Council member and Mayor clash over new salary

The City Council adopted the 2025-26 Budget at the Council meeting Monday but it didn’t happen just the way Mayor Ronnie Williams Jr. hoped it would.The proposed budget was tabled at the last Council meeting and it was promptly removed from the table for consideration when Councilperson- at-Large Betty Sawyer Smith questioned a $20,000 bump in salary for an employee moving from part-ti...

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