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Investigation motion into code/stormwater operations fails for lack of second after public complaints
Summary
Councilor Roden requested a council-directed investigation into the city's code and stormwater departments following multiple resident complaints. The request prompted extended discussion but a motion to investigate failed when no councilor seconded it.
Councilor Roden asked the McAlester City Council to direct an investigation into the city’s code and stormwater operations after citing a series of resident complaints about unequal code enforcement, derelict properties and property-maintenance enforcement practices.
Roden described complaints involving commercial and residential properties — including a portable building installation at a downtown business that required foundation piers, an asserted later removal of those piers, and several nuisance or debris properties where…
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