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Public comments at Katy council meeting: scouts propose Ten Commandments monument; residents raise animal‑cruelty, warming center and preservation concerns
Summary
Residents and community groups addressed the council Jan. 26 on a range of topics: Troop 320 proposed donating a granite monument with the Ten Commandments; speakers raised animal‑cruelty incidents at Mary Jo Peckham Park, warming‑center needs after the freeze, and preservation challenges for the historic rice dryer.
At the Jan. 26 Katy City Council meeting several residents and community representatives used the public-comment period to raise local issues ranging from a scout monument proposal to animal-welfare and preservation concerns.
Andre Barber, scoutmaster of Troop 320, told the council his troop wants to donate a granite monument engraved with the Ten Commandments as part of America’s 250th birthday celebration. Barber said the monument would cost between $8,000 and $12,000, that the troop has raised more than $7,000 and that they have conducted a site-feasibility study for locations in Old Town Katy.…
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