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Residents press council on data-center expansion, homelessness policy, ICE cooperation and Flock cameras

Fort Wayne Common Council · March 17, 2026
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Summary

During public comment, residents urged more accessible meetings, criticized data-center expansions and corporate tax abatements, raised homelessness and shelter-capacity concerns, urged limits on city cooperation with ICE, and warned about automated license-plate cameras.

The meeting’s public-comment period highlighted several recurring concerns from residents about development, social services and enforcement technologies.

Katie Jo of 46807 urged the council to make meetings more accessible to citizens and to practice active listening, saying emailed concerns often go unanswered. "This is so frustrating as a commenter to stand up here and just speak and not get to have dialogue," she said, and she listed several upcoming neighborhood events and civic-engagement…

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