During a special meeting Friday, Hazleton City Council voted to override Mayor Joseph Yannuzzi’s veto of the council’s proposed budget and then adopted that spending plan for 2015.
It means there will be no property tax increase for city residents and it also means that council voted to allocate money for the city to hire part-time police officers.
All this happened — but not without confusion, hand wringing and much discussion.
The confusion started when council had to call Councilman Jeff Cusat in order for him to vote on agenda items. Cusat had a prior engagement and did not attend the meeting in person but did cast his votes via telephone.
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