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Gunbarrel City tables budget after public urges restoring employee raises
Summary
Council postponed consideration of the fiscal-year budget after public speakers urged restoration of proposed employee raises; council cited two absent members and moved to table budget items to a future special meeting.
Members of the public urged the Gunbarrel City Council on Tuesday to restore employee pay increases as council postponed action on the city’s fiscal-year budget. Councilmembers voted to table the budget items because two members were absent, leaving the council unable to consider the measures.
The most direct appeal came from resident Keith Bond, who told the council he was “here tonight because I’ve got a question for the 2 council members that are absent” and that those members were effectively “holding the city budget hostage over 1.25% of the total budget.” Bond said that “1.25% of a $5,000,000 almost…
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