Amid cash crunch, Monessen mayor pays to fuel city’s vehicle fleet
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February 3, 2022

Amid cash crunch, Monessen mayor pays to fuel city’s vehicle fleet

By Stacy Wolford

By KRISTIE LINDEN
klinden@yourmvi.com
The City of Monessen is in the middle of a financial crisis and with another winter storm on the way, the mayor stepped in Wednesday to avoid a potential disaster. During last week’s council meeting, the city was able to pay a certain amount of bills thanks to incoming garbage bill payments.
Among those bills were the credit cards that city employees, firefighters and police officers use to fill city vehicles.

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