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Council hears concerns about Sam’s/Friendship House services, SWAT at school and landfill expansion; committee follow-up requested
Summary
Speakers and council members raised concerns about treatment of people experiencing homelessness, use of SWAT at a Wilmington elementary school, performance of county-funded intervention teams, and Waste Management’s proposed landfill-height increase; council members requested committee follow-up and information from staff.
Speakers and council members raised multiple public-safety and community-service concerns during the meeting, including the county’s support for the Friendship House, the appearance of a SWAT team at an elementary school, the role and effectiveness of county intervention teams, and a landfill height proposal by Waste Management.
Dora Williams, a county resident, described services by Sam’s (a merged church site) and the Friendship House and asked the council to consider "housing first" and…
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