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Public commenters raise procedural concern about March 5 closed hearing and ask about water manganese
Summary
During public forum at the March 19 Shelby City Council meeting, resident Shay Caris alleged a March 5 closed hearing lacked an open-session motion and said she reported the matter to the Attorney General; Celeste Morris asked about elevated manganese in the water and was told the issue has been resolved.
At the start of the public forum on March 19, resident Shay Caris told the Shelby City Council she believed the council’s closed hearing on March 5 had been handled improperly, saying "she felt the motion was not made in open session" and that she had reported the matter to the state Attorney General.
The comment is a procedural allegation about how a prior closed-session item was recorded and handled; the transcript of this meeting records Caris’s statement and her report to the Attorney General but does not include a direct council response to the allegation in the provided segments.
Another resident, Celeste Morris, asked the council about elevated manganese levels in the city’s drinking water that had been reported a few weeks earlier. Council members told Morris that the issue had been resolved. Angela Fritz asked the council for the contract related to a housing development; Clint Fichter indicated he would provide that document.
Why it matters: Public comments flagged both a potential procedural concern that the resident has taken to the Attorney General and a water-quality question that the council said has been addressed. Neither matter generated formal council action during this meeting; the procedural allegation may require follow-up outside the council’s regular session if the Attorney General pursues it.
The meeting proceeded to multiple routine votes after public forum and adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
