ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) - The Elmira City Council is scheduled to hold a special meeting this Thursday at 10:45 a.m. at City Hall. A press release sent by the City Clerk on April 25th said the purpose of the meeting was to move into an "executive session" that is closed to the public. The press []
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage City Council members attempt to suspend their city attorney - just two weeks after he tendered his resignation. In an emotional statement to the people of Carthage at last night's council meeting - City Attorney Nate Dally expressed sorrow about leaving his position and what it has meant to him. "It []
Erie City Council makes a push to get more people involved in changes they want to see throughout the city. A big part of their efforts to do so will be taking their council meetings to the road this summer calling it the City Council Neighborhoods Tour. Council will function the same way it would []
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The city council had another special session to again discuss the two finalists for the vacant city manager position. The choice is down to Alan Howze of Kansas City, Kansas and Robert Perez of Dallas, Texas. Both candidates have over 20 years of experience working in leadership positions for local governments. At []
CARTHAGE, Mo. — No official move Monday night in Carthage to terminate — or see whether the city council can terminate — City Administrator, Greg Dagnan. Several motions were made, though nothing came out of it. Councilmembers did vote unanimously to put out a request for bids by firms specializing in municipal law. It will []
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage City Council approves hiring a firm to handle impeachment proceedings against Mayor Dan Rife. In a 7-to-2 vote, the council approved hiring a St. Louis based law firm. Earlier in the evening, the city council approved budgeting $25,000 to cover the expense of that procedure. Mayor pro tem Alan Snow []
The proposition gives three or more council members the power to bring an item to the agenda. Before it was passed, only the mayor could bring items to the agenda.
(The Center Square) – The Spokane Valley City Council has repealed and replaced its Governance Manual, reigniting conflicts between new Councilmember Al Merkel, whose conduct toward city staff is being investigated, and his peers. More than 20 sections of the Governance Manual, a guide for the city council on how to act and conduct official business, were revised at Tuesday night's meeting. Merkel said he believes the changes are an attempt to bypass his comments...
Whoever wins in the ward of Park and Arbourthorne will be a new councillor, as the city’s only current Independent socialist member, Sophie Wilson, has decided to stand down. Labour will hope to make it three out of three in the ward. A council ward profile shows that 28% of children aged up to 19 live in relative poverty, the crime rate is well above the England average and almost a quarter (23.8%) have a limiting long-term illness. Labour’s Mia Drazaic said: “I’m a mother, ex-teacher and union...
Some council members are still concerned the committee takes away from the power voters gave them. An unofficial draft of rules was available for the public to see during the first committee meeting.
Councilmembers are conducting oversight of mental health resources in city schools. The hearing comes as schools stand to lose funding for mental health resources. [ more › ]
Chaos erupted at the Ottawa County Board of Supervisors meeting in Michigan when a member of the Satanic Church gave a call to open the meeting.A man named Luis Cypher, pastor of the Satanic Temple of West Michigan, gave a speech Tuesday in which he reiterated the importance of separation of church and state, one of the organization's core principles.But the huge crowd began to protest as people sang hymns such as "Amazing Grace" and put signs on the wall that read: "God always, Satan never" and...