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Resident urges city to press contractor to restore yards after Wallace Avenue gas-line work
Summary
During public comment, a resident named Larry told council crews laying a gas line on Wallace Avenue left yards and large rocks in disarray after a crew change and asked the mayor and council to get the contractor to complete cleanup; the mayor said he would raise the matter with utilities staff.
During the public-comment period on municipal road-aid uses, resident Larry told the council that crews installing a gas line on Wallace Avenue left yards in poor condition after an initial crew was replaced.
"They said, 'Sure'" when asked to finish cleanup, Larry said, but he later discovered the original crew was reassigned and the new crew "work maybe 30, 40 minutes and they go on a break" and did not complete yard restoration. Larry asked the mayor and council to "get these yards back up to normal."
The mayor responded that he would address the matter at an upcoming utilities meeting and talk to David (a utilities contact) and, if necessary, bring the concern to the utilities commission. No contractor or utilities staff representative provided a response on the record during this meeting, and no formal directive to staff is recorded beyond the mayor's pledge to follow up.
What happens next: The mayor said he would raise the complaint with utilities staff; the transcript does not record subsequent corrective action or a contractor reply.
