Nearly 100 people attended Monday’s Grand Haven City Council meeting to weigh in and find out what decision the council might take on a controversial Board of Light & Power bond proposal.
They will have to wait a bit longer for answers as the City Council decided to postpone making a decision, pushing the vote back to their next scheduled meeting on Sept. 20.
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