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Residents raise corruption allegations, website and animal shelter transparency during public comment

Royal Oak City Commission · October 14, 2025
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Summary

During public comment Tim O'Donnell alleged municipal corruption and asked the commission to question a current city employee about revenue-preserving actions; James Wegman raised concerns about website functionality and requested updates on a $1.1 million federal grant for an animal shelter and ARPA spending.

Public comment included several substantive remarks raising governance and transparency concerns.

Tim O’Donnell addressed the commission alleging corruption and asking the commissioners to ask employee Jim Ellison to explain his knowledge of actions by former staff that he said preserved municipal revenue. O’Donnell named several officials…

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