The Branson Board of Aldermen voted to retain City Administrator Stan Dobbins on a 4-2 vote during an Executive Session early Wednesday morning.
The session was called after a six plus hour regular meeting Tuesday night that extended into the early morning hours. A good part of the meeting was taken by responses to comments made by Dobbins at a Study Session the previous week that seemed to disparage the City's Police Department, comments for which he later apologized.
Mayor Larry Milton tells Jason Wert of the Branson Tri-Lakes News that he called the meeting based on increased input from both in and out of City Hall about Dobbins effectiveness. A Sunshine Law request filed by the Branson Tri-Lakes News revealed that in the meeting, the Board voted to retain Dobbins on a 4-2 vote with Clay Cooper and Ruth Denham voting for removal while Aldermen Cody Fenton, Jeff Seay, Bill Skains, and Jamie Whiteis voting to keep Dobbins.
The full story from Jason Wert can be read on the Branson Tri-Lakes News Website.
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