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Residents press Lowell council for better water‑use data and raise questions about police staffing and EV charging revenue
Summary
At Lowell's council meeting residents urged better public access to smart water‑meter data and requested more police staffing; council members and residents also pressed staff for records and contracts after an EV charging station was installed on city property without clear revenue to the city.
Residents used the public‑comment period to raise utility transparency and public‑safety concerns, and later in the meeting council members questioned how an electric vehicle charging station was installed at Harold Rankin Park without apparent revenue to the city.
Steven Arteaga, a Lowell resident, said the city's smart water meters appeared to allow near‑real‑time reads but residents receive only monthly bills. "People have no idea how much water they're using, and then they get this…
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