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Residents press council for clarity on civil rights office budget and investigation results
Summary
Multiple speakers at the April 23 meeting urged the Davenport City Council to release results of a civil rights investigation and to clarify budget changes related to planned furniture and remodel for the civil rights office; city staff said the furniture expenditure was not made and staff would follow up.
Several Davenport residents used the April 23 public comment period to press the City Council for transparency about the civil rights commission’s recent concerns, an office remodel and whether furniture budgeted for the civil rights office was purchased.
Alderman Newton told the council that the civil rights commission had raised several concerns during an April 15 joint meeting and that the commission had asked for certain information to be provided by May 9. Newton referenced an item on the Nov. 6, 2024 finance agenda showing an expense of $48,482.10 listed as “furniture for civil rights” and asked staff why…
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