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Rebber resigns from Bee Cave City Council | #citycouncil

Bee Cave Mayor Kara King, during the City Council meeting on Tuesday, announced the resignation of Council Member Andrew Rebber, effective immediately. He is being replaced by Jon Cobb, who served on the council from 2018-20. Rebber has served on the council since being elected in 2022 and did not give a reason for his […]

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Burlington VT mayor on budget deficit jumping due to clerical error

Burlington faces a budget deficit nearly 45% greater than projected by the city on the fiscal 2024 budget, Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanek said on Thursday. The deficit now stands at more than $13 million, compared to the $9 million projected in December 2023. Mulvaney-Stanak said she learned about the $3.4 million increase in the deficit when […]

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Warren council overrides Mayor Stone’s veto of ordinance on purchase limits

Warren’s City Council overrode a veto by Mayor Lori Stone on Tuesday night to pass an amendment that puts a $50,000 limit on the her ability to make emergency purchases. Warren’s emergency purchase ordinance allows mayors to make purchases immediately in a crisis without seeking the council’s OK. The City Council revised the ordinance in […]

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City council considers removing requirement | #citycouncil

BROCKTON — Sgt. Kevin Amaral had bad news for the city’s top cop. “Chief, there’s no one else we can call,” Brockton Police Chief Brenda Pérez recalled him telling her recently. The chief had put Amaral in charge of eight background-check investigators working full time to recruit 30 new officers. So far, they haven’t been […]

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Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln delivers 2024 State of the City address

During his State of the City addresses in 2022 and 2023, Mayor Kevin Lincoln vowed that “Stockton will become the best city in America to live, raise a family, and grow a business.” With eight months to go until his four-year term as mayor is over and a new mayor takes his place, Lincoln believes […]

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Why discord erupted at Redding City Council meeting | #citycouncil

A heated dispute between Redding City Council members over appointments to the Planning Commission that’s been playing out since April 2 got even more rancorous Tuesday night, culminating with a motion to remove the commission’s chair. Both Redding Mayor Tenessa Audette and Vice Mayor Julie Winter said they were upset with the way the city’s […]

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Mayor Malik Evans highlights Rochester progress in ‘state of city’ speech

Rochester is a city on the rise. That was the message of Mayor Malik D. Evans “state of the city” address Wednesday night at the Arbors Midtown before a crowd of city, school, county and state officials and others. While the mayor, who took office in 2022, struck a positive note and touted his administration’s […]

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Arkansas Gov. Sanders’ administration grilled over $19K podium

Arkansas lawmakers questioned four members of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration Tuesday following a critical audit into the purchase of a custom $19,000 podium for the Republican governor. The audit found the governor’s office potentially broke the law by paying for the podium out of operating expenses, paying for it upfront without first requesting detailed […]

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Melbourne Margaritaville still ‘a go’ after construction delay, mayor says

Margaritaville is still “a go” after months of stalled construction and uncertainty amid rising costs, Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey said Monday. Construction on the Compass Landing by Margaritaville resort, planned for 4.6-acre riverfront site just south of Cherry Street on U.S. 1, has proceeded in fits and starts since it began in late 2022. Work […]

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