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Residents urge action on vacant building, hospital issue, traffic calming and raise policing concerns during public comment
Summary
Speakers at the commission's public-comment period urged reuse of a vacant building to help veterans, pressed for action on the Good Samaritan hospital matter, presented traffic-calming data for Pershing Boulevard and asked what the police will do about ICE activity and tenant safety; the deputy police representative said federal agents operate under federal authority and local police can only "stand by" to protect rights.
Eight citizens addressed the Dayton City Commission during the public-comment period on Jan. 21, raising neighborhood safety, veterans services, hospital governance and policing concerns.
Kevin Moore (speaker 10) said a long-vacant building at the 410/414 Gettysburg address has sat empty for four to five years and urged the city to consider converting it to an incubator or a veterans' resource center. "It could give it to the VA," Moore said, asking what the city can do to make the property useful for veterans.
Kathleen Galt (speaker 11), who has worked on the Good Samaritan public-hospital effort for seven years, asked commissioners and the mayor to meet with former hospital presidents and community leaders she recommended to serve on a…
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