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    Mansfield Police Department Chief Keith Porch. (Richland Source file photo)

  • Mansfield Fire Department Assistant Chief Jim Bishop talks to members of the City Council finance committee on Monday evening.

  • Mansfield 4th Ward City Councilman Alomar Davenport. (Richland Source file photo)

  • Mansfield City Council member David Falquette said the mayor’s decision to reduce fire department OT could perhaps save layoffs in the future.

  • Mansfield City Councilman Jason Lawrence, appointed by local Democrats in 2014 and who ran unopposed for re-election in 2017 as a Democrat, will run for re-election in 2021 as a Republican. (Richland Source file photo)

  • Mansfield City Council member Jean Taddie said a Mansfield resident told her about the fire department OT decision.

  • Mansfield City Councilman Jon Van Harlingen, chair of the finance committee, talks Monday during a meeting on the city’s 2020 budget.

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