5 Things to Know before Thursday's Stow Council Meeting

The Stow City Council Committee-of-the-Whole begins at 7 p.m. tonight at .

1. Council is expected to pass legislation to allow the 30-day sale of pumpkins this fall at . Timothy Knitz, of the church, said the sale will be Oct. 1 to 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 12:30 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The pumpkins are shipped in from Texas and Arizona from American Indian tribes.
2. Legislation will be presented to Council to pay $1,500 to enclose Hile Road resident Paul Hunter's ditch. See a video on the ditch discussion from Monday , and read more about the situation . Service Director Dano Koehler said the city is now changing its policy to in residents' front yards.
3. Council is expected to vote on approving the for the . Fire Chief Bill Kalbaugh said the cameras will be 90 percent paid for with a grant. The current thermal imaging cameras the department has are from the 1980s. See a video of firefighters testing the new cameras out .
4. Council will take a look at increasing the cost to be buried at the public cemetery. The fee increase is expected to be about $100. For more information, look for a story on Stow Patch.
5. An executive session is scheduled for labor negotiations.