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Residents urge limits on aerial fireworks and raise water, health concerns at West Richland council meeting
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to restrict aerial fireworks and protect firefighters, cited regional ordinances, and asked the city to address low neighborhood water pressure and to support Benton-Franklin Health District's CHIP launch addressing food insecurity and other priorities.
Residents used both public-comment periods at the Sept. 7 West Richland City Council meeting to raise safety and community concerns, pressing the council on aerial fireworks, water pressure and public-health outreach.
Deborah Humphre, who identified her address during the first public-comment period, urged the council to limit fireworks discharge to July 4 and New Year's Eve and to ban aerials and mortar-style devices. Humphre cited letters the council had received from neighboring jurisdictions and said the Benton County Fire…
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