Kiowa's City Council held a special meeting December 20. The first part of the meeting was specified as a budget hearing. This was to adopt the city's 2022 budget. No one from the public attended the budget hearing so the council approved and signed the budget and moved into their special meeting agenda.

Mayor Bill Watson called the meeting to order with a quorum issue. Councilmember Tom Wells joined by phone until council president Brian Hill arrived. Other members present included: Janet Robison, B.J. Duvall and Jason Thayer. City Administrator Sam Demel attended as did City Clerk Sheila Smi...