CENTERVILLE — A local business owner who filed a lawsuit last week against the city in federal court and was expected to address city officials Tuesday night was a no-show at the City Council’s work session.
Mayor John Harley said Courtney Bibb, owner of the Energy Among Us spirituality shop at 100 N. Houston Lake Road, Suite S, called before the meeting saying she was going to be unable to attend the meeting. She was expected to speak about a city ordinance prohibiting fortune telling, as well as freedom of speech and freedom of religion, according to the work session agenda.
She had been added to the agenda before it was announced last week that she had filed the lawsuit against the city.
Harley said regardless of the lawsuit, Bibb still was being allowed to speak during the work session on any issues with which she was concerned.
She has been granted a consent order by the city to continue practicing until a court hearing this month.
Also, the city discussed setting a mandatory meeting with city employees and the council. The meeting was scheduled for May 3 at 4 p.m. at City Hall for all employees
“This is an idea I’ve kind of been beating around for a year,” Councilman Edward Tucker said. We’re at a time in our economy and community where sometimes we assume our employees understand everything done for them … the tough decisions we may be forced to make.
“We can explain it, field questions … do our jobs.”
To contact writer Marlon A. Walker, call 256-9685.
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