Residents press council on Flock cameras and BLP transparency during public comment

At the first-call portion of the meeting several residents asked the council to act on local concerns. John Brunner urged updated skate-park rules to ban motorized devices, saying 'there just ought to be a rule that no motorized things ought to be there. It's it's a safety issue.'

Jeffrey Miller criticized the Board of Light & Power's strategic planning process and raised a compensation concern, asserting that the BLP general manager 'just had his 2nd annual job performance review, received and exceeded expectation evaluation again, and was rewarded his 2nd 3% raise in as many years' and that 'now, he earns over $220,000 more than any other public employee in Ottawa County, except for the county administrator.' Miller urged broader outreach to faith-based, environmental and community groups in BLP planning.

Oliver Champine told council he 'vehemently opposed' Flock-style camera systems and cited cases where such systems have been misused, saying 'there's already 20 active cases with sheriff's departments where they have been stalking their own girlfriends using these cameras.' He asked staff to explain who approved the cameras and how they are being used.

Council did not respond to public commenters on the spot beyond acknowledging their remarks; city staff later said they would add signage for the skate-park rules and coordinate enforcement and education.