Residents press board on transparency, forensic audit and data-center rules during lengthy public comment
Multiple residents urged greater transparency and oversight, questioned repeated change orders and past financial governance, and urged the board to remove data centers as a by-right use so major infrastructure receives fuller public scrutiny.
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During the public comment period at the July 28 meeting, a string of residents and community groups pressed the Board of Supervisors for greater transparency, accountability and oversight. Speakers raised several recurring themes: concern over repeated contract change orders (notably the Mount Zion sewer project), the county's financial management and a pending forensic audit, and uncertainty about whether the county's zoning allows data centers by right and with insufficient public notice.
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