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Residents urge city action on loud "salute" fireworks, cite health and safety impacts
Summary
Residents told the council that high-decibel ‘salute’ fireworks cause trauma for veterans, pets and neighbors and urged formation of a citizen committee to study limits; city staff acknowledged large numbers of 911 calls on July 4 but no immediate policy vote was taken.
Several residents urged the Independence City Council to take steps addressing loud “salute” fireworks, describing health, safety and environmental harms and asking the council to create a citizen committee to study the issue.
Connie Guthrie, who identified herself as a resident of South Overton, told the council the noise from powerful fireworks “can cause real harm to veterans and others who are under the PTSD” and that pets and neighbors “are traumatized.” She asked the…
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