Butler officials are preparing for several events scheduled around the city in August, and a few items coming up for vote at the next council meeting July 25.

City council reviewed a request Thursday evening for Butler Area School District to close Cedar Street below East Brady and East Locust streets and to East Locust Street below North Main and Cedar streets for an Aug. 15 back-to-school bash. Council also reviewed a request from the Rotary Club of Butler PM to host BrewFest at the Centre City Parking Garage on Aug. 17.

The council previously approved the closing of Main Street from Brady Street to Diamond Street for the Butler Italian Festival from Aug. 23 to Aug. 25. However, council received a request from organizers of the festival to allow vendors to set up on Main Street a day ahead of time — a request council did not want to oblige.

Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy said at Thursday’s meeting early setup could be detrimental to Main Street businesses as well as city tax revenue. Dandoy said the city has not finalized the contract with the Italian festival’s organizers yet, but the council agreed vendors should stick to the usual event setup time of 2 p.m. on the event’s start date.

The city has received complaints before about vendors setting up early — a situation Dandoy said he would like to avoid this year.

“Last year it was horrible; I had people screaming at each other,” Dandoy said. “I was down in my office literally taking screenshots of the agreements, sending it to the chief, sending it to the organizers ... and it was a nightmare.”

Council also discussed the possibility of introducing policy that would determine what events taking place in the city would need council approval, and which would not. Councilman Dan Herr said events of a bigger scale may need attention from council, but there is nothing set in stone about which ones council addresses.

Dandoy said the potential policy on the topic is “in the embryonic stage.”

He also said the city has approved permits for about eight employees of internet provider Brightspeed to do door-to-door solicitation, which is valid for 90 days. Solicitation in the city can only be performed between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekdays.