PATTERSON — The City Council devoted much of its regular first-Tuesday meeting to rising water and a drop in proposed city spending. The proposed 2019-20 city budget calls for sharply lower spending, but not personnel or service cuts, after a few years of paying for big capital projects. The high-water discussion centered on a Kelly Street resident whose home flooded during the April 4 deluge in east St. Mary. Also Tuesday, the council talked about a citizen request for a stop sign on Wise Street and heard about the need for some fixing-up at the old junior high school, which is now ...