City Council invites public to comment

TEKOA — Old shipping containers are showing up around the city and council members want to do something about them.

As a result, the City Council is planning to discuss shipping container use during their upcoming 6 p.m. meeting Monday, July 15. Residents will have up to three minutes each to voice their support or opposition.

“Some of the council members thought the containers were an eyesore,” City Clerk Eliza Evans-Teague said. “They didn’t want to see them anymore until they could create an ordinance to address this.”

Steel shipping containers are readily available nationwide and have beco...