This coming Monday at the City Council meeting three new council members will be sworn in and one sitting council member will be taking the oath for his second term.
Matt Zimmerman (Ward I), Justin Adrian (Ward III) and Lindsey Constance (Ward IV) will be the new faces of the council and Dr. Mike Kemmling (Ward II) will be sworn back in for his second term. Jim Neighbor (Ward I) Eric Jenkins (Ward II) Stephanie Meyer (Ward III) and Mickey Sandifer (Ward IV) will be returning to finish the second two years of their current term.
When a legislative body changes personnel it is always interesting to see what happens as the newbies get their feet wet and learn their jobs. There is a learning curve and I will have to watch and see what happens during that period of time. They should have their feet wet within the first 72 hours or so. Only kidding. Wanted to see if my readers were paying attention. :-) :-)
One bit of advice for the newbies, and it really is not from me, but has been told to me over the years by many others who were in their position (new on some sort of legislative body). Actually doing the job is almost 180ยบ opposite of what they thought it would be like.
This should be fun. The elections are over, the campaigning has ended. Let's see how it plays out.
Sidebar: At the meeting Meyer and Neighbor will be sitting in different seats as the senior council member for their ward.
