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Hooper City Council tables ordinance shifting mayoral power
HOOPER — Before a standing-room-only crowd at the Hooper City Civic Center on Tuesday night, the Hooper City Council voted to table an ordinance that would shift the mayor's executive and administrative powers to the council at large. The impromptu meeting and proposed ordinance followed months of mounting tensions between Hooper Mayor Sheri Bingham and the City Council, which have played out publicly in meetings and work sessions. At the heart of the council's move to strip Bingham of her mayoral powers — and effectively change the way in which Hooper city government operates — ...