Fair or foul? Outgoing council awards contract for drainage canals hours before leaving office

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE – Six hours after a new city administration took its oath of office, on Friday, December 30, the previous administration held a special meeting to consider a request for proposal (RFP) for cleaning and maintaining the city’s drainage canals. The council, by a 4-0 vote, awarded the bid to Hesnor Contractors Inc. Those voting were Councilmembers Bryant Riggs, Mike…