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Residents press council on open-records delays, Fort Gillum complaints and missing answers about police chief’s status
Summary
Public commenters accused the city of obstructing records requests related to a proposed data center and blasting at Fort Gillum and described unsanitary conditions at Park at Fort Gillum; several council members and residents demanded transparency after the police chief was placed on administrative leave.
A lengthy public-comment period on March 2 focused on open-records delays and a suite of community complaints tied to a proposed data-center project at Fort Gillum and to ongoing conditions at a nearby property.
Zach Parker told the council the city had repeatedly delayed or failed to produce requested records and called the practice "obstruction." "When a city drags its feet, inflates costs, produces scraps instead of substance, and ignores clear legal obligations, that is not transparency," Parker said.
Several commenters, including Anne Pellegrino and Clifford…
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