While the amount of how much the fi re department would charge was unclear, Witherow said the amount would equal the costs of time spent by fi re department person-nel on scene. The ordinance that would put this policy in order was tabled and shifted to the December council meeting citing a review by council members.

But funding for the department wasn’t the only topic of conversation between the fi re department and council.

Brent Sauble, a paid city fi reman, was awarded the position of fi re marshal by the city council and will receive a raise. The raise is being made possible through a grant the fi re department received.

City newspaper staysAn ordinance was drafted, a letter from the

mayor appeared in water bills and pros and cons were discussed, but none of those factors caused the members of the Willow Park City Council to switch the offi cial newspaper of record for the city.

The offi cial city newspaper of Willow Park is The Community News, but an agenda item proposed by the mayor suggested that council consider another publication to publish legal notices. The mayor suggested the Weatherford Democrat or Weatherford Telegram.

Citizens in attendance addressed the council earlier in the evening and urged members to keep The Community News as the city’s offi cial newspaper. David Fritz asked the council to continue to use The Community News and Esta Austin told council that she did not want to subscribe to another newspaper just to get the legal notices and notifi cations for the city.

“This is obviously a charged topic,” Hawkins said. “I’m going to advocate that we switch papers. I believe that it’s in the best interests of the city to switch away from The Community News, because I don’t believe that we have been getting a well-balanced presentation of the things that are happening in the city.”

Brown followed the mayor saying that he misses Erin Cooper (a former Community News reporter) and that he has been displeased with coverage in the newspaper because a reporter that followed Cooper uttered the phrase, “If it

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bleeds, it reads.”“I’m fed up with it,” Brown said. But it was Brown and Hawkins’ comments

that showed the only support of changing the offi cial newspaper. Hickerson followed and narrowed down the proposal to switch newspa-pers as a matter of opinion.

“I think that it is your opinion that the paper is slanted…,” Hickerson said, “but it’s an opin-ion and I don’t think the water bill approach was a wise way to express your opinion versus what’s going on here tonight.”

In his letter, Hawkins urged citizens to cancel their subscriptions to The Community News.

Mayor Pro-tem Hale Alderman referred to The Community News as “quite valuable to the community” regarding coverage of the area schools and other topics.

“The other paper that we are considering,” Alderman said, “you saw when that report-er left. You see where The Community News reporter is.”

Martin spoke next and not only gave his views to the letter from the mayor and the offi cial newspaper of the city, but proposed the council wait to make a decision following a questionnaire to the citizens that would have results showing which publication citizens read more.

Martin moved to have the city send out his questionnaire. Hickerson supported him, but Alderman and Tatum did not. Brown abstained. Hawkins tried to break the tie, but City Attorney Rider Scott said Martin’s vote dies due to the lack of majority support of the council.

The council took no further action and The Community News remains the offi cial newspa-per of record for the City of Willow Park.

Alderman resigning from councilHe didn’t give a reason why, but at the spe-

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Tim Koirtyohann, president of the Stagecoach Estates Home Owners Association, has expressed interest in the soon to be vacan-cy.

Whomever is appointed by council to the Place 5 position, they can only legally hold the spot until the next election which is scheduled for May. At that time, Tatum, Martin and Mayor Hawkins will all be up for re-election as well.

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