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Residents press Newton council on leadership and vacant East Newton building; council debates customer-service policy options
Summary
During public comments residents criticized a council member’s conduct and urged action on the vacant East Newton building; council then discussed options to change utility customer-service policies to reduce bad-debt write-offs and asked staff for more analysis.
At the Aug. 3 Newton City Council meeting several residents used public comment to press the council on leadership and local property conditions.
Ivey Robinson of 406 S. Main Ave told the council that a business owner had been approached by a council member "in an inappropriate way," saying the owners were "very upset and threatening to leave the city," and urged council members to "lead from the heart." Cathy Stewart of 1121 McRee Heights said the East Newton building sits empty daily, questioned whether prior feasibility studies met…
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