Put Out the Smokes in Daphne

The Daphne City Council approved a citywide no smoking ordinance Monday night.
However, there are some exceptions.
The air quality ordinance, as it was called, would ban smoking in all enclosed public places, job sites and seating areas of stadiums as well as within 20 feet of outside main entrances.
Some people speaking before the council thought the ordinance should be even tougher.
One person said, "Bars are the worst perpetrators of second hand smoke. As for bars, may I suggest the following: no smoking in bars, no exceptions."
Still another said, "I can't stress the importance of having a strong ban. It does no good to just do a partial ban."
However, the council voted to allow smoking in bars and designated hotel and motel rooms.
Later, the council voted to hire six additional firefighters for the city, despite concerns by mayor as to where the money will come from for these hirings as well as for future projects.
Fire Chief Bo White said he was "ecstatic" about the move.
But Daphne Mayor Fred Small said, "I will agree with the chiefs, we need more men on the truck. But the intent for this is to put a station in this area (near City Hall) just because, all of a sudden, we've had one house fire and, all of a sudden, we've figured out that one station that's been a volunteer station is not operated all the time or there's nobody there."
The City Council also voted to raise the salary of the mayor from $60,000 a year to $75,000 a year effective next election.