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Council hears calls to address vacant properties, homelessness and ongoing trash-collection problems
Summary
Councilors and public speakers urged action on vacant properties and homelessness and pressed the city and Republic Services over ongoing trash-collection problems after recent storms.
Multiple aldermen and members of the public used the Jan. 21 meeting to press the council and staff on vacant properties, homelessness and sanitation service problems.
Alderman Conley described a recent death involving a person sheltering in a vacant house and urged more energy and creativity in addressing the needs of people experiencing homelessness, including low- or no-barrier shelter options during extreme weather. Alderman Rockford and others said vacant…
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