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Residents urge sale of city lots and oppose extending commissioner terms at Battle Creek meeting
Summary
During general public comment at the May 5 Battle Creek City Commission meeting, residents urged the city to sell government-owned buildable lots to get them back on the tax rolls and criticized a proposal to extend commissioner terms from two to four years.
During the general public-comment period at the May 5 Battle Creek City Commission meeting, several residents addressed land disposition and governance issues.
A resident who identified herself as Mary urged the commission to sell what she estimated to be about 1,000 city-owned residential lots, describing the parcels as a long-term drain on tax revenue and arguing the…
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