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Residents tell council of multiple streetlight outages, missing pole covers and alley maintenance concerns

5723573 · August 12, 2025
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During citizen participation, residents reported missing streetlight hand-hole covers that expose wiring, numerous streetlights out across the city, damaged or lidless dumpsters, fallen tree branches and downed electrical wire in alleys; a resident urged city manager accountability for repairs and maintenance.

Several residents used the citizen participation period Aug. 11 to report streetlight outages, missing pole hand-hole covers and alley maintenance problems that they say present safety and health risks. Tom Sullivan, who said he lives at 751 Syracuse, told council he previously raised missing protective covers on streetlight hand holes at a May meeting and again July…

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