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After heated public comment, Baxter council tables Ottabon Way improvement and assessment items
Summary
Multiple small businesses and residents urged delay of a planned Ottabon Way/Springwoods Lane reconstruction and assessment, arguing the street is lightly used and assessments would threaten livelihoods; council voted to table the improvement items pending further legal and financial analysis.
The Baxter City Council voted to table several improvement items tied to Ottabon Way and Springwoods Lane after more than an hour of public comment from businesses, operators of a community bounce‑house, and residents who said assessments would be financially harmful.
Public commenters described Ottabon Way as lightly traveled, urged the council to provide updated traffic counts, and asked that the project be postponed. Mark Johannes, who identified himself as general manager of Westside…
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