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District 8 councilmember moves monthly meeting online, schedules safety town hall
Summary
Council member Deontay moved the District 8 monthly meeting online because of winter weather, scheduled a safety-focused town hall for Feb. 23 at 6 p.m., announced a district bulk-item pickup on March 28 and urged residents to file hub requests (311) for road, trash and safety concerns.
Council member Deontay moved the District 8 monthly meeting online because of inclement weather and told residents the district’s first quarterly town hall will focus on public safety — fire, police and NDOT — on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m.
The announcement was part of a meeting largely devoted to road safety, infrastructure and neighborhood services. Deontay said the district will hold smaller, more focused quarterly town halls so departments have time to answer questions and community members can engage: "We're gonna start with safety, which will be fire, police, and, also in that, NDOT," he said.
Why it matters: attendees raised repeated concerns about icy neighborhood roads, localized power outages and long-running infrastructure projects. Deontay urged residents to use the city hub (311) to report road and litter problems so crews are dispatched and the council can track response times. "The hub is our reporting mechanism," he said, and he repeated the hub number as 311.
Meeting highlights included a scheduled district bulk-item pickup on March 28 at Antioch High School, led by beautification commissioner Melissa Raymond; reminders that traffic-calming applications open in the February–March period; and an appeal for greater turnout to planning and zoning outreach. Deontay said the council office will expand outreach beyond social media — using postcards, email blasts and door-knocking — after low turnout for recent planning engagements.
The meeting also covered emergency response: Deontay thanked utility crews for long shifts during the storm and said customer outages had fallen from about 230,000 to roughly 148,000 as repairs progressed. He urged residents to avoid travel if possible: "If you do not have to go out, please do not go out."
The meeting closed with a reminder that the next community meeting is set for Feb. 23 at Hamilton Church United Methodist community space and, weather permitting, will be in person. Deontay provided contact information in the chat for follow-up questions.
