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Residents urge preservation of historic firehouse, ask council to revive Summerfest and fix flagpoles
Summary
At the Mills City Council meeting, residents urged preservation of an historic firehouse and relocation/restoration of a town bell, asked the council to consider restoring Summerfest after its cancellation, and raised concerns about flagpoles and routines for replacing torn flags.
An extended public-comment period at the Mills City Council meeting featured appeals from residents for preservation of a historic firehouse, requests to restore the community bell to public display and calls for help bringing back Summerfest after organizers paused the event.
An unidentified resident who spoke beginning at SEG 037 said the old fire hall and community building had historic significance and that “I got 680 signatures to save a building.” He told the council the land for the building had been donated to the…
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