$2500 question

Looks like we won't as taxpayers be sending a Mayor Mathews to Dallas for a $2500 trip. Some member of the City Council voted against funding for his trip by a 3-2 vote.

Council members Cris Welsh, Debra Williams and Jim Sebastian voted against paying for the trip. Tim Killingsworth and Leonard Church voted in favor of it. 

According to the marietta paper, Mathews said he may still attend the conference. He could veto the item, pay his own way or go using city money despite the vote. 

“I haven’t made a final decision yet,” he said. “Typically, those items are put on just as a courtesy and spread on the minutes. Our charter and everything allows us to do the business of the city as we deem necessary.”