The fate of smoking in downtown bars is anticipated to be decided Tuesday at the City Council meeting, which will also address problems in the State Street budget and final plans for the reconstruction of Peace Park.

Advocates on both sides of the smoking issue will be present to draw conclusions for the proposal. Health groups and anti-smoking advocates will test their arguments against smokers’ rights and tavern representatives.

According to Ald. Austin King, District 8, the current ordinance is cluttered with flaws and a replacement must be found. Presently, only a few downtown establishments are smoke-free. The new ordinance proposes all downtown establishments ban smoking.

“One option is a complete ban in public places, another is slightly less ambitious,” King said of the two possible outcomes.

Ald. Steve Holtzman, District 19, the ordinance’s strongest advocate, also remarked on the smoking issue, saying a new proposal should be up for adoption, clearing up confusion on why some establishments are exempt from the ordinance.

“Hopefully we’ll no longer have to deal with confusing exemption language and similar establishments receiving different treatment,” Holtzman said, expecting the new proposal, which would ban smoking in all downtown establishments, to have enough support to be taken into adoption.

Also on the agenda will be problems facing the State Street budget. King said the meeting will focus on finding a way to reduce budgetary problems, and Holtzman said the main concern is the trouble over the true costs of State Street totaling more than anticipated.

“We think we’ve found a method so that the amount of money that State Street businesses pay for the location will not change,” King said.

The meeting will also address the final plans for Peace Park. King said plans for the park should fly through without controversy, an issue that King has pursued since the beginning of his position as a Council member.

“We should finally have a very comprehensive plan for making that park a beautiful, urban, communal space,” King said.

Holtzman also anticipated no controversy over the Peace Park proposal, a resolution he spoke optimistically about in lieu of the proposal’s shaky start.

“It’s really more of a celebration than a debate,” Holtzman said, applauding the park’s final plans. “It’s an impressive alignment for their vision for the park.”