Amidst some confusion at Monday night’s City of Alexander City City Council meeting, the ordinance to raise commercial sewerage rates passed despite two nay votes.
The ordinance, sponsored by Mayor Woody Baird, was meant to offset the funds needed to get the department in the black.
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