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Council declines to overturn policy banning new ‘autistic child’ street signs after public appeal
Summary
After public comment from a parent requesting reinstatement of street signs indicating an autistic child in the area, council considered staff materials and a Wisconsin Department of Transportation synthesis cited by staff. A motion to revisit the policy failed on a roll‑call vote.
A Coldwater parent urged the City Council to restore ‘‘Autistic child in area’’ street signs during public comment, but the council voted against reconsidering its 2023 policy that bars new official child‑warning signs in the public right‑of‑way.
Katrina Hamlin told the council her nonverbal son elopes from home and that signs helped neighbors notice and intervene; she said three families on her street…
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