The Atlanta City Council voted 9-5 on Monday to not fill two judgeship vacancies at the Atlanta Municipal Court
The move would eliminate one vacant position and one that will be vacant later this month and drops the number of judges from 10 to eight.
In March, a city audit suggested that the court could run with five judges for a projected savings of $2.3 million.
Bill sponsor Felicia Moore, along with Carla Smith, Cleta Winslow, Natalyn Archibong, Alex Wan, Howard Shook, Yolanda Adrean, Joyce Sheperd, and Michael Bond voted for the change. Ivory Young, C.T. Martin, Aaron Watson, Keisha Bottoms and Lamar Willis voted against it.
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