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Residents press Hopewell council on funerals, road safety, billing and retiree benefits
Summary
Several residents used the public-comment period to criticize council attendance at a memorial, press for sidewalks and pothole repairs, question contract spending and utility billing outsourcing, and urge reinstatement of retiree health reimbursements.
Hopewell — Dozens of residents addressed the City Council on Jan. 6 during the public-comment portion of the meeting, raising issues from funeral attendance to potholes and municipal transparency.
Mark Burrows (Ward 3) opened public comment by saying he saw a social-media post that only one council member attended the memorial for the late Council Member Yolanda Stokes and urged the council to be ashamed if true. "If that's in fact true, every single 1 of y'all should be hanging your head in shame," Burrows said. Several other speakers urged the council to ask why members did not attend and to avoid quick judgments about condolence decisions.
Residents also pressed for infrastructure work in low-income areas. Laura Greenwood (Ward 6) asked where money…
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