Petersburg council keeps same mayor and vice mayor, affirms council rules

Petersburg (Independent City) — At an organizational meeting on a date not specified, Petersburg City Council nominated the existing mayor and vice mayor and voted to retain its rules of procedure, Council member Myers said.

Council member Myers nominated maintaining the current leadership slate and "readapt[ing] the rules of city council," and another council member seconded the motion. Council member Myers said, "I'd like to nominate and keep the slate the same as well as the rules of council." The motion was entered and recorded by city staff and then put to a roll call vote.

Council member Cuthbert, Council member Myers, Council member Westbrook, Council member Smith Lee, Vice Mayor Hill and Mayor Perrin were recorded voting "aye," and the presiding officer declared, "That motion carries." The transcript does not specify who seconded the nomination by name, nor does it record any dissenting or abstaining votes.

The item was discussed during the meeting's business reports as part of the organizational proceedings. After the vote the council moved to adjournment and the meeting ended.

The vote and the council's action, as recorded in the meeting transcript, adopt the existing leadership and leave the council's rules unchanged for the coming term. No additional motions, amendments, or implementation steps were recorded in the transcript provided.