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Residents urge city action over alleged ordinance violations, raise concerns about schools and safety during public comment
Summary
Two residents used the public-comment period to allege city property ordinance violations tied to shipping containers and to raise broader concerns about school funding, housing at Fort Wentworth and traffic safety. Commissioners took no action during the public-comment period.
Two Leavenworth residents addressed the City Commission during the meeting's public-comment period on Feb. 1, raising allegations about city property use and broader community concerns.
Ray Hillbrand of 1345 Cheyenne Street told the commission he believes the city is violating its own ordinances by permitting shipping containers on multiple city-owned sites, including the service center, water department property at the 500 block of Cherokee Street and the Justice Center. Hillbrand said he has been fighting city enforcement actions that he called unfounded and asked the city manager to address what he described as inconsistent enforcement. The meeting's presiding officer reminded speakers that no action is taken during public comment.
Resident Louis Clunn spoke later in the public-comment period, criticizing governments broadly and raising separate concerns including school funding shortfalls, recent rental policies at Fort Wentworth and local traffic-signal safety. Clunn also commented on local television coverage of city events and suggested renaming a local site associated with historic figures.
The commission did not respond with policy action during the public-comment period. City staff and commissioners acknowledged the comments and noted that public comment is limited to three minutes and that substantive follow-up, if required, would occur through staff channels or on a future agenda.
No staff reports or agenda items addressing shipping-container storage on city property or the specific school- and housing-related concerns raised by the speakers were presented during the meeting.
