On Tuesday, items brought before the Pullman City Council’s attention included few fireworks.

Pullman Police Chief Ted Weatherly Jr. began the night’s agenda with a presentation of the Fourth of July Fireworks Enforcement Report.

“I thought this year was one of the best or the least disruptive,” Councilman Keith Bloom said.

Of the 175 calls to the Pullman Police Department, the report indicated 29 calls related to fireworks. Three calls involved legal action and one call resulted in enforcement action taken because illegal fireworks were the cause of the arrest. On July 4 of last year, 219 police calls were made, 32 of which came at the hand of firework-related incidents.

Pullman, which sustained $12,000 in fire damage in the past six Fourth of July celebrations, is one of 39 Washington state cities enforcing restrictions on illegal fireworks, Weatherly Jr. said.

David Holmes, manager of applied research and development for Avista Utilities, presented statistics and the pros and cons of the potential purchase by the city of street light solar panels.

Cost, availability, construction, risk and incentives will factor into the decision of whether or not the city will decide to finalize the purchase, he said.

Holmes detailed the risks and incentives of the solar panels.

“Solar panels perform better in July,” he said. “In December, they make one-third of what they make in July. From a maintenance standpoint, the battery has a lot of maintenance associated with it.” The cost of each of Pullman’s current high-pressure sodium lights, which light up the streets about 10 hours daily, stands at $116, Holmes said. It would cost about $3,150 to purchase the panels needed to power one light.

Holmes said because the solar panels require mounting on steel poles, lack of aesthetics becomes an issue. The question of the panels’ reliability may translate into liability.

“I like the concept of solar a lot, but I can’t buy the concept of solar panels mounted to street lights,” Holmes said.

The purchase would make financial sense and monetary returns on the purchase would develop in the long run, he said.

The council left the idea of solar-panel lighting on the table for further consideration.

“Some of the technology is working really well, some of it isn’t,” Pullman Mayor Glenn Johnson said. “Again, it’s all about experimentation.”