Some Montgomery City council members are addressing safety concerns involving panhandlers. This is not about the legality of panhandling, the main concern from some city officials is the possibility of traffic accidents due to people soliciting goods or services on the sides of major roads and highways.
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.
Ed Grimes will become a Montgomery City Council member, representing District 1, after his opponent dropped out of next month’s scheduled runoff.
The District 1 City Council Election is now heading into a runoff, the results of the July election showed that none of the 7 candidates received 50 percent of the vote. The two candidates that did get the most votes in the district were Donnie Mims and Ed Grimes.
