With projections for the current fiscal year showing the possibility of coming in or under the forecasted budget, Roanoke Rapids City Council is hopeful it can give back some of the money cut from departments during the crafting of the financial plan.
A new city council member was sworn in and an old one was bid farewell this evening.
Wayne Smith won the Roanoke Rapids City Council seat Greg Lawson will vacate in a landslide, collecting 79.03 percent of the votes over his opponent, Gerald “Jerry” McDaniel.
