BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

COFFEYVILLE — Commissioner Pam Jones assumed the title of Coffeyville mayor, Don Edwards joined commissioners Richard Gonzales and David George in taking the oath of office, and commissioners accepted the resignation of commissioner Jim Taylor, Sr., in the first meeting of a new city commission Tuesday.

Jones was named mayor for a one-year term upon unanimous vote of the commission.
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org

The flip of a coin will be needed to decide an Elk City Council position after two candidates finished the April 5 general election in a tie.
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BY RUDY TAYLOR
rudy@taylornews.org

CANEY — By a 4-3 margin, USD 436 Board of Education members on Monday voted to drop their current nepotism policy, returning instead to a less restrictive one first adopted in 1990.

Board members Jack Kopfman, Mark Artherton, Suellen Holtzman and David Deal voted to drop a policy approved by the board in 2008 which prohibits the employment of specific family members within the school district. Darlene Sanders, Debbie Morrison and Bobby Hawthorne voted against removing the current policy.

“I have not been given a good reason for making this change,” Sanders said. “I believe board members should be above reproach as we serve on this board. We should not be here for financial gain.”
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