The Newport News City Council plans to create a formal handbook to guide council conduct and policies after concerns were raised about council members’ misuse of city-issued credit cards. During Tuesday’s council work session, Mayor Phillip Jones suggested creating the handbook to guide council behavior and to codify roles and responsibilities. “We had a few calls and emails about credit cards .
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During Tuesday's council work session, Mayor Phillip Jones suggested creating a formal policy handbook to guide council behavior and to codify roles and responsibilities. A draft is hoped to be before the council later this year, presumably around late summer and early fall.
A day after Newport News city council members announced a shakeup in leadership, one council member is wondering if race was a factor in removing the city manager