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Cannon Falls resident pleads for help at council public-comment period
Summary
Tim Diemer used his public-comment slot to say he is ‘seeking help,’ described feeling marginalized and not receiving clear answers from police, and urged the council to listen; the record shows no immediate staff response or follow-up from the council.
During the public-input portion of the Jan. 6 Cannon Falls City Council meeting, resident Tim Diemer used his three-minute slot to ask for help, describe declining access to services, and say he had not received clear answers from police.
Diemer said services were “declining for… countywide, statewide,” and that he felt ignored and misunderstood by people he encountered. He told the council, “I want help, but I'm losing year after year,” and said he was not getting “either a straight answer or no answer at all” from law enforcement.
Presiding officials thanked Diemer after his remarks, but the transcript records no immediate staff commitment or council direction to investigate the issues he described. The public-input rules the council reviewed at the meeting state the body will generally not act on public-input items at the same meeting but may schedule consideration of an item for a future agenda.
