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The Montgomery City Council met Tuesday with all 9 seats filled for the first time since January of this year. Ed Grimes was officially sworn into office filling the seat left empty following the death of the late Richard Bollinger.
Just one day after Donnie Mims’ decision to withdraw from the runoff election, Ed Grimes was sworn into his official position. This city council meeting was the first time grimes actively participated even having a vote in some of the new business that was taking place.
Grimes states that he is ready to get to work to help with increasing community safety. Some of his initial plans are to provide neighborhoods with cameras that the police department has access to, to help them bring down the crime.
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Ed Grimes will become a Montgomery City Council member, representing District 1, after his opponent dropped out of next month’s scheduled runoff.
Grimes had received 49% of the vote in last week’s special election, which was just short of the amount needed to avoid a runoff with second-place finisher Donnie Mims, who got 21%. This morning, Mims announced that he would end his campaign so that Grimes could take the seat.
“…After a lot of prayer and conversation with my family, I believe that it is best for District 1 and for Montgomery as a whole for me to withdraw from this race and to spare the district the time and expense of a runoff election. It will benefit District 1 to have a council representative immediately rather than to wait for a runoff election. I wish Mr. Grimes the best and trust that he will be a positive presence on the Montgomery City Council,” Mims said.
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