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Residents press council on public-comment rules, local homelessness and sales of nitrous-oxide canisters
Summary
Multiple public commenters raised community concerns about the council's recent public-comment rule change, homelessness and the sale of nitrous-oxide ("whippets") at local stores; a nurse urged enforcement citing health harms.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, several residents used their allotted time to press the council on a range of community issues from procedural rules to public health and homelessness.
Public-comment rules and regional funding: A speaker calling himself "Trash the Clown" criticized the council's rule change that differentiates resident and nonresident speakers, calling it inconsistent with the city's subsequent efforts to ask neighboring townships for financial support for canal repairs. The speaker framed the rule change as exclusionary and urged the council to consider…
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