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House committee approves SB 139 to annex border parcels into Mulberry
Summary
A House committee approved SB 139, a bill from Sen. Dixon that would annex commercial and some larger tracts contiguous to the newly incorporated city of Mulberry. The measure passed on a 10-5 roll call after testimony from the city mayor and questions about county consent and resident input.
A House committee voted to approve SB 139, a bill that would annex parcels along border streets into the newly incorporated city of Mulberry, following testimony from the bill sponsor and the Mulberry mayor and a 10-5 roll call.
Senator Dixon, who presented the bill, described it as "a simple annexation bill that came at the request of the city of Mulberry," saying the measure would allow the city to absorb commercial nodes and several larger tracks that currently leave one side of some streets outside city limits. "This rounds us off where the city would annex and and control that entire commercial node," Dixon said, arguing the change is aimed at future development and design consistency.
The municipality's mayor, Michael Coker, told the committee the bill addresses…
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