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Residents press council on Lake Scranton water use, tax reassessment and a police-department study
Summary
Public commenters at the Scranton council meeting urged the city to block use of Lake Scranton water for data-center cooling, called for a police-department structure study and complained about recent property reassessments and a potential conflict related to a Fidelity building purchase.
During the public-comment portion of the Scranton City Council meeting, multiple residents raised policy concerns and requests for follow-up from the administration.
Lee Morgan (speaker 9) opposed using Lake Scranton water to cool data centers, saying "that water is there for one sole purpose, human consumption," and asked the council to prioritize residents' access over industrial cooling. The chair said the administration would follow up with American Water to obtain additional information about water volumes and answer outstanding questions…
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