PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (KTRK) -- Prairie View politics took center stage Friday afternoon during a heated city council meeting.

After nearly two hours and lots of discussion, the city council voted to fire the city secretary and put the city manager on a 30-day suspension.

"There are some issues that relate to a grievance or some contractual grievance that we had discussed," Mayor Ronald Leverett said.

Leverett said he called the meeting to discuss terminating the city manager and city secretary after he accused them of moving forward with a street improvement project without city council approval.

City Manager Wendy Parker and the City Secretary Jamie Branch defended their actions, saying the roads are now safer after the improvement project.

"I have done nothing, my city staff has don

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