Council Reorganizes on Jan. 9

The City Council will holds its annual reorganization on Jan. 9, 2017 at 7 p.m. in Municipal Court. 325 Watchung Ave.

The governing body will select a president and chairman of the whole for the year and winners of the Nov. 8 general election will be sworn in for four-year terms. The winners were Rebecca Williams for the Citywide at-large seat and Charles McRae for the Third Ward seat.

Williams currently serves as the Second & Third Wards at-large representative. An appointee must be selected to serve until the next general election in that seat, which Williams will vacate upon assuming the citywide seat.

The reorganization usually includes adoption of a calendar of City Council meetings for 2017, numerous appointments and the mayor's State of the City address. Mayor Adrian O. Mapp gave his State of the City address at the reorganization in 2014 and 2015, but delivered it at a separate meeting in 2016.

See Plaintalker's post on the 2016 reorg here.