Council approves budget of $2,876,321

During the work session, Mayor Stanley told the council that they were being asked to open up two jobs from part-time to fulltime.

Those two positions were to move a part-time utility worker to full-time and part-time economic development director to full-time

Tuesday night's special city council meeting called for a work session to approve the annual budget for 2015-16 presented by City Administrator Joe Shephard

Mayor Jeff Stanley did the swearing in ceremony for newest council member Darren Foster to begin the meeting and for a quorum to be present as council member Debbie Lowery was not in attendance

Sam Haigis, was once again nominated and approved as mayor pro tem He has fulfilled that role "since Moses" as stated by Mayor Stanley to the audience Haigis corrected the mayor by stating he's only served that role since Joshua

The mayor also said that the budget calls for a purchase of a small track hoe

Howe's Fireworks Festival pulled hundreds of citizens

Howe citizens and some from surrounding communities were on-hand at Howe High School last night for the 5th Annual Howe Fireworks Festival put on by the Howe Fire Department (HFD)

The fireworks show has become the biggest continued on Page #3

"Over the past several years, we've rented track hoes to dig out several places that our big back hoe cant go " said Stanley "I think it's time that we fundraising event for the department on an annual basis and the totals weren't in as of time the publication was finalized.

HFD will use part of the fundraising amount to go towards making the show even bigger next year continued on Page #5