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Marseilles residents urge delay, demand guarantees before annexation tied to Constellation project
Summary
Residents at a Marseilles City Council meeting urged a one-month postponement of an annexation vote tied to Constellation, saying details were unclear and the proposal felt 'secret.' Supporters also spoke; no formal annexation vote is recorded in the transcript.
Public comments at a Marseilles City Council meeting on an annexation tied to Constellation drew both support and calls for delay as residents pressed elected officials for more detail.
"It kind of feels like it was all secret behind deals and now suddenly we're voting on it before most of the residents really understood what it was all about," Deb Wheeler, who identified herself as a multi-generation Marseilles resident, told the council. "I'm just asking you to postpone it for a month to vote on it and let everybody just get it registered in their mind."
Another resident, Rosie, said she had lived in Marseilles since 1963 and voiced pride that "this council voted to have consolation in," expressing support for the council's action related to Constellation.…
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