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Mayor publicly criticizes engineering partner WGA and asks council to withhold payment

Montgomery City Council · November 11, 2025
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Mayor Sarah Countryman used the public forum to say WGA "has lost their way," accused a former city employee now at WGA of reckless record-keeping, and asked the council not to pay an invoice dated 10/24/2025 tied to that person. Council members acknowledged concerns and said staff could make access adjustments.

Montgomery — In public forum at the start of the Nov. 10 meeting, Mayor Sarah Countryman criticized the city's contract relationship with engineering firm WGA and asked council to withhold payment for a specific invoice.

Countryman said she believed WGA "has lost their way" and "no longer values the taxpayer and citizens of Montgomery." She raised…

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