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Cochran council adopts agenda, hears updates on DDA, housing grant and budget
Summary
At a May 16 special meeting, the Cochran City Council approved the meeting agenda, interviewed a former Downtown Development Authority member about simultaneous resignations, reviewed the city's CDBG application and held a budget work session; no formal votes on grants or moratoriums were taken.
The Cochran City Council met in a special called session May 16 at the City Auditorium. Mayor Billy Yeomans opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m., recorded attendance and the council voted to adopt the meeting agenda. Councilmember Gary Ates moved to accept the agenda, with a second from Councilmember Jimmy Jones; the motion passed 4–Yes (Ates, Jones, Lemmon, Veal), 1–No (Coley).
The council then heard several agenda items: an interview of a former Downtown Development Authority member related to Charter Sec. 2.15 resignations, an update on the city's CDBG application for housing rehabilitation in a targeted neighborhood, a discussion about construction in the Colonial Village Subdivision and a budget work session where departments presented funding requests.
No formal votes were recorded that changed policy or awarded contracts during the meeting. Mayor Yeomans adjourned the meeting at 8:17 p.m.
