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Resident questions cell-tower plans, travel stipends and presses for promised audit
Summary
A Maple Street resident urged the council to verify water-tower structural capacity before permitting cellular equipment, flagged stipend and receipt practices, and pressed for the 'full audit' the community was promised — citing $43,000 still unaccounted for.
During the public-comment period, a resident who identified herself as Laura of Maple Street raised multiple concerns about proposed telecommunications equipment and municipal financial transparency. She urged staff and council to confirm whether the city’s water tower could safely support additional equipment and asked for a clear accounting of the revenue the city actually receives from existing tower leases: “So I know that everybody was really up on that... you need to see if that revenue is worth it because that's gonna be people up there.”
Laura also questioned travel stipends and credit-card purchases by staff, urging adherence to the city’s historical stipend rules, and pressed the council to deliver a promised full audit. She said the city was missing about $43,000 and that residents need accountability: “We was promised a full audit... we was promised that we know that there's at least 43,000 still not accounted for from the city in the past.” Council members acknowledged the request and staff said they would follow up on audit documentation and reimbursements.
