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Council elects Mitchell as mayor pro tem; committee slate approved
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting, the Charleston City Council elected Councilmember Mitchell as mayor pro tem by voice vote and approved the year's committee appointment slate. The council also adopted committee reports by unanimous voice votes.
The Charleston City Council on Jan. 14 elected Councilmember Richard (Rich) Mitchell as mayor pro tem and approved the council's 2025 committee appointment slate, both by voice votes.
Council members voted to install Mitchell as mayor pro tem during the meeting; the motion was seconded and carried on an oral “aye” vote. Council members also moved to approve the committee appointment slate for 2025 without alteration and adopted multiple committee reports by unanimous voice votes.
The move to make Mitchell mayor pro tem followed brief remarks thanking the outgoing mayor pro tem, Councilmember Waring, for his service. Councilmember Mitchell, introduced as the council's senior member in the motion, made a short statement accepting the position and emphasizing a community-first approach to his work.
In committee business, the council adopted the Public Works and Utilities report and the Ways and Means report as printed. The adoption votes were taken by voice; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript. The recreation committee reported project updates—Councilmember Parker noted updates on Johns Island Park and CCSD baseball field projects; Councilmember McBride said the CCSD project was delayed for safety reasons and the city would work with the Charleston County School District on interim practice locations.
No formal recorded roll-call vote counts were read into the record for the mayor pro tem appointment or for the committee slate; the meeting used standard voice votes for these routine items.
Looking ahead, the council discussed scheduling: a virtual workshop with state and federal lobbyists was moved from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. next Tuesday, and the next regular council meeting will be Jan. 28, when staff expect to present information on potential West Ashley office space and memoranda of understanding related to Union Pier reimbursements.
The council meeting concluded after routine business and the calendar announcements.
