SOUTH SIOUX CITY MAYOR ROD KOCH BEGAN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY BY ANNOUNCING THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS WOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED DURING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS:
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CITY ATTORNEY MIKE SCHMIEDT THEN EXPLAINED THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW:
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THE LAWSUITS BEING REFERRED TO INVOLVE RESIDENTS SUING THE CITY AND BIG OX ENERGY OVER ODORS IN THEIR HOMES.
SCHMIEDT’S COMMENTS BROUGHT A RESPONSE FROM JOHN GOODIER, ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAS FREQUENTLY ATTENDED THE COUNCIL MEETINGS:
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GOODIER WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AND THE COUNCIL MEETING CONTINUED.
THE CITY HASN’T INDICATED WHEN THEY WILL CONSIDER RESUMING PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THEIR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
