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Seneca County commissioners deny vigil near jail, approve Heritage Festival and RTA event requests
Summary
The board denied a May 30 vigil request near the county jail citing safety and limited parking, but approved use of county lots for the Tiffin Seneca Heritage Festival (Sept. 18–20) and a third‑Thursday downtown event (Sept. 17); the denials and approvals were taken by roll call.
The Seneca County Board of Commissioners on April 21 voted to deny a permit request to hold a peaceful interfaith vigil on county property adjacent to the jail, and separately approved multiple community event requests for county parking lot use later this year.
What happened: County staff read an application from Runa Guzman of "4 Winds 419" seeking the grass area by the county jail for a May 30 vigil from 1–3 p.m. County law-enforcement and the prosecutor raised safety and limited-parking concerns;…
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