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Forest Park public comment: no-confidence letter in public works deferred as personnel matter

City of Forest Park City Council · January 5, 2026
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Summary

A public commenter said Public Works employees drafted a letter expressing 'no confidence' in the department director, but the council and city attorney ruled the topic out of order for public comment and asked the speaker to take the matter up with staff outside the meeting.

During the Jan. 5 regular meeting, resident Michael Cotton told the council that employees in the Public Works Department had composed a "letter of no confidence" in the department’s director.

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