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Public comments highlight police‑hiring transparency, tax‑abatement accountability, snow and pedestrian safety
Summary
Residents raised multiple concerns during general public comment, including requests for transparency in deputy‑chief selection, stronger enforcement on tax‑abatement recipients, snow‑removal gaps on secondary streets and unsafe pedestrian crossings near the Share Center.
During general public comment at the Dec. 16 Battle Creek City Commission meeting, residents raised a range of concerns involving transparency in city hiring, tax-abatement accountability, street maintenance and senior programming.
Autumn Smith criticized the tax abatement summary in the meeting backup materials, saying the report contains blanks and provides no accountability for recipients who fail to meet job commitments. "If you give away tax abatements and they report their non-job…
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