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Orting council appoints interim deputy mayor for January, elects deputy mayor for Feb. 1 and forms ad hoc committee
Summary
Council appointed Greg Hogan to chair January duties, elected Jeff Sprowl deputy mayor beginning Feb. 1 by a 5–2 vote, and agreed to an ad hoc committee (Hogan, Tracy, Sprowl) to recommend changes to committee structure and meeting processes.
The Orting City Council handled deputy mayor housekeeping at its Jan. 14 meeting, appointing Greg Hogan to serve as the interim deputy mayor for January to preside over a council study session and conducting an election for the annual deputy mayor term starting Feb. 1.
After nominations, the council used a roll-call-style vote and elected Councilmember Jeff Sprowl to be deputy mayor for the Feb. 1–Jan. 31, 2027 term by a 5–2 vote. The clerk explained the procedural need for a deputy mayor to chair the nomination process and run the February transition if necessary.
Mayor Brennan also asked for volunteers to form an ad hoc committee to recommend a six-month modification to committee structures and meeting times to improve council effectiveness. Councilmembers agreed to a three-member ad hoc committee—Councilmembers Hogan, Tracy and Sprowl—to develop recommendations and to rotate new councilmembers through committees in the interim while the larger decisions are worked out.
