New Gadsden Council set to take office Monday

While the Gadsden City Council and Mayor Sherman Guyton won’t be officially sworn in for their new term until Monday, the new council will hold a work session Sunday evening at City Hall.

The council will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the fourth-floor conference room to discuss its rules of procedure and unofficially elect the council president and president pro tem.

The council president sets the council agenda, presides over meetings and appoints the chairman and members of the seven council committees.

The president pro tem presides over meetings when the council president is absent.

The committees are Public Safety, Public Works, Education and Recreation, Intergovernmental Relations, General Administration, Community Development and Finance.

Each council member chairs a committee and there are three committee members.

The council and mayor will be sworn in at monday 10 a.m. at Convention Hall. The Gadsden City High School Concert Choir will perform the national anthem after the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Color Guard presents the colors. The choir also will perform “This is Why We Sing.”

After the swearing in ceremony, the council will meet at 11:30 in council chambers.

All of the meetings are open to the public.