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Residents urge Evansville to pursue energy savings and stricter special-event permitting after neighborhood incidents
Summary
During public comment the council heard from a resident who highlighted rising city utility bills and urged solar investment, and a neighborhood representative who alleged a restaurant held large ticketed events without proper special-event permitting, raising safety and clean-up concerns.
Two public commenters raised separate concerns during the Dec. 1 Evansville Common Council meeting: one about rising municipal utility costs and potential solar investments, the other about neighborhood safety and the special-event permitting process.
Christopher Norick, who identified himself as a resident of Harmony Way, said his review of city utility bills found electric and gas costs rising from about $4.3 million last year to "a little over…
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