Twin Falls opts for neighborliness again

In this Dec. 8, 2015, file photo, Rick Martin, the head of the Committee to End the College of Southern Idaho’s Refugee Center, gathers petition signatures in Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls City Council members on Monday, approved the “neighborly community” resolution affirming its role as a welcoming city rather than adopt policies defying U.S. immigration officials. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger, file)

Twin Falls’ City Council has passed a resolution declaring the city a “neighborly community.”

The vote was 5-2, with Vice Mayor Suzanne Hawkins and Councilwoman Nikki Boyd against.

The Council has listened to more than three hours of public testimony on the proposal at meetings over the past month, and didn’t take any more public comment Monday night.

“We feel like we have had plenty of time to (hear from) the public on this,” said Hawkins, who was running the meeting because Mayor Shawn Barigar wasn’t present. He listened in and voted by telephone.

“It changes none of our policies,” Barigar said. “It does not lay a groundwork for any future activity that some may think we’re up to”/ Drew Nash , Twin Falls Times-News. More here.