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Resident raises CAFR and police-scanner access concerns; city staff offers follow-up
Summary
A public commenter said the city's comprehensive annual financial report for 2023 is missing pages and that 2024 had not been posted; he also argued that public access to police scanner feeds had been curtailed and cited RSMo chapter 610. City staff said they had contacted the commenter and will meet to address questions.
During the public-comment portion, resident and community content creator Buddy Huggins raised two related transparency concerns: he said the city's comprehensive annual financial report for 2023 is missing pages and that the 2024 report had not been updated and therefore may be out of compliance, which can affect grant eligibility. He asked for meetings with city staff to resolve the omissions and timeliness issues.
Huggins also raised concerns about public access to police-scanner and broadcast feeds, citing Missouri’s public-records law (RSMo chapter 610) and expressing distrust of third-party analytics and license-plate readers. He stated that local scanner access and live public feeds had been curtailed and urged the city to restore lawful access; he offered to meet with police leadership and the sheriff to help identify fixes.
City staff told Huggins they had attempted to contact him by email and voicemail and that staff would set up a meeting with Chandra (staff member) and the appropriate departments to answer his questions and attempt to resolve outstanding report delivery and access issues.
