 2, at the Amador County Fair Grounds, after the parade in Plymouth. Gardner said this year, the parade ends at the fairgrounds. The new trial ordinance will also allow people to display their own “safe and sane” fireworks at Harold Colburn Park on the Fair Grounds. Proceeds from the Fair Aid Battle of the Bands Concert will go to the Amador County Fair, which had its budget cut by the state, starting next fiscal year.

Gardner said: “We’re really trying to help support the fair.” He said the funding cut amounts to nearly a quarter of a million dollars a year, “which is a significant part of their budget.”

The 2011 fair theme is “Dancing with the Steers,” and is planned for July 28-31 at the Plymouth fairgrounds.

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