Special meeting to special meeting

While the second reading of the budget and budget amendment took up most of the two hour June 11 special meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, the council also discussed a letter of representation to James Childress.

Legal counsel Tom Thompson informed the governing body that he had talked with Childress at the beginning of June and, at that time, he had requested that the town council sign the representation letter before issuing his report.

“James then, thereafter, sent the letter that’s in front of the council,” said Thompson. “I do have concerns about some of the language used i...