WPCNR QUALITY OF LIFE QUEUE . Special to WPCNR from a CitizeNetReporter. August 21, 2007: Citizens attending meetings at City Hall had better monitor their personal needs because the public restrooms in City Hall are now locked with combination code pad mechanisms. The change was reported to WPCNR by attendees at last evening's Planning Board meeting. In order to avail oneself of the facilities, one must request a key or the combination for the punch-in key pad to enter the second floor facilities.

Security Leak Plugged. The new Men's Room at City Hall with its new combination lock. Details on the City Hall security procedures by which one may access the Men's and Ladies room on the rotunda floor have yet to be promulgated by the Mayor's Office.

The sudden change in policy, according to a source who asked the mayor, was put in place because a naked man was discovered in the men's room on the second floor recently. The Mayor did not reveal to the source what the individual was doing.

At the late hour Tuesday evening, WPCNR could not confirm whether the rest rooms would be open during public meetings or whether they would continue with the Lock-Down policy. Previously it was WPCNR's impression that only the women's room was locked for security reasons.

Citizens attending city hall should be aware of the new restroom security procedure. Our informants speculated the person was taking a sponge bath in City Hall restroom when discovered, though this has to be treated as pure speculation at this point.

City Hall has locks on the Mayor's Office which require visitors to be buzzed in, as well as video cameras identifying persons coming into the open door municipal seat of city government. City Hall could not be reached to determine if closed circuit television would be installed in the rest rooms to prevent future misuse of the public restrooms.