Multiple Mifflin County residents used the meeting's public-comment period to press the Midland/Mifflin County Housing Authority on long-standing maintenance and accessibility failures, including reports of bed-bug infestations and a disabled tenant who was left without a usable shower for months after a forced transfer.

Nevada Lee, a former employee of the housing authority, said she was speaking to support Timothy Boltz and to explain why his transfer was improper. "He was forced to transfer to another unit recently, stating that he was over housed," Lee said, adding that the tenant had lived for decades in a larger unit that had been adapted for wheelchair access. She told commissioners the move left him in a unit that, "while handicap accessible, because there was a ramp outside, the unit was not ADA compliant," and that from April 11 until late September he "was unable to to shower because he couldn't get in the room with his wheelchair into the bathroom." (Public comment, Nevada Lee.)

Other speakers described similar patterns of delayed or absent responses from housing authority staff. Lisa Daitzel said her sister, who lives in Coleman House, waited weeks for an inspection and later for promised treatment: "They said they would exterminate on December 31. That'll be 36 days from the day it was reported," she said, and added she has medical records showing a skin infection she linked to the delay. Joey Brandy said repeated phone and in-person requests for pest treatment and maintenance sometimes required threats to escalate before work was scheduled.

Speakers named specific staff members and offices they said were unresponsive, including Ronnie Black and a person called Wendy. Daitzel told commissioners she had contacted numerous offices and outside organizations without satisfactory results.

Commissioners acknowledged the complaints but reminded the audience that the housing authority is an independent entity. One commissioner said the board would "communicate with the board member" and suggested residents return to a future agenda with formal requests for action. The chair offered to meet with residents and staff to try to resolve outstanding issues.

The public comment period also included reports that the elevator at Coleman House had been out since the prior Friday and that some complexes had dark street lighting and lost on-site laundromat access, which residents said disproportionately affected elderly and mobility-impaired tenants.

The commission did not take formal action on the housing authority's operations at this meeting; commissioners encouraged residents to seek placement on a future agenda so the board could examine the issues more fully and coordinate with the authority's liaison.