Phenix City Council adopts resolutions declaring several uncontested candidates duly elected under Alabama law

Phenix City Council on July 1, 2025 adopted resolutions declaring multiple uncontested candidates duly elected after city officials received written certification that only one person had filed for each office. The council cited provisions of the Alabama Code governing municipal elections in the resolutions the clerk presented.

The actions matter because they fill offices without a contested election and trigger the statutory process for issuing certificates of election when only one qualifying candidate files.

The council adopted resolutions declaring Eddie N. Lowe duly elected to the office of mayor for a term commencing in November 2025; it also adopted resolutions declaring Jonathan Taylor, James Elliot Patrick, Katrina Collier Long and Yolanda Daniel duly elected to specified school-board seats and other municipal offices where only one candidate filed. Mrs. Davis (City Clerk) presented the required written certifications and the council adopted resolutions consistent with the statutes cited in the meeting record.

The resolutions, as read at the meeting, reference sections 11-46-20 through 11-46-73, 11-46-43 and 11-46-26 of the Alabama Code of 1975 (as amended), which the clerk cited as the statutory basis for declaring candidates elected when only one person files for an office. The meeting record does not show contested ballots for these offices or any separate election proceedings tied to these resolutions.

Council members offered congratulations to those receiving certificates of election and urged continued attention to city and school priorities. The clerk recorded that the council adopted the resolutions; the meeting excerpts provided did not include roll-call vote tallies for each resolution in the transcript segments reviewed.