August 7, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Unless a special session is held before the end of the month, Smithville Mayor Jimmy Poss will not preside over another city council meeting before he leaves office August 31.
Mayor Poss’ last regular monthly meeting with the aldermen was scheduled Monday night, August 6 but could not be held due to the lack of a quorum. Aldermen Shawn Jacobs and Josh Miller, who is also the mayor-elect, were in attendance but Aldermen Jason Murphy, who is also leaving office, and Aldermen Gayla Hendrix, and Danny Washer were absent.
Mayor Poss seemed frustrated by the aldermen’s absence as he announced to the audience that the meeting could not be held.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for Monday, September 10. It will be the first for the new mayor Josh Miller and the new council which will be made up of Jacobs, Hendrix, Washer, and the newly elected member Brandon Cox. He is succeeding Alderman Murphy, who chose not to seek re-election.
One of the first major decisions by the new mayor and aldermen will be appointing someone to fill Miller’s position on the council. Miller still has two years left on his alderman term.
The regular monthly meetings of the Smithville Mayor and Aldermen are on the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at city hall but since Labor Day is the next meeting date, the mayor and aldermen already have it re-scheduled for September 10.
The ceremonial swearing in of the new mayor and aldermen is expected to take place at that meeting.