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Candidates vow to prioritize city building repairs, say deferred maintenance is urgent
Summary
At a Ferndale seniors forum, candidates and the mayor agreed deferred maintenance on public facilities requires immediate attention; they described inspections, funding trade-offs and potential staffing needs for enforcement and upkeep.
Candidates and the mayor at the Ferndale seniors forum named deferred maintenance and building rehabs among the city’s top near-term priorities, citing aging fire stations, parks and other municipal properties and saying funds must be reallocated to preventive maintenance. Incumbent Councilmember Laura Michalski and candidate Quinn Ziegler emphasized that prior spending choices left visible gaps: Michalski called infrastructure investment…
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