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Council adopts 'residents' language for public comment, honors winter shelter and confirms appointments
Summary
Bloomington's council voted 7–0 to change the public comment rules wording from 'citizens' to 'residents,' presented a human-rights award to the Bloomington Severe Winter Emergency Shelter and unanimously confirmed two appointments to the Board of Housing Quality Appeals on Aug. 6.
At the start of its Aug. 6 meeting the Bloomington Common Council adopted a committee recommendation to replace the word "citizens" with "residents" in its public-comment rules so the policy explicitly includes noncitizen residents. The motion to adopt the change was approved by roll call, 7–0, and staff said the updated rules will be…
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