The Sedalia City Council selected Councilman Ken Norton to serve as mayor pro tem, and a new councilman was appointed to the vacant 1st Ward seat Monday night in City Hall.
The City Council approved Mayor Elaine Horn’s recommendation to appoint Harold Jackson to the 1st Ward seat, which was left vacant by the selection of Horn to the mayoral position. He took the oath of office at Monday’s meeting.
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