Council says goodbye to barricade

Tables used for year to block access to dais.

Tables block off access to the dais at Lake City Hall on Tuesday as Lake City Councilor Ricky Jernigan (center) delivers a plea for keeping them in place as a form of protection for council members and city staff. The council voted to remove the tables, which have been in place for a year. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Tables block off access to the dais at Lake City Hall on Tuesday as Lake City Councilor Ricky Jernigan (center) delivers a plea for keeping them in place as a form of protection for council members and city staff. The council voted to remove the tables, which have been in place for a year. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Despite safety concerns aired by one member of the Lake City Council, a barricade of tables and stanchions at Lake City Hall is going away.

After a lengthy discussion near the end of a four-hour meetin…