by Brynn Grimley

Hours before he stepped to the City Council dais for the last time last week, Fircrest Mayor David Viafore was meeting with the city's finance director to pore over the city's budget. With only four days remaining in his term, Viafore wasn't going out a lame duck.

"This year is looking good, better than I expected," he said following the council's last meeting of 2015. The Dec. 28 meeting was also the last in Viafore's political career. At the stroke of midnight Thursday, Viafore's 24-year stint on the Fircrest City Council ended.

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