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Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln took office Jan. 1 after defeating incumbent Michael Tubbs in the November election. But when Lincoln was hired by Stockton voters to step into the city's top leadership role, they were also getting the team of people that come with him. In 2016, Stocktonians approved a measure amending the city's charter by mandating that funding for the mayor's office to employ three staffers to be included in the annual budget. The positions included an executive assistant, public information officer and senior policy adviser. The mayor is allowed to select his own staff with...

Marc Payne choked back tears a couple of times as he explained to a group of around two dozen what it meant to him to serve as a council member for the past three years. “I’ve really enjoyed working here,” Payne said during a reception in his honor. “I have put many years in the city, and it’s meant quite a lot to me. And I appreciate the support and the trust that you all have given me.” Payne officially lost his re-election bid Nov. 3 when he finished third in voting among four candidates for his Place 6 seat.

1 of 3 Copperas Cove Municipal Judge F.W. "Bill" Price, left, swears in Vonya Hart as the newest council member. Hart won a runoff Dec. 8 to be elected to the Copperas Cove City Council Place 6. Thaddeus Imerman | Herald Vonya Hart, left, and Marc Payne share a brief hug Tuesday evening after Municipal Judge F.W. "Bill" Price swore Hart into the Copperas Cove City Council Place 6. Hart won the election in a runoff Dec. 8. Thaddeus Imerman | Herald Outgoing Copperas Cove City Councilman Marc Payne, right, looks at a plaque presented to him by City Manager Ryan Haverlah ...