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Residents urge more library funding, safer school routes and a transportation commission during Duluth public comment
Summary
Multiple speakers urged the council to restore or increase library funding, create a Transportation Commission and prioritize Safe Routes to School, and one resident reported dangerous coordination of nearby construction projects.
Several residents used the public comment period at the Aug. 7 Duluth City Council meeting to press elected officials on library funding, transportation safety and neighborhood impacts from construction.
Speakers urged the council to maintain or increase funding for the Duluth Public Library. Betty Ramsland, a longtime library board member and member of Friends of the Duluth Public Library, said the library is “the Palace of the People” and asked the council to consider increasing the library’s budget after decades without adjustment. “The library budget has been unchanged since, I believe, 2002,” Ramsland said, adding that in today’s dollars the funding buys far…
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