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Florence city council accepts chief's resignation

Florence City Council held a special meeting Feb. 18 and unanimously accepted the verbal resignation of Florence Police Chief Creighton Smith.

Smith had been suspended a day earlier by Mayor Jeanie Meirowsky when the council refused to take action on Smith's verbal resignation.

The special meeting was open to the public.

Part-time Florence reserve officers have been scheduled for additional working hours to be certain that a police presence is visible and active in the community.

According to Mayor Meirowsky, the council will wait until the next regularly scheduled meeting on Monday to consider a replacement for Smith.

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