City says AT&T and Wyndham Hill HOA meeting was productive but limits to municipal authority noted

City Administrator reported the city facilitated a meeting between the Wyndham Hill Homeowners Association and AT&T after residents raised concerns about utility work. The administrator said about four representatives from AT&T attended and that the meeting was “a good, frank discussion.”

“AT&T is a publicly licensed utility in the state of Kansas. So if they are within an easement and if they are doing everything by industry standard, there's not a ton that we can do as long as they're operating within that utility easement,” the administrator told the council.

The administrator thanked Mike Spickelmeyer for facilitating the meeting and said councilmembers Kowalewski and Rundart attended. Council members and staff described the meeting as productive, noting AT&T was responsive to homeowner concerns and that communication issues remain to be addressed between the company and residents.

No formal action or directive was taken by the council at the meeting; staff indicated they had attempted to "get out in front of it" by convening the parties and will continue to monitor communications between AT&T and the homeowners association.