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Residents press Essex County for clearer budget access and park repairs at public comments
Summary
Public commenters at the Essex County meeting urged easier access to budget documents and called for repairs and prioritization of Weekway Park and Dividend Hill; commissioners committed to follow-up and staff checks on feasibility and timing.
Two public commenters used the meeting's public comment periods to press the county on budget transparency and park repairs.
Winifred Victor Hines, executive director of the Weequeghe Park Association, told commissioners she had difficulty finding the county budget online and asked the county to publish monthly, downloadable line-item reports and related procurement documents so residents could review them in advance of hearings. Hines asked whether a particular contract (Weekway Park Sports Authority contract number 7) had been publicly advertised, how long an RFP had been posted, how many organizations submitted proposals, and…
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