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Residents press council on delayed home repairs, funding for nonprofits and city leadership ahead of elections
Summary
During public comment, an 89-year-old resident asked about a home repair grant; United Community Ministry thanked the city for $300,000 in support; other speakers raised housing, safety and fiscal transparency concerns and urged caution on personnel moves before the incoming council.
Several residents used the council’s public-comment period to raise housing repair, nonprofit funding and city-leadership concerns.
Joyce Freeman, who identified herself as an 89-year-old Rocky Mount resident, asked the council for help after a contractor inspected her home last December under a grant and she had not heard when repairs would be completed. “I need these questions answered, and I'd appreciate very much if you would answer my questions as soon as possible,” Freeman said, asking when work would begin and whether it could be completed…
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