During the public‑comment period, two residents urged the LaSalle City Council to take community concerns to action.

Dana Hicks said she brought multiple furnace filters to the meeting and that the filters, which she said are replaced monthly, show abnormal material she associates with effects from a prior "Karis" fire. Hicks told the council she has observed abnormal growth patterns on trees in her yard and in neighbors' yards since the fire and urged the city to take the contamination concerns seriously, noting potential impacts on children and pets. She offered to provide additional filters for council members to inspect.

Dawn Hicks urged the council to authorize veteran banners (and possibly first‑responder banners) to be installed downtown from Memorial Day through Veterans Day. She said other nearby towns run similar programs and that the cost is typically borne by families or friends (she cited an example cost of about $125). Dawn Hicks asked the council to make application forms available at City Hall and suggested local veterans' organizations could help administer the program; council members suggested contacting the VFW and confirmed coordination would be needed with Ameren and any pole owners.

Neither item produced a council action at the meeting; members said they were generally supportive but that details — including an administrator or volunteer organization to manage banner orders and confirmation from Ameren about attachment to poles — would need to be worked out.