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Voters won't have input in $11M projects
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McMinnville officials will not be seeking voter opinion on two projects that could result in up to $11 million in spending. During Tuesday night’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, measures that would have placed two referendums on the November ballot – renovating McMinnville Civic Center at $5 million and renovating the Blue Building at $6 million – were rejected.The Civic Center referendum failed 5-2. Mayor Jimmy Haley, Vice Mayor Ben Newman, and Aldermen Ryle Chastain, Steve Harvey and Everett Brock voted against seeking voter input in November.