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WAITSBURG -- Council members present were: K.C. Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karl Newell and Mayor Walt Gobel. Debra Callahan and Marty Dunn were absent.

--Sheriff John Turner gave a quarterly update noting that deputy hours are currently 403 above contracted. Crime statistics for Waitsburg show a significant drop over 2013 numbers with the only increases in narcotics and motor vehicle thefts. Turner noted that vehicle theft, as well as vehicles recovered from other jurisdictions, was up county wide.

--Council members, Sheriff Turner and City Attorney Jared Hawkins discussed ramifications of I5...