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Council reviews finance balances and emergency-plan renewal; city examines lack of telecom permitting for long‑haul fiber
Summary
Council received a finance report showing cash reserves and grant balances, discussed renewing the county emergency-operations plan and raised concerns that the city lacks permitting/fee authority for long‑haul fiber lines being installed through the area.
At the March 3 meeting the council reviewed the monthly finance report, discussed renewal of the Chickade County emergency-operations plan, and addressed long‑haul fiber work by a telecommunications company that has prompted questions about right-of-way permits and fees.
Kelsey read select financial figures from the packet: a cash reserve fund balance of $168,000 and a grant fund balance of $67,009.38. A separate line in the transcript reads an unusually large numeric string—"Pickens lost $2,022,024,425"—that was not explained during the…
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