The 2013 budget and lingering transportation issues will be the first orders of business just days after two new members were sworn in on the Pettis County Commission.
Presiding Commissioner John Meehan told the Democrat on Wednesday afternoon that he met with eastern commissioner Brent Hampy and western commissioner Jim Marcum earlier in the day to “talk over some preliminary issues and let them get their feet wet.”
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