PATTERSON — The City Council is preparing to make changes: in the way the mayor’s court works, in the way police personnel decisions get made and in the budget. Council members talked about all three at Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting. They also heard from residents of the Martin Luther King Avenue area who want the annual Mardi Gras block party moved from their neighborhood. The mayor’s court change, introduced as an ordinance Tuesday and due for a final vote May 7, would give the council the power to appoint an attorney as prosecutor at the mayor’s request. The mayor’s court adjudicates violations of ...