Government
The city operates under a Mayor-council government. The governing body is composed of a mayor and six members. The mayor is determined through a nonpartisan, at-large election for a four-year term of office while Council Members are chosen through nonpartisan, single-member district elections. Council members are elected to staggered four-year terms of office.
City council is a legislative body, establishing policies with recommendations from the city administrator. The city administrator acts as the chief administrator of the council's policies implemented through the administrative control of city departments given to him by ordinance.
- Mayor
- Doug Echols
- Council Members
- Ward One
- Susie B. Hinton
- Ward Two
- Kathy Pender
- Ward Three
- Kevin Sutton
- Ward Four
- John A. Black
- Ward Five
- Osbey Roddey
- Ward Six
- Jim Reno
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