But city manager John Deardoff does not expect the lid will go away, and Councilmember Jade Piros de Carvalho said there are enough exemptions — for example, law enforcement and fire protection are outside the lid — that it is impotent.
The City Council and state Sen. Ed Berger, R-Hutchinson, and state Reps. Joe Seiwert, R-Pretty Prairie, Jason Probst, D-Hutchinson, and Paul Waggoner, R-Hutchinson, discussed potential state legislation for about an hour and a half Thursday morning. Garth Strand, a Democrat running for Waggoner’s 104th District seat in 2020, attended, as did incoming City Councilmember Sara Bagwell. Absent were State Rep. Jack Thimesch, R-Spivey, and incoming City Councilmember Steve Garza.
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