David McCubbin was sworn in for a one-year term as mayor, filling the remainder of Tom Haddix’s term.
Koshko served on the council previously, leaving the council in early 2016.
Eldon Craig, who was out of town, was unable to attend the meeting.
“It really bothered him to not be able to be here,” Lee said The seat vacated by McCubbin’s accession to mayor Wednesday evening remains open.
McKinney said she was willing to vote for herself if McCubbin thinks it necessary to not wait for more council members to be present.
Following miscellaneous business, discussion turned to a major water leak that occurred on April 4 at Hickory and First streets, where three water mains connected.
“We don’t know yet,” Lee said in response to a Jim Goodman’s question on how much water the city lost.
“As soon as I called Terry [Smith], he came straight into town and stopped at the main connection and shut it off.” That was at 5 a.m. “The people that didn’t have water at midnight should have called someone.” Lee said.
Lee, the city’s licensed water system operator, issued the boil advisory the morning of the leak.
• Lee said an employee from CenturyLink got stuck in the mud in the alley on Oak Street between Third Street and Fourth Street two weeks ago following several days of rain and had to have his vehicle pulled out.