[Citizens to Be Heard on July 6, 2026.]
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GOOD EVENING. I CALL THIS A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS TO BE
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HEARD FOR. JULY 6TH, 2026. OPEN AND TO ORDER. UH, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHEN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND REMEMBER TO TREAT US WITH THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED WITH. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THIS EVENING? JOHN CAMBIERI, TEMPORARY.TEMPORARY. OH, IT''S CAMPBELL PRAIRIE. TEMPORARY. TEMPORARY.
TEMPORARY. IT''S A BIT OF ALPHABET SOUP.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COMMON COUNCIL. UM, THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WAS WONDERFUL. I ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE FROM AND AROUND THE WHITE PLAINS AREA. UH, I WANTED TO COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT A COMMON CONCERN AMONGST A LOT OF PEOPLE. UM, MAINLY THE PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO FROM WHITE PLAINS. AND IT''S THE THE RODENT ISSUE THAT''S BEEN, UH, KIND OF GROWING AND MIGRATING AROUND WHITE PLAINS.
AND, UH, I DON''T HAVE MY THOUGHTS AS ORGANIZED AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AWARE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL THAT THERE IS GROWING CONCERN AMONGST THE POPULATION IN WHITE PLAINS ABOUT THESE RODENTS AND WHERE THEY''RE GOING AND WHAT THEY''RE EATING AND HOW THEY''RE LIVING.
I MEAN, IT''S PRETTY EVIDENT THAT THEY''RE SEEKING OUT THE SOFT DIRT THAT''S IN WHITE PLAINS. NO CITY CAN GO WITHOUT THESE PESTS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF WE HAD A PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO MITIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE IT KIND OF EVOLVES INTO SOMETHING WORSE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? WELL
THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES THIS SEGMENT OF CITIZENS TO BE
HEARD. UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR STATED COUNCIL MEETING
AT 7:30 P.M. THIS EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.