August 10, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The newly elected Smithville Aldermen will take their oath of office during a special meeting of the city council on Friday, September 4 at 5 p.m. at city hall.
The special meeting will be held in lieu of the regular September board meeting.
Incumbent Aldermen Shawn Jacobs and Danny Washer were re-elected while Jessica Higgins defeated Incumbent Alderman Donnie Crook for the third available alderman seat in the Municipal Election last Thursday.
Jacobs was first elected to the council in 2009 and Washer came on board after his first election in 2011. Crook was appointed by the aldermen in 2018 to fill the unexpired term of former alderman Josh Miller who was elected mayor that year.
The City of Smithville has five aldermen and a mayor but they do not all run for election in the same year. Three aldermen were elected this year. The other two aldermen, Gayla Hendrix and Brandon Cox and Mayor Josh Miller were elected in 2018 and will be up for election again in 2022.
All terms are for four years.