Ward 12 Councilman Phillip Brooks was named presiding officer by a unanimous Hopkinsville City Council vote Tuesday night.
The presiding officer runs council meetings when the mayor cannot be present. Previously, the position was called mayor pro tem.
Brooks’ selection was expected after the council agreed during its last Committee of the Whole meeting on Jan. 20 to name him presiding officer.
He will serve as the council’s presiding officer through Dec. 31. Brooks, a Democrat, is a schoolteacher.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
