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Bryan City Councilman Mike Southerland is hospitalized following the discovery of a heart irregularity and emergency surgery.
The second term councilman is at St. Joseph Regional Health Center.
Southerland did not attend two council meetings held Tuesday. The latter gathering, a workshop conducted by an Austin lawyer on the open meetings law, was a topic of specific interest to Southerland.
Mayor Jason Bienski says no one on the council could comment about their colleague because as paid city employees, they had to comply with privacy regulations.