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Residents urge more transparency, public-safety planning and support for early-childhood services during Skokie public comment
Summary
During public comment, residents asked for clearer voucher-line transparency, a vote on a fourth ambulance, support for early-childhood programs facing financial crisis, and shared accounts about a Shawnee Park art installation responding to an antisemitic incident.
During the meeting's public-comment periods on Dec. 15, multiple residents raised concerns and offered community updates.
David Dalka, who identified himself and a home address, urged more transparency around agenda vouchers and asked why the trustees had not scheduled a vote on a fourth ambulance after he said the fire chief had indicated the need. "Skokie needs more transparency, not less," Dalka said, urging the board to allow public comment on line items over $100,000.
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