PRICEVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The City of Priceville has appointed a new police chief during its organizational meeting Monday night.

During its organizational meeting, the council appointed Priceville Police Sergeant Jason Wigginton, opting not to reappoint former Chief Jerry Holmes.

The city council met in an organizational meeting on Monday, swearing in the city council and having several re-appointments for other city officials on its agenda.

After all the councilmen and Mayor Sam Heflin were sworn in, they moved on to the rest of their business.

However, when the mayor called for a motion and a second to reappoint Holmes as police chief, the resolution received a motion but failed to get a second from a member of the council. This led Heflin to declare the motion dead.

After that, Ci

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