A meeting between Mayor Ron Littlefield and City Councilman Peter Murphy failed to deliver any type of compromise on a proposed three-year contract for retiring Chattanooga police Chief Freeman Cooper.
The contract, which stalemated in a 4-4 tie at Tuesday’s council meeting, will come up for a second vote next week, officials said Wednesday.
“As far as I’m concerned, the deal is what it is,” Mr. Littlefield said Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Murphy said the mayor “indicated he negotiated out what he negotiated out and he didn’t want us to micromanage.”
The mayor and Mr. Murphy met at City Hall to hash out a possible compromise for Chief Cooper, who plans to retire next week on his 28th anniversary with the force.