There were 18 Public Comment speakers, ending with warmhearted curmudgeon Bill Shaw who is moving to Georgia and whom Mayor Jim Ellison allowed more than 8 minutes to make his farewell address. Most dominant thread of thought was residents' advice not to evict long-term residents from the Woodward Avenue motels.
Lowlight of the meeting was Commissioner Jim Rasor's disrespectful and unprofessional addressing the mayor as "Jim" -- repeatedly. Rasor's term ends at the first CITCOM meeting in December, and -- on his way out -- he either viewed with alarm or waxed philosophical re matters large and small.
Highlight of the meeting was the announcement that the request to locate a restaurant and bar in the spot which Barnes and Noble is vacating has been withdrawn. Not postponed or delayed: withdrawn.
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After a long, rambling discussion about a proposed ordinance re the groundwater at the Shell station at Lincoln and Main, the matter was tabled until more information is supplied.
The commission, Fournier absent, approved filling three firefighter vacancies.
