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Chamber touts new businesses, asks for clarity on shelter funding; Montague subdivision residents urge city not to force hookup to municipal water
Summary
At the Dec. 17 Livingston City Commission meeting public commenters praised local business openings and asked the city to seek more detailed budget breakdowns from HRDC for warming shelter operations. Residents of the Montague subdivision asked the commission to protect private well water rights and to halt plans to require hookup to city water.
Speakers during the public comment period at the Dec. 17 Livingston City Commission meeting raised two distinct concerns: business growth and shelter funding transparency, and a water‑rights dispute in the Montague subdivision.
Chamber comments and shelter funding
Leslie Feigl, representing the Livingston Area Chamber of Commerce, told commissioners the Chamber finished the year with 45 new members and highlighted four recent ribbon cuttings. Feigl asked the commission to attend ribbon cuttings when possible and announced an additional business, a first U.S. storefront for an Italian family, expected to open on Lewis Street in January.
Feigl also asked the commission to request a clearer budget breakdown from Human…
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