The city council meeting on December 4^th began with a gathering in honor of the newly elected officials taking their seats on the council. Yesterday, four newly elected officials were sworn into the city council. Glenn Petersen, Andrew Lee, Brook Baker and Mayor, Dwight Livingston. The names on their chair were switched and the meeting began with a smile on the Mayors face as he did the role-call.

Dan McGuire is sad to leave the council, “A certain amount of sorrow” “I hope that Andrew does well, I’m sure he will” after 32 years on the board McGuire says he has somewhat of an empty feeling. McGuire mentioned that he would like to stay involved with the city by participating in city planning as well as other boards.

Newly elected City Council Member of Ward 3, Andrew Lee, described his feelings of confidence after his first city council meeting, “I felt pretty confident, I tried to say what I thought on one of the issues,” Lee continued, “I’ll continue to do that throughout the four years I’m on this council [for] this term.”

Humor was found when the name slides were being switched out, McGuire’s name-slide appeared stuck in place within the vote counter in the back of the room, vaguely emphasizing the length of McGuire’s time on the board.