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Live Oak council elects David Alpherson as council president; adds housing-assistance workshop to agenda
Summary
At its July 14 meeting the Live Oak City Council elected David Alpherson as council president by ballot and approved adding a housing-assistance workshop (item 7a) to the agenda; the clerk said ballots with names were collected as part of the record.
The Live Oak City Council elected David Alpherson as council president during its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and approved adding a housing-assistance workshop to the agenda.
Clerk, reading the rules for the two-year council-president term, told council members they should write their names on ballots and hold them up so votes would be part of the record. After collection and counting, the clerk announced a clear winner and identified David Alpherson as council president for the two-year term.
Separately, a council member asked to add an item for discussion: a workshop on the city’s housing-assistance program, listed in the record as item 7a and noted as a Vanessa Brown Robinson workshop. A motion to approve the agenda with the addition was made and the clerk indicated the agenda was adopted with the addition.
The council did not provide a roll-call vote tally in the public remarks; the clerk’s announcement framed the outcome as the result of the ballot process and the addition as approved. The council then opened the meeting to public comment.
No further formal actions on the housing workshop or on a council-structure ordinance were taken at the meeting; the workshop item was added for future discussion.
