{"id":1024075,"date":"2021-06-08T08:25:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1024075"},"modified":"2021-06-08T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:50:00","slug":"athens-city-council-will-hold-special-meeting-to-consider-resignation-of-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1024075","title":{"rendered":"Athens city council will hold special meeting to consider resignation of mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"ATHENS — The Athens city council called a special session today to discuss what steps to take following the arrest of their mayor. According to our news partner KETK, the meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Derek D. Daniels Conference Room of the Athens Partnership Center. According to the agenda, the council is scheduled to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Discuss, consider, and take action, as necessary, concerning the acceptance of resignation letter from Monte Montgomery.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d According to the City Charter, as stated in Section 3: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Any vacancy or vacancies occurring in the city council shall be filled by appointment of a majority vote of the remaining city council within thirty (30) days, which person or persons so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term for the place or places to which such appointment shall be made.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mayor James Monte Montgomery of Athens resigned officially on Friday, just one day after his arrest on online solicitation of a minor charges. Montgomery was caught along with three others in Longview as part of a sting operation by Texas State Troopers. Solicitation of a minor involves a defendant asking or engaging in a conversation with a minor and during the course of that conversation, the defendant asks (or solicits) the minor to meet them for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We continue to be shocked and grieved by the developments of the past 24 hours. Our primary responsibility is to the citizens of Athens and the betterment of our community,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s statement on Facebook said. Montgomery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bond was set at $300,000 surety with conditions, according to judicial records. He bonded out the same day he was arrested.<\/p>\n

The City of Athens has previously released a statement on Mayor Montgomery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrest for online solicitation of a minor. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We were shocked to learn yesterday of Mr. Montgomery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrest in Longview. These are very serious allegations and the City of Athens does not take them lightly. We are committed to the protection and safety of our children. The City Council will be considering all possible actions as details become available. mk- As this is a Longview Police Department investigation, we have no information beyond what has been reported by the news media.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ATHENS — The Athens city council called a special session today to discuss what steps to take following the arrest of their mayor. According to our news partner KETK, the meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Derek D. Daniels Conference Room of the Athens Partnership Center. According to the agenda, the council is … Continue reading Athens city council will hold special meeting to consider resignation of mayor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1024077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/06\/athensmayor-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Athens city council will hold special meeting to consider resignation of mayor","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 03:57:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/06\/athensmayor-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Athens city council will hold special meeting to consider resignation of mayor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1024075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024187,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024075\/revisions\/1024187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1024075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1024075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1024075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}