Gavin named vice mayor for new council term
The new term hit a speed bump during Thursday’s city council meeting when councilmen knotted over whom to name vice mayor.
Perkins won’t run for mayor in 2017
The longest-tenured Starkville alderman announced through a press release Monday night he will not seek the office of mayor in 2017.
AG opinion changes little on vice-mayor term limit
The state Attorney General office said the position of vice mayor in Columbus is a four-year term but declined to say a vote councilmen took in July to put councilman Gene Taylor in that post for one year was void.
City to seek AG opinion on vice mayor term limits
In July, Columbus councilmen voted to appoint Ward 1 Councilman Gene Taylor as vice mayor for one year.
Prior opinions from the Mississippi attorney general office, however, say that once a vice mayor is appointed, he holds the position through the end of his elected term.
‘New’ council to select vice mayor, dept. heads
Although the city council that convenes for the first time tonight will include just one new council member, it doesn’t mean there won’t be some new faces and new roles.