Mayor Bill Gillespie and the City Council (Councilors Albert Striplin, Marcus Jackson, Denise Brown, Jerry Starnes, Richard Cables, Robert Strichik, and Lora Lee Boone) were sworn into office. Council then took their seats at the dais and conducted the organizational meeting for the 2016-2020 quadrennium. Albert Striplin was voted Council President by his peers. Denise Brown was voted Council President Pro Tempore by her peers.
