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During their Oct. 26 meeting, Bethel City Council voted to adopt new rules that bar the public from attending meetings in person. They also laid out stipulations for council members. Once the rules went into effect, a council member was newly out of compliance and had to leave the meeting midway through.
During the Oct. 12 Bethel City Council meeting, four newly elected council members were sworn in. Then the council voted to renew a series of pandemic mitigation measures, including a mask mandate. The measures passed easily, but the mask mandate came up against some rare opposition from an audience member and a new council member.
The sitting council members are expected to vote to accept the results of last week’s election. The council members-elect are newcomer Mary “Beth” Hessler; incumbents Conrad “CJ” McCormick and Mark Springer; and Eric Whitney, who has previously sat on city council.