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And that\u2019s just not quite true.\u201d\nBrigham also took a passing shot at the city\u2019s advisory committee on economic development Spears helped form earlier this year.\n\u201cWhile you may be enjoying hobnobbing with the big developers and developing of funds to put in new industry in the city, we\u2019re up there doing the hard work of paying the bills,\u201d Brigham said.\nSpears, after Brigham was finished, offered \u201cone additional comment.\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019ll pray for you,\u201d Spears said, looking at Brigham.\nSpears would not comment to The Dispatch after the meeting.\nMayor Stephen Jones suggested the matter be discussed further at a future work session.\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tStephen Jones\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\u201cThere just has to be more communication, more sitting down instead of just putting stuff out,\u201d Jones told The Dispatch after the meeting. \u201c\u2026 (Spears is) entitled to do whatever he wants to do, but for everybody involved, it\u2019s best to have communication first. \u2026 You can put it out there, and if the council don\u2019t want it, it\u2019s just a waste of time.\u201d\nOther business\nIn other business, the council:\n\u25a0 swore in Police Chief Garland Ward, Assistant Chief Terence Ware and recognized the promotions of five other officers;\n\u25a0 approved amending purchase agreement with Friendly City Development to allow the group to purchase the old Chevron and Fant lots as part of the Parkview redevelopment, upon the Columbus Redevelopment Authority\u2019s completion of site work for nine additional residential lots;\n\u25a0 approved paying an $85,000 match to a Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund grant for a kayak launch at Propst Park;\n\u25a0 hired one police officer and rehired three others pending successful completion of preliminary testing; and\n\u25a0 reappointed Rita Felton to a four-year term on the Civil Service Commission.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tZack Plair is the managing editor for The Dispatch.\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n      \n      \n        Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. 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