Tensions ran high at Lynchburg City Council's Special Meeting on Tuesday as they voted to censure two members.

City Council asked the city manager to find the money to keep Sandusky and T.C. Miller elementary schools open for one more year

The two boards are planning to have a joint meeting over school funding on April 16.

Lynchburg homeowners will be paying less in real estate taxes, after a new rate of 89 cents was approved by the City Council on Tuesday night, and some are reacting to what this could mean for the proposed budget.

Reed won the vote over councilman Jeff Helgeson by one vote.

LYNCHBURG, Va. Lynchburg City Council is ready to start the new fiscal year on Wednesday and with a new person on board. In front of family, friends and city employees council members, Joan Dolan, Sterling Wilder and Jeff Helgeson, who were re-elected in May were sworn in by a Lynchburg judge today. Theres no young conservative voice on council and thats something I want to provide. I think its a void thats there and I think a large portion of the city of Lynchburg has a young conservative voice and thats something we want to offer, Faraldi said. Wednesday council will vote to choose a new or keep a mayor and vice mayor.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – A Lynchburg City Council meeting got heated at times on Wednesday as city leaders discussed changing the time of the newly-established curfew. This move comes after city leaders declared a state of emergency amid three nights of protests throughout the Hill City, two of which turned violent. Wednesday’s special city council meeting came with a lot of fight back. “(They) won’t meet the curfew because you as a working person can’t workout in a gym at 5 in the morning," said city council member Jeff Helgeson. Under the new curfew ordinance, the city manager will check in with Zuidema every day at noon on whether or not to extend the curfew.