BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (IUSTV News) - The newly-elected Bloomington City Council met for their first official meeting of the new year Wednesday and selected a new council president, vice-president, and parliamentarian.
Bloomington Mayor Kerry Thomson and Deputy Mayor Gretchen Knapp were also at the meeting.
District I Representative and previous Council Vice President Isabel Piedmont-Smith was elected as the new Council President, newly-elected At-Large Representative Andy Ruff was elected to Council Vice President, and newly-elected District III Representative Hopi Stosberg was elected as Council Parliamentarian.
All three council leadership positions had only one nomination each, and all were decided by a unanimous vote from the nine-person city council.
Council President Isabel Piedmont-Smith also made several appointments to various council committees:
Climate Action & Resilience Committee:
- Matt Flaherty (chair)
- Hopi Stosberg
- Dave Rollo
- Sydney Zulich
Jack Hopkins Social Services Funding Committee:
- Shruti Rana (chair)
- Isak Nti Asare
- Dave Rollo
- Sydney Zulich
Council Sidewalk Committee:
- Kate Rosenbarger (chair)
- Andy Ruff
- Hopi Stosberg
- Shruti Rana
Board and Commission Interview Committees:
- Interview Team A:
- Isak Nti Asare
- Kate Rosenbarger
- Hopi Stosberg
- Interview Team B
- Andy Ruff
- Piedmont-Smith
- Shruti Rana
- Interview Team C
- Matt Flaherty
- Dave Rollo
- Sydney Zulich
Special Committee on Council Processes:
- Isabel Piedmont-Smith (chair)
- Matt Flaherty
- Dave Rollo
- Shruti Rana
